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.
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Rabat.
Rabat −11.2%
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.
| Men | Age | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 5.1% | 75 and over | 6.1% |
| 4.1% | 70–74 | 4.3% |
| 5.0% | 65–69 | 5.5% |
| 6.1% | 60–64 | 6.8% |
| 6.3% | 55–59 | 6.9% |
| 6.9% | 50–54 | 7.0% |
| 6.5% | 45–49 | 7.1% |
| 6.7% | 40–44 | 7.1% |
| 6.3% | 35–39 | 6.6% |
| 6.8% | 30–34 | 6.6% |
| 7.1% | 25–29 | 6.6% |
| 7.4% | 20–24 | 6.9% |
| 7.2% | 15–19 | 6.4% |
| 7.4% | 10–14 | 6.4% |
| 6.3% | 5–9 | 5.6% |
| 4.8% | 0–4 | 4.2% |
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
Languages read and written
By those aged 10 and over who can read.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
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.
How old they are
When the dwelling was built.
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.
Businesses by the people they employ
By how many people work there.
When the businesses were founded
The year the business was set up.
Arrondissements
The city is divided into arrondissements, shaded from least to most dense.
| Arrondissement | Population, 2024 | Per km² |
|---|---|---|
| Yacoub El Mansour يعقوب المنصور | 168,391 | 9,964 |
| El Youssoufia اليوسفية | 157,587 | 13,322 |
| Hassan حسان | 92,454 | 11,186 |
| Agdal Riyad أكدال الرياض | 70,435 | 3,140 |
| Souissi السويسي | 21,049 | 372 |
In the data
- Code
04.421.01.0- As digits
004421010- Slug
rabat- 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
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("rabat");