Population growth in Morocco,

According to Ahmed Lahlimi, the High Commissioner for Planning, Morocco will reach the 38 million mark in population in 2030, 21% are under 15 and 15.4% over 60, said

The Moroccan population, currently 30.7 million including 56% of city-dwellers, would witness an average additional population of some 300,000 people per city.

Despite a decrease in the rate of population growth, people of working ages (18 to 59 year olds) will increase from 16.3 million in 2004 to 22.6 million in 2030.

The pace of population growth is expected to be faster in urban areas than in rural areas due to accelerated urbanization and rural exodus, said Lahlimi, noting that urban population will increase from 16.4 million in 2004 to 24.4 million in 2030, while rural population will stabilize, moving from 13.4 million to 13.6 million between 2004 and 2030.

Lahlimi said these studies provide a general framework to forecast the future needs in various fields such as education, housing, health or social protection, adding that it is an important tool for strategic and sector planning which allows for better crafting development policies and understanding the possible repercussions.


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