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title: "Morocco — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Morocco: capital Rabat, area 716,550 km², population 38,430,770 (2025), currency Moroccan dirham. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/morocco/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Morocco

**Morocco: Capital Rabat**

716,550 km² · 38,430,770 people (2025) · Moroccan dirham

Toubkal in the High Atlas is 4,167 m, the highest point in North Africa, and holds snow into early summer within sight of the desert. The Atlas ranges cut the country in two, wet Atlantic plains on one side and Sahara on the other.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Rabat
- **Largest city:** Casablanca
- **Area:** 716,550 km² — 276,661 sq mi
- **Population:** 38,430,770 (2025)
- **Density:** 53.6 people per km²
- **Currency:** Moroccan dirham (MAD, د.م.)
- **Official languages:** Arabic, Berber
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +212
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** MA · MAR
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 40 of 200
- **By population:** 41 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chile | 756,102 | 19,859,921 |
| Zambia | 752,618 | 21,913,874 |
| Morocco ← | 716,550 | 38,430,770 |
| Myanmar | 676,578 | 54,850,648 |
| Afghanistan | 652,230 | 43,844,111 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Morocco?

Rabat

### What currency does Morocco use?

The Moroccan dirham (MAD).

### How big is Morocco?

716,550 km², or 276,661 square miles — 40 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Morocco drive on?

The right.

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- [Chile](https://atoneplace.net/country/chile/)
- [Zambia](https://atoneplace.net/country/zambia/)
- [Myanmar](https://atoneplace.net/country/myanmar/)
- [Afghanistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/afghanistan/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]