Rabat

الرباط

Préfecture in the région of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra.

Population, 2024: 515,619
Since 2014: −10.8%
Households: 157,183
Communes: 2
Area: 117 km²

Its communes, shaded by density. Each one has a page.

Most populous: Rabat 509,916
Grew the most: Touarga +45.0%
Shrank the most: Rabat −11.2%
Densest: Touarga 4,789 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: 11.1%aged 10 and over15.5% in 201415.7% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.2%18.1% in 201417.2% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.6%aged 15 and over53.6% in 201433.1% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 96.3%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.19children per woman1.60 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.2%of people4.4% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.2people on average3.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 99.4%of settled households94.0% in 201482.9% 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
Men	Age	Women
5.1%	75 and over	6.2%
4.1%	70–74	4.3%
5.0%	65–69	5.6%
6.1%	60–64	6.8%
6.4%	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	6.8%
7.2%	15–19	6.4%
7.4%	10–14	6.3%
6.3%	5–9	5.5%
4.8%	0–4	4.2%

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%
Hassania0.2%

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic97.4%
French76.7%
English35.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.5%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

Private car30.4%
On foot25.2%
Taxi16.7%
Bus7.1%
Employer’s transport5.9%
Bike or motorcycle4.7%

Can’t read or write: 15.5%aged 10 and over11.1% in 202421.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 18.1%18.2% in 202422.7% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 53.6%aged 15 and over46.6% in 202438.8% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 98.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.60children per woman1.19 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people4.2% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 3.8people on average3.2 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 94.0%of settled households99.4% in 202473.0% 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
Men	Age	Women
3.1%	75 and over	3.5%
2.3%	70–74	2.6%
2.9%	65–69	3.1%
4.9%	60–64	4.8%
5.7%	55–59	5.9%
6.6%	50–54	7.1%
6.8%	45–49	7.2%
7.4%	40–44	7.6%
7.2%	35–39	7.7%
7.8%	30–34	8.0%
8.0%	25–29	7.9%
8.2%	20–24	8.0%
7.4%	15–19	7.0%
7.2%	10–14	6.7%
7.1%	5–9	6.3%
7.5%	0–4	6.6%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.2%
Tachelhit9.2%
Tamazight2.2%
Tarifit0.8%
Hassania0.2%

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French44.3%
Arabic, French and English32.3%
Arabic only17.1%
Other combinations6.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot29.3%
Private car24.9%
Taxi13.6%
Bus9.7%
Bike or motorcycle4.9%
Employer’s transport4.9%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Another commune33.3%
Their own neighbourhood24.4%
Another in the commune15.1%
No fixed place8.8%
Another province8.5%
At home5.0%
Somewhere else0.5%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Clerical work27.3%
Managers and senior professionals20.4%
Labouring and small trades17.0%
Crafts and skilled trades15.2%
Technicians6.1%
Trade and broking6.0%
Machine operating3.8%
Not classified3.5%
Farming and fishing0.3%
Farm and fishing labour0.3%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma32.2%
Primary20.3%
Lower secondary18.0%
Upper secondary14.2%
DEUG or Licence8.1%
Master’s or doctorate7.1%
Not declared0.1%

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: 181,181
Standing empty: 18.2%8.9% vacant9.3% 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.

Modern house43.4%
Apartment43.2%
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 years21.6%
20 to 49 years60.8%
50 years or more17.6%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments: 28,02854.4 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 26,19993.5% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 99,6393.8 per business
Public services: 1,228
Associations: 601in 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 person44.3%
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%
2011–201932.8%
2001–201027.2%
1991–20009.4%
1981–19904.7%
1956–19806.3%
Before 19561.0%

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Rabat	urban	509,916	−11.2%	4,394
Touarga	urban	5,703	+45.0%	4,789

In the data

Code: 04.421
As digits: 04421
Record: /api/provinces/04.421.json
Communes: /api/provinces/04.421/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/provinces/04.421/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/provinces/04.421/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/provinces/04.421/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/provinces/04.421/housing.json

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