Number of 1-year-olds, by sex in Morocco

Morocco: Number of 1-year-olds, by sex was 308,025 people in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
308,025 people
Change on year
down 1.3%
World rank
47th
of 236 countries
All-time high
350,654 people
in 1984
All-time low
156,352 people
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Number of 1-year-olds, by sex in Morocco, 1950–2023

0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k195019862023

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for number of 1-year-olds, by sex in Morocco is 308,025 people, measured in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of 1-year-olds, by sex in Morocco peaked at 350,654 people in 1984 and was at its lowest, 156,352 people, in 1950.

That places Morocco 47th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Number of 1-year-olds, by sex in Morocco, year by year

Annual values for Number of 1-year-olds, by sex in Morocco, 1950 to 2023.
Year people Change
1950 156,352 people
1951 169,167 people +8.2%
1952 173,761 people +2.7%
1953 181,531 people +4.5%
1954 189,313 people +4.3%
1955 196,234 people +3.7%
1956 202,766 people +3.3%
1957 209,469 people +3.3%
1958 216,022 people +3.1%
1959 222,653 people +3.1%
1960 229,267 people +3.0%
1961 235,991 people +2.9%
1962 242,863 people +2.9%
1963 250,104 people +3.0%
1964 255,683 people +2.2%
1965 259,108 people +1.3%
1966 262,880 people +1.5%
1967 266,969 people +1.6%
1968 271,124 people +1.6%
1969 275,014 people +1.4%
1970 278,738 people +1.4%
1971 283,511 people +1.7%
1972 288,623 people +1.8%
1973 293,630 people +1.7%
1974 298,748 people +1.7%
1975 303,365 people +1.5%
1976 308,149 people +1.6%
1977 312,570 people +1.4%
1978 316,225 people +1.2%
1979 320,205 people +1.3%
1980 326,088 people +1.8%
1981 334,083 people +2.5%
1982 342,652 people +2.6%
1983 348,942 people +1.8%
1984 350,654 people +0.5%
1985 349,444 people -0.3%
1986 345,699 people -1.1%
1987 341,684 people -1.2%
1988 339,111 people -0.8%
1989 335,672 people -1.0%
1990 331,964 people -1.1%
1991 328,343 people -1.1%
1992 328,023 people -0.1%
1993 326,139 people -0.6%
1994 318,599 people -2.3%
1995 314,737 people -1.2%
1996 314,300 people -0.1%
1997 312,520 people -0.6%
1998 311,122 people -0.4%
1999 309,796 people -0.4%
2000 306,295 people -1.1%
2001 303,784 people -0.8%
2002 303,649 people -0.0%
2003 301,684 people -0.6%
2004 301,104 people -0.2%
2005 304,818 people +1.2%
2006 310,370 people +1.8%
2007 316,172 people +1.9%
2008 321,543 people +1.7%
2009 326,197 people +1.4%
2010 330,880 people +1.4%
2011 335,883 people +1.5%
2012 337,757 people +0.6%
2013 335,704 people -0.6%
2014 331,108 people -1.4%
2015 325,848 people -1.6%
2016 323,101 people -0.8%
2017 322,693 people -0.1%
2018 321,929 people -0.2%
2019 320,045 people -0.6%
2020 318,048 people -0.6%
2021 315,553 people -0.8%
2022 312,026 people -1.1%
2023 308,025 people -1.3%

Morocco compared with similar countries

  • Morocco's 308,025 people is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 123,421 people, 2.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Morocco's 308,025 people is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 86,090 people, 3.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 191,727 people 156,352 people 222,653 people 10
1960s 254,900 people 229,267 people 275,014 people 10
1970s 300,376 people 278,738 people 320,205 people 10
1980s 341,403 people 326,088 people 350,654 people 10
1990s 319,554 people 309,796 people 331,964 people 10
2000s 309,562 people 301,104 people 326,197 people 10
2010s 328,495 people 320,045 people 337,757 people 10
2020s 313,413 people 308,025 people 318,048 people 4

Countries ranked near Morocco

  1. 44 Burkina Faso 332,075 people compare
  2. 45 Zambia 320,654 people compare
  3. 46 Malawi 312,275 people compare
  4. 48 Thailand 292,572 people compare
  5. 49 Nepal 274,828 people compare
  6. 50 Peru 263,446 people compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More reference data data for Morocco

All data for Morocco →

Frequently asked questions

What is number of 1-year-olds, by sex in Morocco?
Number of 1-year-olds, by sex in Morocco was 308,025 people in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest number of 1-year-olds, by sex recorded in Morocco?
The highest recorded value was 350,654 people in 1984.
What is the lowest number of 1-year-olds, by sex recorded in Morocco?
The lowest recorded value was 156,352 people in 1950.
How does Morocco rank for number of 1-year-olds, by sex?
Morocco ranks 47th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is number of 1-year-olds, by sex rising or falling in Morocco?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Morocco data come from?
The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of 1-year-olds, by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 74 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Number of 1-year-olds, by sex in Morocco. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/number-of-one-year-olds/morocco/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/number-of-one-year-olds/morocco/">Number of 1-year-olds, by sex in Morocco</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of 1-year-olds, by sex
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes women aged 1.