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Morocco: map and facts
Morocco is in Northern Africa. It has about 38.4 million people (2025), the 41st largest population. It covers 446,550 km², the 57th largest by area. That is about 86 people per km². Its highest point is Jebel Toubkal, at 4,167 m. The longest river on its map is the Moulouya, 520 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 38,430,770 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 446,550 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 683,000 km².
- Capital: Rabat
- Highest point: Jebel Toubkal, 4,167 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 12.8% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Morocco, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Moulouya: 520 km
- Sous: 190 km
Also on the map: Sebou and Oum Er Rbia.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Jebel Toubkal: 4,167 m (its highest point)
- Adrar Bou Nasser: 3,340 m
- Jebel Tidirhine: 2,456 m
- Jebel Lekst: 2,359 m
Mountain ranges: Atlas Mountains, High Atlas, Anti-Atlas, Tell Atlas, Rif and Middle Atlas.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Hamada du Draa.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): bare ground 65.5%, open shrubland 18.1%, farmland 8.4%, grassland 6.3%, savanna 1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 32.8%, hills 27%, plateaus 22.9%, mountains 16.4%.
Forests covered 12.8% of its land in 2024, the same as in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #2 in phosphate among the countries USGS lists (2025)
- World #3 in barite among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Morocco shares land borders with Algeria, Mauritania and Spain on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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