Urban population share in Morocco

63.1% of people in Morocco lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Morocco, 2025 63.1% % of total population
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 62.8%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 115th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Morocco over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period MoroccoWorld
2025 63.1% 57.8%
2024 62.8% 57.6%
2023 62.7% 57.3%
2022 62.5% 57.1%
2021 62.3% 56.8%
2020 62.1% 56.4%
2019 61.8% 56.1%
2018 61.6% 55.8%
2017 61.3% 55.3%
2016 61.0% 54.9%
2015 60.6% 54.4%
2014 60.3% 53.9%
2013 59.9% 53.4%
2012 59.4% 52.9%
2011 58.9% 52.5%
2010 58.3% 51.8%
2009 57.7% 51.4%
2008 57.1% 50.9%
2007 56.5% 50.4%
2006 56.0% 49.9%
2005 55.4% 49.4%
2004 55.0% 48.9%
2003 54.6% 48.4%
2002 54.2% 47.8%
2001 53.9% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 62.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 60.6%, the figure has changed by +2.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Morocco has the 115th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Morocco
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects