Australia vs Morocco: Number of people living in urban and rural areas
Australia
23.66 million people
in 2025
Morocco
24.26 million people
in 2025
Australia rank
40th
Morocco rank
39th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas over time
- Australia
- Morocco
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 24.26 million people against 23.66 million people in Australia, a difference of 599,100 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 40th and Morocco ranks 39th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Morocco in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.20 million people | 2.79 million people | 4.41 million people | Australia |
| 1960s | 9.35 million people | 4.15 million people | 5.20 million people | Australia |
| 1970s | 11.77 million people | 6.36 million people | 5.41 million people | Australia |
| 1980s | 13.47 million people | 9.70 million people | 3.78 million people | Australia |
| 1990s | 15.37 million people | 13.43 million people | 1.93 million people | Australia |
| 2000s | 17.37 million people | 16.74 million people | 630,350 people | Australia |
| 2010s | 20.65 million people | 20.75 million people | 102,310 people | Morocco |
| 2020s | 23.03 million people | 23.48 million people | 449,183 people | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, Australia or Morocco?
- Morocco, at 24.26 million people against 23.66 million people in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas between Australia and Morocco?
- 599,100 people, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Morocco?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Morocco rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas?
- Australia ranks 40th and Morocco ranks 39th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.