Population in Morocco compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Morocco and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Morocco	UAE	Morocco	UAE
1960	11,624,933	131,334	-	-
1961	11,931,085	137,989	2.63%	5.07%
1962	12,253,092	144,946	2.7%	5.04%
1963	12,577,502	152,211	2.65%	5.01%
1964	12,898,886	159,692	2.56%	4.91%
1965	13,239,171	167,103	2.64%	4.64%
1966	13,597,065	173,976	2.7%	4.11%
1967	13,968,175	179,700	2.73%	3.29%
1968	14,347,899	199,416	2.72%	11%
1969	14,734,255	239,660	2.69%	20.2%
1970	15,129,449	286,536	2.68%	19.6%
1971	15,527,225	335,027	2.63%	16.9%
1972	15,924,692	385,014	2.56%	14.9%
1973	16,326,269	436,399	2.52%	13.3%
1974	16,733,842	489,087	2.5%	12.1%
1975	17,150,786	542,856	2.49%	11%
1976	17,574,182	615,866	2.47%	13.4%
1977	18,014,756	710,209	2.51%	15.3%
1978	18,477,385	809,274	2.57%	13.9%
1979	18,955,589	912,010	2.59%	12.7%
1980	19,459,943	1,015,700	2.66%	11.4%
1981	19,985,401	1,099,855	2.7%	8.29%
1982	20,520,318	1,166,370	2.68%	6.05%
1983	21,060,696	1,235,305	2.63%	5.91%
1984	21,593,778	1,305,996	2.53%	5.72%
1985	22,113,953	1,377,911	2.41%	5.51%
1986	22,600,803	1,467,383	2.2%	6.49%
1987	23,054,392	1,574,244	2.01%	7.28%
1988	23,500,524	1,681,788	1.94%	6.83%
1989	23,939,414	1,789,851	1.87%	6.43%
1990	24,375,551	1,898,220	1.82%	6.05%
1991	24,799,014	2,006,626	1.74%	5.71%
1992	25,212,468	2,114,730	1.67%	5.39%
1993	25,614,586	2,222,093	1.59%	5.08%
1994	26,000,822	2,328,188	1.51%	4.77%
1995	26,399,429	2,434,662	1.53%	4.57%
1996	26,808,107	2,597,564	1.55%	6.69%
1997	27,213,337	2,817,410	1.51%	8.46%
1998	27,621,648	3,040,421	1.5%	7.92%
1999	28,027,179	3,266,009	1.47%	7.42%
2000	28,423,435	3,493,575	1.41%	6.97%
2001	28,814,643	3,723,590	1.38%	6.58%
2002	29,198,142	3,956,826	1.33%	6.26%
2003	29,571,415	4,192,457	1.28%	5.96%
2004	29,953,018	4,428,967	1.29%	5.64%
2005	30,358,144	4,664,790	1.35%	5.32%
2006	30,771,178	5,009,100	1.36%	7.38%
2007	31,186,468	5,624,635	1.35%	12.3%
2008	31,606,767	6,302,664	1.35%	12.1%
2009	32,030,778	6,707,058	1.34%	6.42%
2010	32,467,016	6,869,838	1.36%	2.43%
2011	32,912,588	7,104,538	1.37%	3.42%
2012	33,355,241	7,391,448	1.34%	4.04%
2013	33,787,571	7,693,031	1.3%	4.08%
2014	34,204,780	8,059,440	1.23%	4.76%
2015	34,607,588	8,505,237	1.18%	5.53%
2016	35,023,457	8,935,095	1.2%	5.05%
2017	35,446,392	9,223,225	1.21%	3.22%
2018	35,839,760	9,346,701	1.11%	1.34%
2019	36,210,898	9,445,785	1.04%	1.06%
2020	36,584,208	9,401,038	1.03%	-0.47%
2021	36,954,442	9,575,152	1.01%	1.85%
2022	37,329,064	10,074,977	1.01%	5.22%
2023	37,712,505	10,483,751	1.03%	4.06%
2024	38,081,173	10,986,400	0.98%	4.79%
2025	38,430,771	11,304,093	0.92%	2.89%
2026	38,762,439	11,531,926	0.86%	2.02%
2027	39,080,092	11,712,175	0.82%	1.56%
2028	39,384,122	11,868,257	0.78%	1.33%
2029	39,674,554	12,010,111	0.74%	1.2%
2030	39,953,461	12,145,577	0.7%	1.13%
2031	40,221,736	12,281,573	0.67%	1.12%
2032	40,477,986	12,421,758	0.64%	1.14%
2033	40,722,975	12,565,679	0.61%	1.16%
2034	40,957,241	12,712,942	0.58%	1.17%
2035	41,182,092	12,863,015	0.55%	1.18%
2036	41,398,224	13,015,458	0.52%	1.19%
2037	41,604,025	13,169,969	0.5%	1.19%
2038	41,802,267	13,326,337	0.48%	1.19%
2039	41,990,437	13,484,193	0.45%	1.18%
2040	42,168,202	13,643,197	0.42%	1.18%
2041	42,339,039	13,803,349	0.41%	1.17%
2042	42,500,324	13,964,553	0.38%	1.17%
2043	42,650,491	14,126,724	0.35%	1.16%
2044	42,792,499	14,289,828	0.33%	1.15%
2045	42,925,305	14,453,775	0.31%	1.15%
2046	43,046,175	14,619,554	0.28%	1.15%
2047	43,158,165	14,788,991	0.26%	1.16%
2048	43,262,402	14,961,419	0.24%	1.17%
2049	43,355,724	15,135,496	0.22%	1.16%
2050	43,440,428	15,310,628	0.2%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Morocco increased by 4,252,279 people (a 13.8% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Morocco gained 3,742,453 (a 10.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Morocco was ranked 37th most populous country in 2006 and is 41st in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Morocco's population will grow by 12.1% to 43,440,428 people with a rank change from 41st to 50th. The population of the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.