Morocco

Did you know

Fez's Qarawiyyin Mosque was built in 859, funded by Fatima al-Fihriya. (source)

Elders in numbers

of people are 65 or older

8.5%

people aged 65 or older

3.2M

will be 65 or older in 2050

16.4%

is how long people live after 60, on average

20.5 years

of people 65+ live alone

6.1%

women 9.1%, men 2.9%

Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2014

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Languages

15 languages, 4 of them endangered

• GhomaraDefinitely endangered
• Senhaja de SrairVulnerable
• Sud Oranais-GouraraVulnerable
• TamazightVulnerable
• Algerian Arabic
• Algerian Saharan Arabic
• Hassaniya Arabic
• Judaeo-Spanish
• Judeo-Moroccan
• Moroccan Arabic
• Moroccan Sign Language
• Spanish

Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.

UNESCO intangible heritage

• Moroccan Caftan: art, traditions and skills2025
• Henna: rituals, aesthetic and social practices2024
• Malhun, a popular poetic and musical art2023
• Arts, skills and practices associated with engraving on metals (gold, silver and copper)2023
• Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices2022
• Tbourida2021
• Falconry, a living human heritage2021
• Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices2021

List and years: ich.unesco.org