Morocco vs Peru: Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents

Morocco
8.72 million people
in 2020
Peru
10.04 million people
in 2020
Morocco rank
36th
Peru rank
33rd

Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents over time

  • Morocco
  • Peru
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 10.04 million people against 8.72 million people in Morocco, a difference of 1.32 million people.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.2 times Morocco's.

Across all 15 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.

Morocco ranks 36th and Peru ranks 33rd of 182 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of people living in cities with more than 1 million residents
Unit
people
Source
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
182 places, 2,532 data points, 1950–2020
Last refreshed

Total population living in cities with 1 million or more people. City boundaries are defined using a consistent global approach based on satellite imagery and population data.