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23-12-04, 16:20
23/12/2004
Morocco counts about 29.9 million inhabitants
Rabat, Dec. 22 - The population in Morocco has reached 29.891.708 inhabitants, including 29.840.273 Moroccans and 51.435 foreigners, that is a 14.6 percent increase compared to 1994, announced on Wednesday the High Commissioner for Planning.
According to the first results of the general population census , organized from 2 to 20 September 2004, the Moroccan population is divided into 16.463.634 people living in urban areas, and 13.428.074 in rural zones , i.e. the urbanization rate is estimated at 55.1 percent.
The average rate of annual demographic growth is estimated at 1.4pc against 2.1pc between 1982 and 1994, said the same source.
Almost the third of the population is concentrated in the region of Casablanca (3.6 millions), Souss-Massa-Draa (3,1 millions), and Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz (3,1 millions). The rest is partitioned in proportions varying between 0.3pc in Oued Eddahab-Lagouira (south) and 8.3pc in Tangier-Tétouan (north).
© MAP 2004
Morocco counts about 29.9 million inhabitants
Rabat, Dec. 22 - The population in Morocco has reached 29.891.708 inhabitants, including 29.840.273 Moroccans and 51.435 foreigners, that is a 14.6 percent increase compared to 1994, announced on Wednesday the High Commissioner for Planning.
According to the first results of the general population census , organized from 2 to 20 September 2004, the Moroccan population is divided into 16.463.634 people living in urban areas, and 13.428.074 in rural zones , i.e. the urbanization rate is estimated at 55.1 percent.
The average rate of annual demographic growth is estimated at 1.4pc against 2.1pc between 1982 and 1994, said the same source.
Almost the third of the population is concentrated in the region of Casablanca (3.6 millions), Souss-Massa-Draa (3,1 millions), and Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz (3,1 millions). The rest is partitioned in proportions varying between 0.3pc in Oued Eddahab-Lagouira (south) and 8.3pc in Tangier-Tétouan (north).
© MAP 2004