Population in Morocco compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Morocco and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Morocco	Spain	Morocco	Spain
1960	11,624,933	30,455,000	-	-
1961	11,931,085	30,739,250	2.63%	0.93%
1962	12,253,092	31,023,366	2.7%	0.92%
1963	12,577,502	31,296,651	2.65%	0.88%
1964	12,898,886	31,609,195	2.56%	1%
1965	13,239,171	31,954,292	2.64%	1.09%
1966	13,597,065	32,283,194	2.7%	1.03%
1967	13,968,175	32,682,947	2.73%	1.24%
1968	14,347,899	33,113,134	2.72%	1.32%
1969	14,734,255	33,441,054	2.69%	0.99%
1970	15,129,449	33,814,531	2.68%	1.12%
1971	15,527,225	34,224,490	2.63%	1.21%
1972	15,924,692	34,604,469	2.56%	1.11%
1973	16,326,269	34,988,947	2.52%	1.11%
1974	16,733,842	35,373,335	2.5%	1.1%
1975	17,150,786	35,757,900	2.49%	1.09%
1976	17,574,182	36,137,812	2.47%	1.06%
1977	18,014,756	36,511,638	2.51%	1.03%
1978	18,477,385	36,864,898	2.57%	0.97%
1979	18,955,589	37,191,330	2.59%	0.89%
1980	19,459,943	37,491,165	2.66%	0.81%
1981	19,985,401	37,758,631	2.7%	0.71%
1982	20,520,318	37,986,012	2.68%	0.6%
1983	21,060,696	38,171,525	2.63%	0.49%
1984	21,593,778	38,330,364	2.53%	0.42%
1985	22,113,953	38,469,512	2.41%	0.36%
1986	22,600,803	38,584,624	2.2%	0.3%
1987	23,054,392	38,684,815	2.01%	0.26%
1988	23,500,524	38,766,939	1.94%	0.21%
1989	23,939,414	38,827,764	1.87%	0.16%
1990	24,375,551	38,867,322	1.82%	0.1%
1991	24,799,014	38,966,376	1.74%	0.25%
1992	25,212,468	39,157,685	1.67%	0.49%
1993	25,614,586	39,361,262	1.59%	0.52%
1994	26,000,822	39,549,108	1.51%	0.48%
1995	26,399,429	39,724,050	1.53%	0.44%
1996	26,808,107	39,889,852	1.55%	0.42%
1997	27,213,337	40,057,389	1.51%	0.42%
1998	27,621,648	40,223,509	1.5%	0.41%
1999	28,027,179	40,386,875	1.47%	0.41%
2000	28,423,435	40,567,864	1.41%	0.45%
2001	28,814,643	40,850,412	1.38%	0.7%
2002	29,198,142	41,431,558	1.33%	1.42%
2003	29,571,415	42,187,645	1.28%	1.82%
2004	29,953,018	42,921,895	1.29%	1.74%
2005	30,358,144	43,653,155	1.35%	1.7%
2006	30,771,178	44,397,319	1.36%	1.7%
2007	31,186,468	45,226,803	1.35%	1.87%
2008	31,606,767	45,954,106	1.35%	1.61%
2009	32,030,778	46,362,946	1.34%	0.89%
2010	32,467,016	46,576,897	1.36%	0.46%
2011	32,912,588	46,742,697	1.37%	0.36%
2012	33,355,241	46,773,055	1.34%	0.06%
2013	33,787,571	46,604,197	1.3%	-0.36%
2014	34,204,780	46,460,733	1.23%	-0.31%
2015	34,607,588	46,422,303	1.18%	-0.08%
2016	35,023,457	46,458,139	1.2%	0.08%
2017	35,446,392	46,571,232	1.21%	0.24%
2018	35,839,760	46,782,011	1.11%	0.45%
2019	36,210,898	47,118,501	1.04%	0.72%
2020	36,584,208	47,359,424	1.03%	0.51%
2021	36,954,442	47,443,821	1.01%	0.18%
2022	37,329,064	47,786,102	1.01%	0.72%
2023	37,712,505	48,347,910	1.03%	1.18%
2024	38,081,173	48,807,137	0.98%	0.95%
2025	38,430,771	48,786,181	0.92%	-0.04%
2026	38,762,439	48,746,279	0.86%	-0.08%
2027	39,080,092	48,696,847	0.82%	-0.1%
2028	39,384,122	48,642,132	0.78%	-0.11%
2029	39,674,554	48,578,166	0.74%	-0.13%
2030	39,953,461	48,501,513	0.7%	-0.16%
2031	40,221,736	48,412,854	0.67%	-0.18%
2032	40,477,986	48,321,195	0.64%	-0.19%
2033	40,722,975	48,230,054	0.61%	-0.19%
2034	40,957,241	48,136,421	0.58%	-0.19%
2035	41,182,092	48,036,650	0.55%	-0.21%
2036	41,398,224	47,929,957	0.52%	-0.22%
2037	41,604,025	47,819,257	0.5%	-0.23%
2038	41,802,267	47,706,580	0.48%	-0.24%
2039	41,990,437	47,588,878	0.45%	-0.25%
2040	42,168,202	47,463,597	0.42%	-0.26%
2041	42,339,039	47,332,618	0.41%	-0.28%
2042	42,500,324	47,194,588	0.38%	-0.29%
2043	42,650,491	47,052,293	0.35%	-0.3%
2044	42,792,499	46,902,636	0.33%	-0.32%
2045	42,925,305	46,738,565	0.31%	-0.35%
2046	43,046,175	46,564,383	0.28%	-0.37%
2047	43,158,165	46,381,681	0.26%	-0.39%
2048	43,262,402	46,190,642	0.24%	-0.41%
2049	43,355,724	45,985,428	0.22%	-0.44%
2050	43,440,428	45,769,362	0.2%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Morocco increased by 4,249,444 people (a 14% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Morocco gained 4,089,604 (a 11.8% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Morocco was ranked 37th most populous country in 2005 and is 41st in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.