Algeria vs Morocco: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Algeria
2.94 million people
in 2023
Morocco
2.95 million people
in 2023
Algeria rank
40th
Morocco rank
39th
Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time
- Algeria
- Morocco
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 2.95 million people against 2.94 million people in Algeria, a difference of 7,710 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Algeria ahead.
Algeria ranks 40th and Morocco ranks 39th of 236 countries.
Algeria has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 333,978 people | 280,074 people | 53,904 people | Algeria |
| 1960s | 452,719 people | 391,046 people | 61,672 people | Algeria |
| 1970s | 535,780 people | 509,786 people | 25,994 people | Algeria |
| 1980s | 697,829 people | 591,990 people | 105,839 people | Algeria |
| 1990s | 1.05 million people | 964,806 people | 83,612 people | Algeria |
| 2000s | 1.55 million people | 1.42 million people | 127,782 people | Algeria |
| 2010s | 2.08 million people | 2.00 million people | 73,385 people | Algeria |
| 2020s | 2.76 million people | 2.74 million people | 17,978 people | Algeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of children, working-age adults, and older people, Algeria or Morocco?
- Morocco, at 2.95 million people against 2.94 million people in Algeria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of children, working-age adults, and older people between Algeria and Morocco?
- 7,710 people, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Morocco?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Algeria and Morocco rank globally for number of children, working-age adults, and older people?
- Algeria ranks 40th and Morocco ranks 39th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children, working-age adults, and older people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.