Meknès
مكناس
Préfecture in the région of Fès-Meknès.
- Population, 2024
- 942,945
- Since 2014
- +12.8%
- Households
- 248,296
- Communes
- 21
- Area
- 1,791 km²
Its communes, shaded by density. Each one has a page.
- Most populous
- Meknès 551,503
- Grew the most
- Ait Ouallal +258.0%
- Shrank the most
- Charqaoua −14.5%
- Densest
- Ouislane 10,623 people per km²
People and homes
What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary
- Can’t read or write
- 19.4%aged 10 and over25.3% in 201426.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 24.5%18.7% in 201429.7% among women21.3% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 40.9%aged 15 and over46.6% in 201418.7% among women41.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 6 to 11
- 96.9%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.77children per woman1.97 in 20141.97 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.1%of people5.5% in 20144.8% across Morocco
- Household size
- 3.7people on average4.3 in 20143.9 across Morocco
- Running water
- 93.2%of settled households87.8% in 201482.9% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 3.0% | 75 and over | 3.5% |
| 2.9% | 70–74 | 2.7% |
| 4.1% | 65–69 | 3.7% |
| 5.7% | 60–64 | 5.5% |
| 5.4% | 55–59 | 5.6% |
| 6.0% | 50–54 | 6.3% |
| 6.1% | 45–49 | 6.7% |
| 6.6% | 40–44 | 7.1% |
| 6.4% | 35–39 | 7.0% |
| 6.4% | 30–34 | 7.0% |
| 6.1% | 25–29 | 6.5% |
| 7.2% | 20–24 | 7.3% |
| 8.2% | 15–19 | 7.6% |
| 9.8% | 10–14 | 8.8% |
| 8.9% | 5–9 | 8.1% |
| 7.3% | 0–4 | 6.6% |
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.
- Can’t read or write
- 25.3%aged 10 and over19.4% in 202434.3% among women32.2% across Morocco
- Unemployment
- 18.7%24.5% in 202433.1% among women16.2% across Morocco
- In the labour force
- 46.6%aged 15 and over40.9% in 202421.2% among women47.6% across Morocco
- At school, aged 7 to 12
- 97.1%95.1% across Morocco
- Fertility
- 1.97children per woman1.77 in 20242.22 across Morocco
- Disability
- 5.5%of people5.1% in 20245.1% across Morocco
- Household size
- 4.3people on average3.7 in 20244.6 across Morocco
- Running water
- 87.8%of settled households93.2% in 202473.0% across Morocco
Age
Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.
| Men | Age | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5% | 75 and over | 2.7% |
| 1.8% | 70–74 | 2.0% |
| 2.0% | 65–69 | 2.0% |
| 3.9% | 60–64 | 3.6% |
| 4.9% | 55–59 | 4.4% |
| 6.4% | 50–54 | 6.3% |
| 6.1% | 45–49 | 6.5% |
| 6.8% | 40–44 | 7.2% |
| 6.8% | 35–39 | 7.6% |
| 7.3% | 30–34 | 7.8% |
| 7.7% | 25–29 | 8.1% |
| 8.7% | 20–24 | 8.8% |
| 8.4% | 15–19 | 8.2% |
| 8.7% | 10–14 | 8.1% |
| 8.5% | 5–9 | 7.8% |
| 9.6% | 0–4 | 8.9% |
Local languages used
Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.
Languages read and written
Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.
Getting to work
How employed people get to work.
Where people work
Where employed people work, asked in 2014.
What people did
The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.
Highest diploma
What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.
Urban dwellings
The 2024 census counted the dwellings in Meknès’s urban area, the empty ones too. Every share here is of those. What each figure counts · Glossary
- Dwellings
- 278,771
- Standing empty
- 26.7%12.1% vacant14.7% a second home
- Precarious
- 1.5%0.8% a slum or basic house
- On the sewer
- 97.3%96.5% on the water mains96.8% on the electricity grid
- Housing shortfall
- 2.3%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
Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary
- Establishments
- 35,77037.9 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
- Businesses
- 32,80891.7% of the establishments
- Permanent jobs
- 85,2142.6 per business
- Public services
- 2,162
- Associations
- 800in premises of their own
- Weekly souks
- 6counted outside the total
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.
Communes
| Commune | Type | Population, 2024 | Since 2014 | Per km² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meknès | urban | 551,503 | +6.0% | 7,601 |
| Ouislane | urban | 112,180 | +27.6% | 10,623 |
| M'haya | rural | 30,060 | +13.9% | 257 |
| Dkhissa | rural | 28,296 | +42.1% | 332 |
| Toulal | urban | 26,970 | +41.4% | 2,122 |
| Majjate | rural | 20,698 | +128.1% | 209 |
| Sidi Slimane Moul Al Kifane | rural | 20,427 | +6.7% | 316 |
| Ait Ouallal | rural | 19,079 | +258.0% | 180 |
| Boufakrane | urban | 16,892 | +30.5% | 3,400 |
| Oued Jdida | rural | 16,379 | +9.7% | 219 |
| Ain Jemaa | rural | 14,557 | −4.6% | 65.1 |
| Ain Karma-Oued Rommane | rural | 13,986 | +1.1% | 57.4 |
| Sidi Abdellah Al Khayat | rural | 12,158 | +8.3% | 119 |
| Dar Oum Soltane | rural | 11,609 | +31.3% | 177 |
| My Idriss Zerhoun | urban | 10,038 | −13.6% | 3,969 |
| Oualili | rural | 9,009 | −7.5% | 69.7 |
| Mrhassiyine | rural | 8,355 | +4.4% | 102 |
| N'zalat Bni Amar | rural | 7,672 | −8.1% | 96.5 |
| Al Machouar-Stinia | urban | 5,009 | +7.4% | 5,766 |
| Charqaoua | rural | 4,727 | −14.5% | 35.8 |
| Ain Orma | rural | 3,341 | −4.4% | 40.3 |
In the data
- Code
03.061- As digits
03061- Census figures
/api/provinces/03.061/indicators.json- Business and jobs
/api/provinces/03.061/economy.json- Urban dwellings
/api/provinces/03.061/housing.json