Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto
Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes,
Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands,
Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea
Geography - note:
strategic location along Strait of Gibraltar
People Morocco
Population:
32,209,101 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 32.6% (male 5,355,388; female 5,156,762)
15-64 years: 62.5% (male 10,013,466; female 10,112,060)
65 years and over: 4.9% (male 692,465; female 878,960) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 23.3 years
male: 22.8 years
female: 23.8 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.61% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
22.79 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
5.71 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)