National name: al-Mamlaka al-Maghrebia
Ruler: King Muhammad VI (1999)
Prime Minister: Driss Jettou (2002)
Area: 172,413 sq mi (446,550 sq km)
Monetary unit: Dirham

Population (2005 est.): 32,725,847
- growth rate: 1.6%;
- birth rate: 22.3/1000;
- infant mortality rate: 41.6/1000;
- life expectancy: 70.7;
- density per sq mi: 190

Capital (2003 est.): Rabat, 1,636,600
Largest cities:
- Casablanca, 3,397,000;
- Fez, 941,800;
- Marrakech, 755,200

Languages: - Arabic (official), - Berber dialects, - French often used for business, government, and diplomacy

Ethnicity/race: - Arab-Berber 99.1%, - Jewish 0.2%, - other 0.7%

Religions: - Islam 98.7%, - Christian 1.1%, - Jewish 0.2%

  
Literacy rate: 52% (2003 est.)

Economic summary:
- GDP/PPP (2004 est.): $134.6 billion; per capita $4,200.
- Real growth rate: 4.4%.
- Inflation: 2.1%.
- Unemployment: 12.1%.
- Arable land: 20%.
- Agriculture: barley, wheat, citrus, wine, vegetables, olives; livestock.
- Labor force: 11.02 million; agriculture 50%, services 35%, industry 15% (1999 est.).
- Industries: phosphate rock mining and processing, food processing, leather goods, textiles, construction, tourism.
- Natural resources: phosphates, iron ore, manganese, lead, zinc, fish, salt.
- Exports: $8.466 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.): clothing, fish, inorganic chemicals, transistors, crude minerals, fertilizers (including phosphates), petroleum products, fruits, vegetables.
- Imports: $12.75 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.): crude petroleum, textile fabric, telecommunications equipment, wheat, gas and electricity, transistors, plastics.
- Major trading partners: France, Spain, UK, Germany, Italy, U.S., Saudi Arabia.

Communications:
- Telephones: main lines in use: 1.391 million (1998); mobile cellular: 116,645 (1998).
- Radio broadcast stations: AM 27, FM 25, shortwave 6 (1998).
- Radios: 6.64 million (1997).
- Television broadcast stations: 35 (plus 66 repeaters) (1995).
- Televisions: 3.1 million (1997).
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 8 (2000).
- Internet users: 400,000 (2002).

Transportation:
- Railways: total: 1,907 km (2002).
- Highways: total: 57,707 km; paved: 32,547 km (including 481 km of expressways); unpaved: 25,160 km (2000).
- Ports and harbors: Agadir, El Jadida, Casablanca, El Jorf Lasfar, Kenitra, Mohammedia, Nador, Rabat, Safi, Tangier; also Spanish-controlled Ceuta and Melilla.
- Airports: 63 (2002).