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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Morocco was 38,081,173 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Morocco's population is 38,697,192 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 1.81 times bigger than Morocco's.
  • Morocco is ranked the 41st most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 1.31% of the world: 0.47% for Morocco vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, Morocco has had an average growth rate of +1.09% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of Morocco has increased from 30.4M people to 38.7M (27.5% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • Morocco is projected to reach its peak in 2058 at 43.7M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.

Morocco vs United Kingdom: live population counter

Morocco United Kingdom
Current population
38697192
69945462
Population rank 41/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.47% 0.85%
One net population change
1.43 minutes
43 seconds
One birth every
50.1 seconds
45.9 seconds
One death every
2.47 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
11.2 minutes
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change -46,802 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +1,010 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +368,668 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +0.98% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 105/197 99/197

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

Morocco
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Morocco United Kingdom Morocco United Kingdom
1960 11,624,933 52,400,000 - -
1961 11,931,085 52,800,000 2.63% 0.76%
1962 12,253,092 53,250,000 2.7% 0.85%
1963 12,577,502 53,650,000 2.65% 0.75%
1964 12,898,886 54,000,000 2.56% 0.65%
1965 13,239,171 54,348,050 2.64% 0.64%
1966 13,597,065 54,648,500 2.7% 0.55%
1967 13,968,175 54,943,600 2.73% 0.54%
1968 14,347,899 55,211,700 2.72% 0.49%
1969 14,734,255 55,441,750 2.69% 0.42%
1970 15,129,449 55,663,250 2.68% 0.4%
1971 15,527,225 55,896,223 2.63% 0.42%
1972 15,924,692 56,086,065 2.56% 0.34%
1973 16,326,269 56,194,527 2.52% 0.19%
1974 16,733,842 56,229,974 2.5% 0.06%
1975 17,150,786 56,225,800 2.49% -0.007%
1976 17,574,182 56,211,968 2.47% -0.02%
1977 18,014,756 56,193,492 2.51% -0.03%
1978 18,477,385 56,196,504 2.57% 0.005%
1979 18,955,589 56,246,951 2.59% 0.09%
1980 19,459,943 56,314,216 2.66% 0.12%
1981 19,985,401 56,333,829 2.7% 0.03%
1982 20,520,318 56,313,641 2.68% -0.04%
1983 21,060,696 56,332,848 2.63% 0.03%
1984 21,593,778 56,422,072 2.53% 0.16%
1985 22,113,953 56,550,268 2.41% 0.23%
1986 22,600,803 56,681,396 2.2% 0.23%
1987 23,054,392 56,802,050 2.01% 0.21%
1988 23,500,524 56,928,327 1.94% 0.22%
1989 23,939,414 57,076,711 1.87% 0.26%
1990 24,375,551 57,247,586 1.82% 0.3%
1991 24,799,014 57,424,897 1.74% 0.31%
1992 25,212,468 57,580,402 1.67% 0.27%
1993 25,614,586 57,718,614 1.59% 0.24%
1994 26,000,822 57,865,745 1.51% 0.25%
1995 26,399,429 58,019,030 1.53% 0.26%
1996 26,808,107 58,166,950 1.55% 0.25%
1997 27,213,337 58,316,954 1.51% 0.26%
1998 27,621,648 58,487,141 1.5% 0.29%
1999 28,027,179 58,682,466 1.47% 0.33%
2000 28,423,435 58,892,514 1.41% 0.36%
2001 28,814,643 59,119,673 1.38% 0.39%
2002 29,198,142 59,370,479 1.33% 0.42%
2003 29,571,415 59,647,577 1.28% 0.47%
2004 29,953,018 59,987,905 1.29% 0.57%
2005 30,358,144 60,401,206 1.35% 0.69%
2006 30,771,178 60,846,820 1.36% 0.74%
2007 31,186,468 61,322,463 1.35% 0.78%
2008 31,606,767 61,806,995 1.35% 0.79%
2009 32,030,778 62,276,270 1.34% 0.76%
2010 32,467,016 62,766,365 1.36% 0.79%
2011 32,912,588 63,258,810 1.37% 0.78%
2012 33,355,241 63,711,000 1.34% 0.71%
2013 33,787,571 64,139,000 1.3% 0.67%
2014 34,204,780 64,620,000 1.23% 0.75%
2015 34,607,588 65,088,000 1.18% 0.72%
2016 35,023,457 65,607,000 1.2% 0.8%
2017 35,446,392 65,966,000 1.21% 0.55%
2018 35,839,760 66,289,000 1.11% 0.49%
2019 36,210,898 66,631,000 1.04% 0.52%
2020 36,584,208 66,744,000 1.03% 0.17%
2021 36,954,442 66,984,000 1.01% 0.36%
2022 37,329,064 67,604,000 1.01% 0.93%
2023 37,712,505 68,492,000 1.03% 1.31%
2024 38,081,173 69,226,000 0.98% 1.07%
2025 38,430,771 69,639,673 0.92% 0.6%
2026 38,762,439 70,020,350 0.86% 0.55%
2027 39,080,092 70,382,853 0.82% 0.52%
2028 39,384,122 70,732,699 0.78% 0.5%
2029 39,674,554 71,061,482 0.74% 0.46%
2030 39,953,461 71,377,535 0.7% 0.44%
2031 40,221,736 71,678,351 0.67% 0.42%
2032 40,477,986 71,959,934 0.64% 0.39%
2033 40,722,975 72,234,509 0.61% 0.38%
2034 40,957,241 72,497,650 0.58% 0.36%
2035 41,182,092 72,749,096 0.55% 0.35%
2036 41,398,224 72,990,847 0.52% 0.33%
2037 41,604,025 73,218,850 0.5% 0.31%
2038 41,802,267 73,441,349 0.48% 0.3%
2039 41,990,437 73,658,392 0.45% 0.3%
2040 42,168,202 73,868,334 0.42% 0.29%
2041 42,339,039 74,074,316 0.41% 0.28%
2042 42,500,324 74,275,779 0.38% 0.27%
2043 42,650,491 74,475,035 0.35% 0.27%
2044 42,792,499 74,667,284 0.33% 0.26%
2045 42,925,305 74,848,605 0.31% 0.24%
2046 43,046,175 75,020,949 0.28% 0.23%
2047 43,158,165 75,184,478 0.26% 0.22%
2048 43,262,402 75,337,543 0.24% 0.2%
2049 43,355,724 75,476,141 0.22% 0.18%
2050 43,440,428 75,600,588 0.2% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Morocco increased by 4,249,444 people (a 14% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Morocco gained 4,089,604 (a 11.8% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Morocco was ranked 37th most populous country in 2005 and is 41st in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

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