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Morocco
Kingdom of Morocco
Morocco is a country in Northern Africa. Its capital city is Rabat. About 36 million people live there, in an area of 446 550 square kilometres.
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Where is Morocco?
Morocco lies in Northern Africa, on the continent of Africa.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 3 562 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 1 835 km long.
It shares a border with 3 countries: Algeria, Western Sahara and Spain.
How big is Morocco?
Morocco covers 446 550 square kilometres.
That is about 11 times the size of Switzerland.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 57th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 80.7 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Morocco?
About 36 million people live in Morocco.
That is the 40th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Arabic and Berber.
They pay with the Moroccan dirham (د.م.).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 69 years.
The land of Morocco
The land in Morocco sits on average 909 metres above sea level.
Its coast runs for about 1 835 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 92 days.
It lies between the tropics and the poles, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Morocco different?
A dish the country is known for: Couscous and Tagine.
Websites from here often end in .ma.
Morocco and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 5 live in Morocco.
It takes up about 0.33 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Africa it is the 25th largest of 54 countries, and the 11th most populated.
That is close to the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Morocco and its neighbours
Algeria, its largest neighbour, is about 5.3 times bigger.
Algeria has more people: 42.2 million against 36 million.
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Morocco?
The capital of Morocco is Rabat. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Morocco?
About 36 million people live in Morocco, which makes it the 40th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Morocco?
Morocco borders Algeria, Western Sahara and Spain — 3 neighbours in total.
How big is Morocco?
Morocco covers 446 550 square kilometres, making it the 57th largest country in the world. That is about 11 times the size of Switzerland.
Which continent is Morocco in?
Morocco is in Africa, in the part called Northern Africa.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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