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Population in Morocco compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Morocco was 38,081,173 in 2024 vs 17,994,237 people in the Netherlands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Morocco's population is 38,697,192 people compared to 18,191,638 in the Netherlands.

Population statistics:

  • Morocco's population is 2.13 times bigger than the Netherlands'.
  • Morocco is ranked the 41st most populous country in the world, while the Netherlands is the 72nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.69% of the world: 0.47% for Morocco vs 0.22% for the Netherlands.
  • For the last 10 years, Morocco has had an average growth rate of +1.09% per year vs +0.62% in the Netherlands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Morocco has increased from 30.4M people to 38.7M (27.5% growth), while the Netherlands has grown from 16.3M to 18.2M (11.5% growth).
  • Morocco is projected to reach its peak in 2058 at 43.7M people compared to the peak of 18.8M people in 2041 for the Netherlands.

Morocco vs Netherlands: live population counter

Morocco Netherlands
Current population
38697192
18191638
Population rank 41/197 72/197
Percent of world population 0.47% 0.22%
One net population change
1.43 minutes
4.49 minutes
One birth every
50.1 seconds
3.2 minutes
One death every
2.47 minutes
3.09 minutes
One migration net change every
11.2 minutes
4.32 minutes
Annual migration change -46,802 +121,628
Daily growth/decline +1,010 +321
Annual growth/decline +368,668 +117,120
Annual growth/decline rate +0.98% +0.66%
Population growth rate rank 105/197 122/197

Morocco and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Morocco
Population

Growth rate
Netherlands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Morocco Netherlands Morocco Netherlands
1960 11,624,933 11,486,631 - -
1961 11,931,085 11,638,712 2.63% 1.32%
1962 12,253,092 11,805,689 2.7% 1.43%
1963 12,577,502 11,965,966 2.65% 1.36%
1964 12,898,886 12,127,120 2.56% 1.35%
1965 13,239,171 12,294,732 2.64% 1.38%
1966 13,597,065 12,456,251 2.7% 1.31%
1967 13,968,175 12,598,201 2.73% 1.14%
1968 14,347,899 12,729,721 2.72% 1.04%
1969 14,734,255 12,877,984 2.69% 1.16%
1970 15,129,449 13,038,526 2.68% 1.25%
1971 15,527,225 13,194,497 2.63% 1.2%
1972 15,924,692 13,328,593 2.56% 1.02%
1973 16,326,269 13,439,322 2.52% 0.83%
1974 16,733,842 13,545,056 2.5% 0.79%
1975 17,150,786 13,666,335 2.49% 0.9%
1976 17,574,182 13,774,037 2.47% 0.79%
1977 18,014,756 13,856,185 2.51% 0.6%
1978 18,477,385 13,941,700 2.57% 0.62%
1979 18,955,589 14,038,270 2.59% 0.69%
1980 19,459,943 14,149,800 2.66% 0.79%
1981 19,985,401 14,247,208 2.7% 0.69%
1982 20,520,318 14,312,690 2.68% 0.46%
1983 21,060,696 14,367,070 2.63% 0.38%
1984 21,593,778 14,424,211 2.53% 0.4%
1985 22,113,953 14,491,632 2.41% 0.47%
1986 22,600,803 14,572,278 2.2% 0.56%
1987 23,054,392 14,665,037 2.01% 0.64%
1988 23,500,524 14,760,094 1.94% 0.65%
1989 23,939,414 14,848,907 1.87% 0.6%
1990 24,375,551 14,951,510 1.82% 0.69%
1991 24,799,014 15,069,798 1.74% 0.79%
1992 25,212,468 15,184,166 1.67% 0.76%
1993 25,614,586 15,290,368 1.59% 0.7%
1994 26,000,822 15,382,838 1.51% 0.6%
1995 26,399,429 15,459,006 1.53% 0.5%
1996 26,808,107 15,530,498 1.55% 0.46%
1997 27,213,337 15,610,650 1.51% 0.52%
1998 27,621,648 15,707,209 1.5% 0.62%
1999 28,027,179 15,812,088 1.47% 0.67%
2000 28,423,435 15,925,513 1.41% 0.72%
2001 28,814,643 16,046,180 1.38% 0.76%
2002 29,198,142 16,148,929 1.33% 0.64%
2003 29,571,415 16,225,302 1.28% 0.47%
2004 29,953,018 16,281,779 1.29% 0.35%
2005 30,358,144 16,319,868 1.35% 0.23%
2006 30,771,178 16,346,101 1.36% 0.16%
2007 31,186,468 16,381,696 1.35% 0.22%
2008 31,606,767 16,445,593 1.35% 0.39%
2009 32,030,778 16,530,388 1.34% 0.52%
2010 32,467,016 16,615,394 1.36% 0.51%
2011 32,912,588 16,693,074 1.37% 0.47%
2012 33,355,241 16,754,962 1.34% 0.37%
2013 33,787,571 16,804,432 1.3% 0.3%
2014 34,204,780 16,865,008 1.23% 0.36%
2015 34,607,588 16,939,923 1.18% 0.44%
2016 35,023,457 17,030,314 1.2% 0.53%
2017 35,446,392 17,131,296 1.21% 0.59%
2018 35,839,760 17,231,624 1.11% 0.59%
2019 36,210,898 17,344,874 1.04% 0.66%
2020 36,584,208 17,441,500 1.03% 0.56%
2021 36,954,442 17,533,044 1.01% 0.52%
2022 37,329,064 17,700,982 1.01% 0.96%
2023 37,712,505 17,877,117 1.03% 1%
2024 38,081,173 17,994,237 0.98% 0.66%
2025 38,430,771 18,110,800 0.92% 0.65%
2026 38,762,439 18,211,436 0.86% 0.56%
2027 39,080,092 18,299,531 0.82% 0.48%
2028 39,384,122 18,379,573 0.78% 0.44%
2029 39,674,554 18,452,044 0.74% 0.39%
2030 39,953,461 18,515,913 0.7% 0.35%
2031 40,221,736 18,571,934 0.67% 0.3%
2032 40,477,986 18,621,087 0.64% 0.26%
2033 40,722,975 18,664,975 0.61% 0.24%
2034 40,957,241 18,702,456 0.58% 0.2%
2035 41,182,092 18,733,223 0.55% 0.16%
2036 41,398,224 18,760,054 0.52% 0.14%
2037 41,604,025 18,781,793 0.5% 0.12%
2038 41,802,267 18,798,283 0.48% 0.09%
2039 41,990,437 18,810,276 0.45% 0.06%
2040 42,168,202 18,817,745 0.42% 0.04%
2041 42,339,039 18,820,870 0.41% 0.02%
2042 42,500,324 18,819,607 0.38% -0.007%
2043 42,650,491 18,815,261 0.35% -0.02%
2044 42,792,499 18,807,564 0.33% -0.04%
2045 42,925,305 18,797,005 0.31% -0.06%
2046 43,046,175 18,785,724 0.28% -0.06%
2047 43,158,165 18,771,651 0.26% -0.07%
2048 43,262,402 18,754,325 0.24% -0.09%
2049 43,355,724 18,735,299 0.22% -0.1%
2050 43,440,428 18,714,579 0.2% -0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Morocco increased by 4,249,444 people (a 14% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Morocco gained 4,089,604 (a 11.8% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Morocco was ranked 37th most populous country in 2005 and is 41st in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Morocco's population will grow by 12.3% to 43,440,428 people with a rank change from 41st to 50th. The population of the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.

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