Morocco

Northern Africa, Africa

Education % GDP

#25of 176 countries

6.0% of GDP

About the size of Uzbekistan

446.6K km² against 447.4K km². Total area, REST Countries.

54% of world median

GDP per person

Method

Median among 189 other countries with data. GDP per person is not household income.

World rankings

Sovereign states with data

Highest rankings

Lowest rankings

first king of independent Morocco

Photo: Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0

traveller who crossed the medieval world

Photo: Léon Benett, Public domain

middle distance world record holder

Photo: Sebastien from Montreal, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0

first Muslim woman to win Olympic gold

Photo: Atr1992, CC BY-SA 3.0

The capital of Morocco is Rabat. Rabat is the seat of national government for Morocco, a country in Northern Africa.

Morocco has a population of about 37.7 million people, the 40th largest population in the world. Population figures come from World Bank estimates.

Morocco covers 446,550 square kilometers (172,414 square miles), making Morocco the 58th largest country in the world by area.

Morocco borders 3 countries: Algeria, Western Sahara and Spain.

Life expectancy at birth in Morocco is 75.3 years, the 101st highest of any country in the world.

Morocco is in Africa, in the Northern Africa region. Morocco is one of 58 countries and territories in Africa.