Rabat

الرباط

Urban commune in the préfecture of Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024
509,916
Since 2014
−11.2%from 573,895 in 2014
Density
4,394people per km², 116 km²
Households
156,398
Foreign residents
14,614
Rank
77th most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 2 in its préfecture

Where it is

Its préfecture, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Touarga

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Rabat.

Rabat −11.2%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write
11.1%aged 10 and over15.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment
18.2%17.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force
46.6%aged 15 and over33.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11
96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility
1.19children per woman1.97 across Morocco
Disability
4.2%of people4.8% across Morocco
Household size
3.2people on average3.9 across Morocco
Running water
99.4%of settled households82.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Rabat: men and women by age, as a share of each
MenAgeWomen
5.1%75 and over6.1%
4.1%70–744.3%
5.0%65–695.5%
6.1%60–646.8%
6.3%55–596.9%
6.9%50–547.0%
6.5%45–497.1%
6.7%40–447.1%
6.3%35–396.6%
6.8%30–346.6%
7.1%25–296.6%
7.4%20–246.9%
7.2%15–196.4%
7.4%10–146.4%
6.3%5–95.6%
4.8%0–44.2%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

  • Darija96.6%
  • Tachelhit7.9%
  • Tamazight3.1%
  • Tarifit0.9%
  • Hassania0.3%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

  • Arabic97.4%
  • French76.7%
  • English36.0%
  • Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

  • Private car30.5%
  • On foot25.0%
  • Taxi16.8%
  • Bus7.1%
  • Employer’s transport5.8%
  • Bike or motorcycle4.8%

Urban dwellings

The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Rabat’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary

Dwellings
180,392
Standing empty
18.3%8.9% vacant9.4% a second home
Precarious
1.5%0.6% a slum or basic house
On the sewer
98.3%98.6% on the water mains98.9% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall
2.8%households short, against the sound stock

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

  • Apartment43.4%
  • Modern house43.3%
  • Villa8.2%
  • Traditional house3.7%
  • Other0.8%
  • Slum or basic house0.6%
  • Rural-type0.1%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

  • Under 20 years21.7%
  • 20 to 49 years60.9%
  • 50 years or more17.4%

Business and jobs

The census counts Rabat by arrondissement. These figures add its 5 arrondissements up. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments
27,94854.8 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses
26,13093.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs
99,5273.8 per business
Public services
1,218
Associations
600in premises of their own

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

  • Commerce45.6%
  • Services41.9%
  • Industry10.0%
  • Construction2.6%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

  • One person44.2%
  • 2 to 337.3%
  • 4 to 912.9%
  • 10 to 494.9%
  • 50 and over0.7%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

  • 2020 or later18.7%
  • 2011–201932.9%
  • 2001–201027.3%
  • 1991–20009.4%
  • 1981–19904.7%
  • 1956–19806.1%
  • Before 19561.0%

Arrondissements

The city is divided into arrondissements, shaded from least to most dense.

SouissiEl YoussoufiaAgdal RiyadYacoub El MansourHassan
ArrondissementPopulation, 2024Per km²
Yacoub El Mansour يعقوب المنصور168,3919,964
El Youssoufia اليوسفية157,58713,322
Hassan حسان92,45411,186
Agdal Riyad أكدال الرياض70,4353,140
Souissi السويسي21,049372

In the data

Code
04.421.01.0
As digits
004421010
Slug
rabat
Record
/api/communes/04.421.01.0.json
Boundary
/api/communes/04.421.01.0/boundary.geojson
Census figures
/api/communes/04.421.01.0/indicators.json
Business and jobs
/api/communes/04.421.01.0/economy.json
Urban dwellings
/api/communes/04.421.01.0/housing.json
Bordering communes
/api/communes/04.421.01.0/neighbours.json
OpenStreetMap
2799215
In JavaScript
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";

getCommune("rabat");

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