Morocco vs Peru: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

Morocco
2.95 million people
in 2023
Peru
3.04 million people
in 2023
Morocco rank
39th
Peru rank
38th

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

  • Morocco
  • Peru
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 3.04 million people against 2.95 million people in Morocco, a difference of 89,950 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Peru ahead.

Morocco ranks 39th and Peru ranks 38th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Morocco averaged higher in 1 and Peru in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Morocco Peru Difference Ahead
1950s 280,074 people 309,898 people 29,824 people Peru
1960s 391,046 people 463,440 people 72,393 people Peru
1970s 509,786 people 652,915 people 143,129 people Peru
1980s 591,990 people 727,913 people 135,923 people Peru
1990s 964,806 people 911,128 people 53,679 people Morocco
2000s 1.42 million people 1.57 million people 147,450 people Peru
2010s 2.00 million people 2.44 million people 437,887 people Peru
2020s 2.74 million people 2.94 million people 192,940 people Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children, working-age adults, and older people, Morocco or Peru?
Peru, at 3.04 million people against 2.95 million people in Morocco as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children, working-age adults, and older people between Morocco and Peru?
89,950 people, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Peru?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Morocco and Peru rank globally for number of children, working-age adults, and older people?
Morocco ranks 39th and Peru ranks 38th 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

Indicator
Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
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 people aged 65+.