Rabat-Salé-Kénitra

الرباط-سلا-القنيطرة

One of Morocco’s 12 régions.

Population, 2024: 5,132,639
Since 2014: +12.0%
Households: 1,301,492
Communes: 114
Provinces and préfectures: 7
Area: 17,764 km²

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

Most populous: Salé 945,101
Grew the most: Ain Attig +195.0%
Shrank the most: El Menzeh −37.0%
Densest: Sidi Bouknadel 20,758 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: 22.4%aged 10 and over29.4% in 201429.2% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 19.8%16.9% in 201423.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 43.1%aged 15 and over49.7% in 201421.2% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 95.6%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 1.91children per woman2.07 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 4.4%of people4.6% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.9people on average4.5 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 80.8%of settled households72.9% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

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

Rabat-Salé-Kénitra: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.7%	75 and over	3.2%
2.6%	70–74	2.6%
3.6%	65–69	3.4%
4.8%	60–64	4.9%
4.8%	55–59	4.9%
5.7%	50–54	5.7%
6.1%	45–49	6.3%
7.0%	40–44	7.1%
7.0%	35–39	7.3%
7.1%	30–34	7.5%
6.6%	25–29	7.1%
7.3%	20–24	7.5%
8.2%	15–19	7.7%
9.6%	10–14	8.9%
9.3%	5–9	8.6%
7.8%	0–4	7.3%

Local languages used

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

Darija98.1%
Tamazight5.3%
Tachelhit4.9%
Tarifit0.4%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.2%
French61.3%
English23.9%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh1.0%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot31.1%
Private car18.0%
Taxi11.5%
Employer’s transport10.8%
Bus7.8%
Bike or motorcycle7.6%
Doesn’t travel to work6.5%
Informal transport2.9%
Train1.1%
Tram1.1%
Another way0.9%
Animal0.7%

Can’t read or write: 29.4%aged 10 and over22.4% in 202438.4% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 16.9%19.8% in 202428.4% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 49.7%aged 15 and over43.1% in 202425.5% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 95.5%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.07children per woman1.91 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 4.6%of people4.4% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.5people on average3.9 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 72.9%of settled households80.8% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

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

Rabat-Salé-Kénitra: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
2.0%	75 and over	2.3%
1.6%	70–74	1.8%
1.9%	65–69	1.9%
3.6%	60–64	3.3%
4.5%	55–59	4.2%
5.6%	50–54	5.7%
5.6%	45–49	5.8%
6.5%	40–44	6.7%
7.0%	35–39	7.4%
7.9%	30–34	8.2%
8.3%	25–29	8.6%
8.8%	20–24	9.1%
8.6%	15–19	8.4%
9.1%	10–14	8.6%
8.9%	5–9	8.5%
10.1%	0–4	9.5%

Local languages used

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

Darija99.1%
Tamazight6.3%
Tachelhit5.2%
Tarifit0.4%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

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

Arabic and French47.0%
Arabic only27.4%
Arabic, French and English22.2%
Other combinations3.3%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot42.0%
Private car13.0%
Taxi11.4%
Bus9.4%
Bike or motorcycle6.7%
Employer’s transport5.2%
Works at home3.5%
Not stated3.5%
Another way3.0%
Train1.4%
Tram0.8%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood35.3%
Another in the commune16.2%
Another province14.5%
Another commune14.1%
No fixed place12.2%
At home3.5%
Not stated3.5%
Somewhere else0.6%

What people did

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

Crafts and skilled trades20.0%
Clerical work18.1%
Labouring and small trades15.9%
Farm and fishing labour12.3%
Managers and senior professionals9.1%
Farming and fishing7.6%
Trade and broking7.2%
Machine operating3.9%
Technicians3.8%
Not classified2.2%

Highest diploma

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

No diploma50.7%
Primary21.5%
Lower secondary13.6%
Upper secondary8.3%
DEUG or Licence3.8%
Master’s or doctorate2.1%
Not declared0.0%

Urban dwellings

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

Dwellings: 1,229,249
Standing empty: 22.9%11.5% vacant11.5% a second home
Precarious: 3.0%2.1% a slum or basic house
On the sewer: 93.6%95.6% on the water mains97.1% on the electricity grid
Housing shortfall: 4.1%households short, against the sound stock

More dwelling figures

What kind they are

Every dwelling in the town, lived in or not.

Modern house53.9%
Apartment37.4%
Villa4.0%
Slum or basic house2.1%
Traditional house1.7%
Other0.6%
Rural-type0.4%

How old they are

When the dwelling was built.

Under 20 years55.7%
20 to 49 years39.0%
50 years or more5.3%

Business and jobs

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

Establishments: 167,31132.6 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 153,38791.7% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 512,7833.3 per business
Public services: 10,953
Associations: 2,971in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 73counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce49.7%
Services33.2%
Industry13.7%
Construction3.4%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person51.7%
2 to 337.0%
4 to 98.7%
10 to 492.2%
50 and over0.4%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later31.7%
2011–201936.9%
2001–201017.2%
1991–20007.5%
1981–19903.2%
1956–19803.1%
Before 19560.4%

Douars

Rabat-Salé-Kénitra’s rural communes hold 2,125 douars, with 1,496,368 people. Their homes are, on average, this far from the nearest of each.

Lycée: 9.5 km36.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Collège: 6.6 km18.4% of homes more than 10 km away
Health centre: 7.1 km21.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Paved road: 1.0 km0.0% of homes more than 10 km away
Primary school: 1.9 km0.4% of homes more than 10 km away

Every commune on the map

Provinces and préfectures

Province or préfecture	Type	Population, 2024	Communes
Kénitra	province	1,284,247	23
Salé	préfecture	1,089,554	4
Skhirate-Témara	préfecture	783,475	10
Khémisset	province	563,036	35
Sidi Kacem	province	545,509	29
Rabat	préfecture	515,619	2
Sidi Slimane	province	351,199	11

Communes

Commune	Type	Population, 2024	Since 2014	Per km²
Salé	urban	945,101	+6.1%	8,589
Rabat	urban	509,916	−11.2%	4,394
Kénitra	urban	507,736	+17.7%	4,178
Témara	urban	297,098	−5.2%	6,742
Khémisset	urban	125,834	−4.3%	4,064
Skhirate	urban	122,705	+105.3%	2,249
Sidi Yahya Zaer	rural	116,649	+101.9%	194
Tiflet	urban	103,850	+19.8%	10,634
Ain El Aouda	urban	98,502	+97.7%	4,185
Sidi Slimane	urban	95,114	+2.3%	6,074
Sidi Taibi	urban	76,227	+42.6%	720
Ameur	urban	75,942	+63.0%	376
Sidi Kacem	urban	75,037	−0.8%	4,484
Ain Attig	urban	73,985	+195.0%	2,259
Souk El Arbaa	urban	70,894	+2.4%	3,124
Mehdya	urban	58,558	+104.5%	4,874
Ben Mansour	rural	53,545	+22.2%	176
Sidi Mohamed Lahmar	rural	52,679	+23.6%	360
Sidi Bouknadel	urban	43,598	+72.6%	20,758
Mnasra	rural	41,434	+20.4%	225
Sidi Yahia El Gharb	urban	39,946	+5.2%	3,086
Bahhara Ouled Ayad	rural	38,611	+21.2%	210
Ameur Seflia	rural	37,935	+32.9%	116
Mograne	rural	36,452	+16.5%	178
Dar Laaslouji	rural	36,072	+12.3%	347
Lalla Mimouna	rural	35,600	+20.8%	297
Arbaoua	rural	35,077	+7.3%	206
Sidi Al Kamel	rural	34,016	+12.6%	237
Ouled H'cine	rural	33,227	+10.0%	266
Kceibya	rural	33,007	+22.0%	96.9
Dar Bel Amri	rural	32,873	+16.8%	96.2
Moulay Bousselham	rural	32,643	+22.7%	275
Mechraa Bel Ksiri	urban	32,615	+3.6%	4,100
Jorf El Melha	urban	31,976	+11.5%	9,753
Sidi Allal El Bahraoui	urban	29,147	+83.7%	4,067
Beni Malek	rural	28,711	+10.0%	123
Sefsaf	rural	28,106	+12.1%	208
Nouirate	rural	26,833	+8.2%	178
Mers El Kheir	rural	26,544	+28.8%	1,564
Khnichet	rural	26,246	+10.7%	237
Shoul	urban	24,913	+25.1%	62.1
Sfafaa	rural	24,744	+15.2%	382
Sidi Mohamed Benmansour	rural	24,703	+28.4%	—
Souk Tlet El Gharb	rural	24,190	+7.3%	112
Ouled Slama	rural	23,848	+22.4%	256
Ain Dfali	rural	23,018	−5.1%	95.6
Boumaiz	rural	22,693	+15.3%	236
Haddada	rural	22,652	+42.5%	111
M'saada	rural	22,399	+12.8%	328
Sidi Allal Tazi	rural	22,266	+23.3%	225
Ameur Chamalia	rural	21,998	+13.6%	122
Sidi Boubker El Haj	rural	21,610	+11.8%	199
Chouafaa	rural	21,374	+15.9%	129
Ait Yadine	rural	21,007	+2.5%	154
Harhoura	urban	20,950	+36.4%	2,070
Lamrabih	rural	20,154	−1.5%	97.8
Oulmes	rural	19,579	+4.2%	36.6
Rmilat	rural	19,117	+13.4%	146
Al Haouafate	rural	18,528	+3.8%	130
Zirara	rural	16,829	+1.3%	246
Ain Johra-Sidi Boukhalkhal	rural	16,644	−3.8%	44.7
Sabbah	rural	15,552	+3.5%	213
Majmaa Tolba	rural	15,447	+22.5%	78
M'qam Tolba	rural	15,070	+11.6%	66.2
Taoughilt	rural	15,013	+1.7%	128
Ezzhiliga	rural	14,788	−4.2%	28.1
Sidi Azzouz	rural	14,484	+0.9%	76.2
Sidi Abderrazak	rural	14,021	+4.1%	49.1
El Ganzra	rural	13,792	+4.4%	52.8
Ouled Ben Hammadi	rural	13,491	+5.6%	132
Marchouch	rural	13,017	+11.0%	48.8
Laghoualem	rural	12,051	−1.4%	20.7
Brachoua	rural	11,851	−1.5%	29.3
Bir Taleb	rural	11,843	+4.2%	138
Azghar	rural	11,707	+7.9%	79.4
Sidi Ameur Al Hadi	rural	11,703	−0.9%	137
Oulad Nouel	rural	11,578	+1.8%	83.9
Kariat Ben Aouda	rural	11,238	+1.4%	79.3
Rommani	urban	11,117	−9.6%	2,617
Maaziz	rural	10,812	−6.0%	120
Ain Sbit	rural	10,425	−5.7%	29.4
Selfat	rural	10,366	+1.2%	78.1
Chbanate	rural	10,303	−0.7%	99.1
Zaggota	rural	10,245	+2.1%	74.4
Ait Ouribel	rural	9,375	−2.8%	97.4
Tiddas	rural	9,013	−10.3%	16.4
Had Kourt	urban	8,554	+9.1%	1,142
Ait Ikkou	rural	8,179	−7.7%	26.4
Sidi M'hamed Chelh	rural	7,977	+3.1%	119
Dar Gueddari	urban	7,826	+17.8%	1,141
Moulay Abdelkader	rural	7,740	−2.0%	51.1
Sidi Ahmed Benaissa	rural	7,685	−1.6%	80
Sidi El Rhandour	rural	7,644	+3.6%	72.8
Bab Tiouka	rural	7,626	−0.9%	51
Tekna	rural	7,396	+4.6%	76.5
El Menzeh	rural	7,168	−37.0%	135
Sfassif	rural	7,071	−8.0%	36.4
Ait Mimoune	rural	7,065	−16.8%	18.6
Sidi Allal Lamsadder	rural	6,875	−6.7%	58.9
Khemis Sidi Yahya	rural	6,837	+2.5%	64.5
Bni Oual	rural	6,623	−11.5%	51.1
Oued El Makhazine	rural	6,264	−13.8%	72.7
Houderrane	rural	6,049	−5.7%	48
Touarga	urban	5,703	+45.0%	4,789
Ait Ali Ou Lahcen	rural	5,139	+0.2%	26
Jemaat Moul Blad	rural	5,051	−10.1%	23.8
Ait Siberne	rural	4,676	−4.6%	29.5
My Driss Aghbal	rural	4,583	−9.1%	26.1
Ait Bouyahia El Hajjama	rural	4,491	+0.5%	74.2
Ait Belkacem	rural	4,396	−1.6%	31.8
Oumazza	rural	4,322	−30.3%	25.3
Ait Malek	rural	3,809	−21.6%	28.1
Bouqachmir	rural	2,877	−20.8%	8.6
Ait Ichou	rural	1,454	−19.6%	10.8

In the data

Code: 04
As digits: 04
Record: /api/regions/04.json
Communes: /api/regions/04/communes/page/1.json
Boundary: /api/regions/04/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/regions/04/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/regions/04/economy.json
Urban dwellings: /api/regions/04/housing.json

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