Urban population rose 1.90% to 23.8 mil in Morocco in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Morocco reached an all time high of 23.8 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 3.46 mil in 1960. When compared to Morocco's main peers, urban population in Algeria amounted to 32.8 mil, 2.59 mil in Mauritania, 38.4 mil in Spain and 8.57 mil in Tunisia in 2021.
Morocco has been ranked 37th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of urban population.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | mil | 28.0 | 28.8 | 29.6 | 30.5 | 31.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | mil | 53.0 | 53.3 | 53.7 | 54.0 | 54.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | 42.2 | 42.4 | 42.5 | 42.6 | 42.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 4.91 | 5.00 | 5.09 | 5.19 | 5.28 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 7.24 | 7.63 | 8.03 | 8.44 | 8.87 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | mil | 0.420 | 0.430 | 0.442 | 0.459 | 0.477 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | mil | 2.02 | 2.11 | 2.20 | 2.29 | 2.39 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | mil | 21.1 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 22.4 | 22.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | mil | 6.58 | 6.62 | 6.66 | 6.71 | 6.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | mil | 6.58 | 6.83 | 7.08 | 7.35 | 7.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 37.0 | 37.1 | 37.3 | 37.6 | 38.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | mil | 7.87 | 7.99 | 8.11 | 8.23 | 8.34 |
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