Geography - note:
strategic location along Strait of Gibraltar
People Morocco
Population:
31,689,265 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 33.2% (male 5,360,666; female 5,162,168)
15-64 years: 62% (male 9,766,222; female 9,876,647)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 676,357; female 847,205) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 23 years
male: 22.5 years
female: 23.5 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
1.64% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
23.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
5.78 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2003 est.)