People and Society ::MOROCCO


People and Society ::MOROCCO
Nationality:

noun: Moroccan(s)
adjective: Moroccan
Ethnic groups:

Arab-Berber 99%, other 1%
Languages:

Arabic (official), Berber languages (Tamazight (official), Tachelhit, Tarifit), French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy)
Religions:

Muslim 99% (official), Christian 1%, Jewish about 6,000
Population:

32,309,239 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 38
Age structure:

0-14 years: 27.4% (male 4,500,299/ female 4,366,656)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 10,493,176/ female 10,954,845)
65 years and over: 6.2% (male 899,693/ female 1,094,570) (2012 est.)
population pyramid:
Median age:

total: 27.3 years
male: 26.7 years
female: 27.8 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:

1.054% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 110
Birth rate:

18.97 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 99
Death rate:

4.76 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 194
Net migration rate:

-3.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 186
Urbanization:

urban population: 58% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:

Casablanca 3.245 million; RABAT (capital) 1.77 million; Fes 1.044 million; Marrakech 909,000; Tangier 768,000 (2009)
Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:

100 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 70
Infant mortality rate:

total: 26.49 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 74
male: 31.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.59 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 76.11 years
country comparison to the world: 80
male: 73.04 years
female: 79.32 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:

2.19 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
Health expenditures:

5.5% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 128
Physicians density:

0.62 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
Hospital bed density:

1.1 beds/1,000 population (2009)
Sanitation facility access:

improved:
urban: 83% of population
rural: 52% of population
total: 69% of population
unimproved:
urban: 17% of population
rural: 48% of population
total: 31% of population
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.1% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 142
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

26,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
HIV/AIDS - deaths:

1,200 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:

16% (2000)
country comparison to the world: 31
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:

9.9% (2004)
country comparison to the world: 67
Education expenditures:

5.6% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 41
Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56.1%
male: 68.9%
female: 43.9% (2009 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2007)
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:

total: 21.9%
country comparison to the world: 45
male: 22.8%
female: 19.4% (2009)morocco culture,moroccan food,morocco food,moroccan cuisine,morocco beaches,moroccan meal,beaches in morocco,moroccan culture,hercules cave,hercules cave morocco

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