Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Rabat
- Region
- Africa, Northern Africa
- Population
- 38,430,770 (2025)
- Area
- 446,550 km²
- Currency
- Moroccan dirham (MAD)
- Languages
- Arabic, Berber languages, French
- Calling code
- +212
- Internet domain
- .ma, المغرب.
- ISO codes
- MA, MAR, 504
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Morocco covers about 446,550 square kilometres. By area it ranks 59th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Uzbekistan and a little larger than Iraq. It shares a land border with 3 neighbours: Algeria, Western Sahara, Spain. Its centre lies at about 32° north, 5° west, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 38.4 million people live in Morocco (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 41st most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.47 percent of the world's people. On average there are 86 people to each square kilometre. About 63 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 75 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Arabic, Berber languages, French. A person from Morocco is called Moroccan.
Money and economy
The currency is the Moroccan dirham (code MAD, symbol د.م.). It is also the main currency of Western Sahara. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 182 billion (2025), which is about US$ 4,672 for each person (2025).
Time
Morocco uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Africa/Casablanca). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Casablanca | 3,665,954 |
| Rabat | 1,655,753 |
| Fes | 1,191,905 |
| Tangier | 1,035,141 |
| Marrakesh | 995,871 |
| Salé | 972,299 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Northern Africa
Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Tunisia. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.