Middle East & North Africa
A life that begins in Morocco
One in every 213 babies in the world is born here: about 630,341 a year, 1.2 a minute.
- Population
- 38,430,770
- Births a year
- 630,341
- Life expectancy
- 75.6
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 15.7
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
77.8
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
73.4
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
14.7
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
15.7
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
70
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.1
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
13
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
0.5
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
17
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
1.7
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.21
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
14
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
99
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
90
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
48
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
4.5
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$9,495
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
40
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
3.7
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
9
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
28
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
20
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
37
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
63
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
92
World: 91
Internet users (%)
91
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
4.65
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.03
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 41.7 → 2026: 75.3 → 2050: 79.8
World
1960: 245 → 2026: 14 → 2050: 4
World
1960: 6.9 → 2026: 2.2 → 2050: 1.9
World
1960: 29 → 2026: 64 → 2050: 77
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Morocco comes up about once in every 213 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.