Marokko - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 34 01 N, 6 49 W
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: name derives from the Arabic title "Ribat el-Fath," meaning "stronghold of victory," applied to the newly constructed citadel in 1170
citizenship by descent only: the father must be a citizen of Morocco; if the father is unknown or stateless, the mother must be a citizen
dual citizenship recognized: yes
residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years
land: 716,300 sq km
water: 250 sq km
arable land: 17.5% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 2.9% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 47.1% (2018 est.)
forest: 11.5% (2018 est.)
other: 21% (2018 est.)
note: does not include the area of the former Western Sahara, which is almost exclusively desert
15-64 years: 65.92% (male 12,124,939/female 12,311,552)
65 years and over: 8.06% (2023 est.) (male 1,455,355/female 1,533,845)
note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
major-language sample(s):
كتاب ديال لحقائق متاع العالم، احسن مصدر متاع المعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)
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male: 72.3 years
female: 75.7 years
note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
male: 29.8 years
female: 30.7 years
note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
rate of urbanization: 1.88% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
note: data does not include former Western Sahara
note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
male: 14 years
female: 14 years (2021)
note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara
11.45% (2020 est.)
9.28% (2019 est.)
64.9% of GDP (2016 est.)
0.71% (2020 est.)
0.3% (2019 est.)
$37.545 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$44.048 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$46.358 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$54.097 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 88% (2021 est.)
standard gauge: 2,067 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (1,022 km electrified)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 139 (2021 est.)
Morocco-Algeria: Algeria's border with Morocco remains an irritant to bilateral relations, each nation accusing the other of harboring militants and arms smuggling
Morocco-Mauritania: tensions arose in 2016 when Mauritanian soldiers were deployed to Lagouira, a city in the southernmost part of Morocco, and raised their flag
Morocco-Spain: Morocco protests Spain's control over the coastal enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Penon de Velez de la Gomera, the islands of Penon de Alhucemas and Islas Chafarinas, and surrounding waters; both countries claim Isla Perejil (Leila Island); discussions have not progressed on a comprehensive maritime delimitation, setting limits on resource exploration and refugee interdiction, since Morocco's 2002 rejection of Spain's unilateral designation of a median line from the Canary Islands; Morocco serves as one of the primary launching areas of illegal migration into Spain from North Africa