Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Morocco fits inside Australia 17 times
Australia: 7,741,220 km² (2024) · Morocco: 446,550 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Australia’s coastline is 8.7 times as long as Morocco’s
Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Morocco: 2,945 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Morocco’s highest peak towers 1,937 m above Australia’s
Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Morocco: 4,165 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 67% of Morocco, versus 47% of Australia
Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Morocco: 67.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Morocco has 39% more people than Australia
Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Morocco: 38.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Morocco is 24 times as densely populated as Australia
Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Morocco: 86 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Australia are 2.4 cm taller than in Morocco
Australia: 178.8 cm (2019) · Morocco: 176.4 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Australia are 3.5 cm taller than in Morocco
Australia: 164.7 cm (2019) · Morocco: 161.2 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Australia is 8.6 years older than in Morocco
Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Morocco: 29.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Morocco have 0.7 more children on average than in Australia
Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Morocco: 2.21 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Morocco
Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Morocco: 8.5% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Australia hosts 6.4 times as many refugees per resident as Morocco
Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Morocco: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Morocco 0.3
Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Morocco: 0.3 (2026)
How many official languages?
Morocco has 2 official languages, Australia 1
Australia: 1 (2026) · Morocco: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Australia’s economy is 9.9 times the size of Morocco’s
Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Morocco: $182 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Australia produces 6.5 times as much per person as Morocco
Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Morocco: Int$11,112 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Morocco: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Morocco: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 9.0% in Morocco, versus 4.1% in Australia
Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Morocco: 9% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Morocco spends 3.5% of its GDP on the military, Australia 1.9%
Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Morocco: 3.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Morocco’s 23%
Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Morocco: 22.7% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Morocco’s
Australia: 91% (2025) · Morocco: 42% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Australia spends 30 times as much on health per person as Morocco
Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Morocco: $232 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Australia live 7.6 years longer than in Morocco
Australia: 83.1 years (2024) · Morocco: 75.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Morocco is 4.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Australia
Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Morocco: 14.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Australia has 5.5 times as many doctors per person as Morocco
Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)
How many hospital beds are there?
Australia has 5.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Morocco
Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Australia is 3.7 times that in Morocco
Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Morocco: 3.4 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 22% in Morocco
Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Morocco: 22% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
13% of adults in Morocco smoke, versus 12% in Australia
Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Morocco: 12.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Australia rate their lives 2.27 points higher than in Morocco
Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Morocco: 4.65 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Australia drink 23 times as much alcohol as in Morocco
Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Morocco: 0.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Australia has 3.6 times as much meat per person as Morocco
Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Morocco: 32.8 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Australia has 208 kcal more food per person per day than Morocco
Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Morocco: 3,354 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Morocco put in 563 more hours a year than in Australia
Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Morocco: 2,174 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Australia went to school 6.7 years longer than in Morocco
Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Morocco: 6.2 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Australia: no data · Morocco: 0.29 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Australia has 12 more World Heritage sites than Morocco (21 against 9)
Australia: 21 (2026) · Morocco: 9 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Morocco 26
Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Morocco: 26 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
96% of people in Australia are online, versus 91% in Morocco
Australia: 96% (2024) · Morocco: 91% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Australia is 3.4 times as fast as in Morocco
Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Morocco: 76 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Australia and Morocco are practically level
Australia: 100% (2024) · Morocco: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 63% in Morocco
Australia: 88% (2025) · Morocco: 63% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Morocco has 153 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113
Australia: 113 (2024) · Morocco: 153 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Australia’s railway network is 14 times as long as Morocco’s
Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Morocco: 2,295 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Australia fly 10 times as many passengers per resident as those from Morocco
Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Morocco: 0.24 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 17% of Australia, but only 13% of Morocco
Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Morocco: 12.8% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Australia emits 8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Morocco
Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Morocco: 1.8 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
39% of Australia’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Morocco
Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Morocco: 24% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Morocco carries 3.2 times as much fine dust as in Australia
Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Morocco: 17.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in Morocco as in Australia
Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Morocco: 1.7 per 100k (2024)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Morocco are 3 times as deadly as in Australia
Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Morocco: 22.2 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Australia is on average 3.2 °C warmer than Morocco
Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Morocco: 19.3°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Australia gets 87% more rain than Morocco
Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Morocco: 239 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Australia bigger than Morocco?
Australia is larger. Morocco fits inside Australia 17 times.
Which has more people, Australia or Morocco?
Morocco has 39% more people than Australia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Australia or Morocco?
People in Australia live 7.6 years longer than in Morocco. Life expectancy at birth is 83.1 years in Australia and 75.5 in Morocco.
Are people taller in Australia or Morocco?
Men in Australia are 2.4 cm taller than in Morocco (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
