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  • Population......................................................................33,757,175 (July 2007 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................1.528% (2007 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................21.64 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
  • Death rate................................................5.54 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................-0.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
  • Ethnic groups............................. Arab-Berber 99.1%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
Country Profile
Morocco: From Emigration Country to Africa's Migration Passage to Europe
 A source for Europe's labor needs since the 1960s, Moroccan migrants and their remittances are central to the economy back home. But as Hein de Haas of Radboud University Nijmegen explains, Morocco is also becoming a transit and immigration country for migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.

Time to Temper the Faith: Comparing the Migration and Development Experiences of Mexico and Morocco

Maroc: De pays d'émigration vers passage migratoire africain vers l'Europe

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Neighboring Countries

Spain
Algeria
Western Sahara*

Other Resources

Morocco Statistics Directorate (French only)
http://www.statistic-hcp.ma

Government portal
http://www.mincom.gov.ma/english/e_page.html

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
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