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=General Information on Morocco =

31,627,428 (July 2010 est.) Country comparison to the world: 38
 * Population: [[image:marrakech-morocco.jpg width="450" height="298" align="right" caption="Marrakesh, Morocco" link="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.iho-ohi.org/wp-content/marrakech-morocco.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.iho-ohi.org/index.php/category/morocco/&usg=__9WPP_wYFKG9oOO-1U6dFzFcJu28=&h=332&w=500&sz=32&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=gE05HcdbDmlxYM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=180&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmorocco%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26rlz%3D1R2RNWI_en%26biw%3D1345%26bih%3D595%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=125&ei=77cGTZHnC8WonQfP_pCOCQ&oei=77cGTZHnC8WonQfP_pCOCQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=57&ty=51"]] **

1.077% (2010 est.) Country comparison to the world: 118
 * Population Growth Rate: **

19.4 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
 * Birth Rate: **

4.74 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
 * Death Rate: **

Urban population: 56% of total population (2008) Rate of urbanization: 1.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
 * Urbanization: **

Moroccan(s) ** Religion: ** Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2% ** Languages: ** Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French is often the language of business, government, and diplomacy.
 * Nationality: **

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