Tanger
طنجة
Urban commune in the préfecture of Tanger-Assilah, Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceima.
- Population, 2024
- 1,275,428
- Since 2014
- +34.6%from 947,952 in 2014
- Density
- 8,537people per km², 149.4 km²
- Households
- 362,062
- Foreign residents
- 6,916
- Rank
- 22nd most populous of 1,503 communes1st of 12 in its préfecture
Next door in Laaouama, 9.5% of households are on the public sewer. Here, it’s 99.2%.
Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: El Mansouria. Apartments: 25.6% here, 24.8% there; can’t read or write: 14.5% here, 16.8% there; higher education: 12.5% here, 13.7% there.
One of 50 communes where at least 0.5% of residents are foreign.
Where it is
Its préfecture, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.
Bordering communes
Postcodes
90000, 90010, 90020, 90030, 90040, 90060, 90070, 90080, 90090, 90100
Villages and hamlets
Achakkar, Ahammar, Al Azifat, Beni Ouriaghel, Beni Saïd, Beni Touzine, Bir el Ghazi, Bni Idder, Branès Kdima, Chejirat, Dar Barroud, Dar Soultan, El Kherab, Ganboria, Jbila, Jnan Kaptan, Kasbah, Mediouna, Mghayer, Oumsanas, Parc Marchan, Rmilet, Sidi Amar, Ziatène
How it changed
Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Tanger.
Tanger +34.6%
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 14.5%aged 10 and over20.1% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 15.3%17.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 52.1%aged 15 and over29.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 95.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.89children per woman1.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 3.7%of people4.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.5people on average3.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 98.8%of settled households82.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9% | 75 and over | 2.1% | ||
| 1.9% | 70–74 | 1.7% | ||
| 2.6% | 65–69 | 2.5% | ||
| 3.5% | 60–64 | 3.9% | ||
| 3.6% | 55–59 | 3.9% | ||
| 4.8% | 50–54 | 4.8% | ||
| 5.6% | 45–49 | 5.8% | ||
| 7.1% | 40–44 | 7.0% | ||
| 8.2% | 35–39 | 8.2% | ||
| 9.3% | 30–34 | 9.1% | ||
| 9.0% | 25–29 | 9.2% | ||
| 8.4% | 20–24 | 8.7% | ||
| 7.5% | 15–19 | 7.3% | ||
| 8.8% | 10–14 | 8.5% | ||
| 9.4% | 5–9 | 9.0% | ||
| 8.5% | 0–4 | 8.1% | ||
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
More census figures
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 Tanger’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 485,227
- Standing empty
- 28.6%11.9% vacant16.7% a second home
- Precarious
- 0.9%0.3% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 97.9%96.7% on the water mains97.1% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 1.4%households short, against the sound stock
More dwelling figures
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 Tanger by arrondissement. These figures add its 4 arrondissements up. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 54,81043.0 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 52,39095.6% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 208,4454.0 per business
- Public services
- 1,151
- Associations
- 1,269in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 1counted outside the total
More business figures
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bni Makada بني مكادة | 567,465 | 23,350 |
| Médina المدينة | 343,535 | 4,508 |
| Mghogha مغوغة | 252,656 | 5,768 |
| Souani السواني | 111,772 | 21,972 |
In the data
Files and code
- Code
01.511.01.0- As digits
001511010- Slug
tanger- Census figures
/api/communes/01.511.01.0/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/communes/01.511.01.0/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/communes/01.511.01.0/housing.json- Bordering communes
/api/communes/01.511.01.0/neighbours.json- Neighbourhoods and postcodes
/api/communes/01.511.01.0/neighbourhoods.json- OpenStreetMap
- 2758781
import { getCommune } from "morocco-communes";
getCommune("tanger");