What are the three largest cities? How many people live there?
Casablanca 3.046 million
RABAT 1.843 million
Fes 1.088 million
What percentage of the population is under 24 years old?
The percentage of the people under 24 is 44.4%
What percentage of the population is male? Female?
Females: 50.64%
Males: 49.63
Are people immigrating to your country, or out of your country?
Morocco is one of the leading emigration countries, which means that people mostly immigrate of of Morocco. Since the population of Morocco is about 30 million, it is estimated that about 2 million Moroccans live aboard.
Languages
What are the 3 most common languages spoken? Why?
Arabic (official): When Islam reached morocco, Moroccans learned Arabic so they can read Quran.
Berber languages (Tamazight (official), Tachelhit, Tarifit); these are the original languages that they spoke before anyone conquered them or introduced anything new.
French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy); because Morocco was under French captivation for a long time so the language became popular.
What languages are taught in schools?
French and Arabic are taught at school, while every child is taught Berber at home.
What language(s) are on street signs?
Arabic and French.
Religions
What are the most common religions in the region? Why?
99% of the people are Muslims and the other 1% (includes Christian, Jewish, and Baha'i).
Are there any tensions between religious groups? Why or or why not?
No, because of the small amount of people who are non-Muslims, everyone gets along well. since the majority of people have the same religion.
Is there a state sponsored religion?
Yes, Islam.
Are any groups alienated because of their religion?
No,as stated before people get along pretty well.
Economy
What type of economy does your country have?
A diverse, open, market oriented economy.
How is the economy doing? What is their Gross domestic product (GDP)?
The economy has been doing fairly well, since it grows by 4% annually. The GDP of Morocco in 2014 is 254.4 billion dollars (U.S), which is about four times more than that of 2003. It also has the second largest GDP in the Arab world that is not based on oil production.
Morocco makes money because if exporting Phosphates, and agriculture production. Tourism is also a key factor in Morocco.
What does it import? Export?
Exports:
Clothing and textiles, electric components, inorganic chemicals, transistors, crude minerals, fertilizers (including phosphates), petroleum products, citrus fruits, vegetables, fish.
Imports:
Crude petroleum, textile fabric, telecommunications equipment, wheat, gas and electricity, transistors, plastics.
Is your country an agricultural based economy or an industrial based economy? Why?
Morocco is an agricultural based economy, because it produces many fruits and vegetables such as
tomatoes, mandarins/clementines/tangerines (named after the city of Tangiers), oranges, olives, processed foods such as cheese and preserved or canned fruits and vegetables.
Food
What is one “traditional” food eaten there?
One traditional food eaten in Morocco is Couscous.
Are there global fast food restaurants in your country? What is the reaction of the people there?
Yes, there fast food restaurants in the main cities, but there are rarely any in other cities. People don't mind them especially kids who really look forward to trips to fast food restaurants.
What is the most consumed food?
The most consumed types of food are vegetables, and bread.
Housing
Does the government help people get housing?
Yes, since 1195 the government has been working on a program to build 200,00 low cost houses.
Do more people rent or buy homes?
more people rent houses, but the statistics are similar. 43% of the people rent houses, while 41% buy houses.
What kind of housing do most people have?
Most ind of houses are either traditional dwellings or housing units and flats.
What would it cost to rent an apartment in the capital/biggest city?
The prices in Rabat for renting an apartment start from 435.30 US Dollars, they can be much higher though.
Populations
- How many people live in your country?
32,987,206 people live in Morocco- What are the three largest cities? How many people live there?
Casablanca 3.046 millionRABAT 1.843 million
Fes 1.088 million
- What percentage of the population is under 24 years old?
The percentage of the people under 24 is 44.4%- What percentage of the population is male? Female?
Females: 50.64%Males: 49.63
- Are people immigrating to your country, or out of your country?
Morocco is one of the leading emigration countries, which means that people mostly immigrate of of Morocco. Since the population of Morocco is about 30 million, it is estimated that about 2 million Moroccans live aboard.Languages
- What are the 3 most common languages spoken? Why?
Arabic (official): When Islam reached morocco, Moroccans learned Arabic so they can read Quran.Berber languages (Tamazight (official), Tachelhit, Tarifit); these are the original languages that they spoke before anyone conquered them or introduced anything new.
French (often the language of business, government, and diplomacy); because Morocco was under French captivation for a long time so the language became popular.
- What languages are taught in schools?
French and Arabic are taught at school, while every child is taught Berber at home.- What language(s) are on street signs?
Arabic and French.Religions
- What are the most common religions in the region? Why?
99% of the people are Muslims and the other 1% (includes Christian, Jewish, and Baha'i).- Are there any tensions between religious groups? Why or or why not?
No, because of the small amount of people who are non-Muslims, everyone gets along well. since the majority of people have the same religion.- Is there a state sponsored religion?
Yes, Islam.- Are any groups alienated because of their religion?
No,as stated before people get along pretty well.Economy
- What type of economy does your country have?
A diverse, open, market oriented economy.- How is the economy doing? What is their Gross domestic product (GDP)?
The economy has been doing fairly well, since it grows by 4% annually. The GDP of Morocco in 2014 is 254.4 billion dollars- How does the country make its money
?
Morocco makes money- What does it import? Export?
Exports:Clothing and textiles, electric components, inorganic chemicals, transistors, crude minerals, fertilizers (including phosphates), petroleum products, citrus fruits, vegetables, fish.
Imports:
Crude petroleum, textile fabric, telecommunications equipment, wheat, gas and electricity, transistors, plastics.
- Is your country an agricultural based economy or an industrial based economy? Why?
Morocco is an agricultural based economy, because it produces many fruits and vegetables such astomatoes, mandarins/clementines/tangerines (named after the city of Tangiers), oranges, olives, processed foods such as cheese and preserved or canned fruits and vegetables.
Food
- What is one “traditional” food eaten there?
One traditional food eaten in Morocco is Couscous.- Are there global fast food restaurants in your country? What is the reaction of the people there?
Yes, there fast food restaurants in the main cities, but there are rarely any in other cities. People don't mind them especially kids who really look forward to trips to fast food restaurants.- What is the most consumed food?
The most consumed types of food are vegetables, and bread.Housing
- Does the government help people get housing?
Yes, since 1195 the government has been working on a program to build 200,00 low cost houses.- Do more people rent or buy homes?
more people rent houses, but the statistics are similar. 43% of the people rent houses, while 41% buy houses.- What kind of housing do most people have?
Most ind of houses are either traditional dwellings or housing units and flats.- What would it cost to rent an apartment in the capital
/biggest city?
The prices in Rabat for renting an apartment start from 435.30 US Dollars, they can be much higher though.