Morocco (/ m ə ˈ r ɒ k oʊ / ), officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east , and the disputed territory of Western Sahara (also known as the Southern Provinces or Moroccan Sahara) to the south .

Beginning in 1549, the region was ruled by successive Arab dynasties known as the Sharifian dynasties, who claimed descent from the prophet Muhammad. The first of these polities was the Saadi dynasty, which ruled Morocco from 1549 to 1659. From 1509 to 1549, the Saadi rulers had control of only the southern areas.

Geographically, Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior, large tracts of desert, and a lengthy coastline along the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea . Morocco has a population of over 37 million and an area of 710,850 km 2 (274,460 sq mi). Its capital is Rabat, and the largest city is Casablanca.

Morocco (Arabic: المغرب ‎, al-Maġrib, ; Moroccan Arabic: المغرب, el-Maġrib; Berber leids: ⵍⵎⴰⵖⵔⵉⴱ, ⴰⵎⵕⵕⵓⴽ; French: Maroc), offeecially the Kinrick o Morocco (Arabic: المملكة المغربية ‎, al-Mamlakah al-Maġribiyya, [al.mamlaka l.maɣribijja]), is a kintra locatit in North Africae.

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east , and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south .

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Morocco, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. The population of Morocco in 2021 is 37.271 million. [2] Moroccans are primarily of Arab and Berber origin. [3 ...

Macro-economic trend [ edit] Morocco is a fairly stable economy with continuous growth over the past half-century. Current GDP per capita grew 47% in the 1960s, reaching a peak growth of 274% in the 1970s. However, this proved unsustainable and growth scaled back sharply to just 8.2% in the 1980s and 8.9% in the 1990s.