Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Morocco is 48% bigger than Italy
Italy: 302,070 km² (2024) · Morocco: 446,550 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Italy’s coastline is 2.6 times as long as Morocco’s
Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition) · Morocco: 2,945 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Italy’s highest peak towers 583 m above Morocco’s
Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition) · Morocco: 4,165 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 67% of Morocco, versus 44% of Italy
Italy: 43.6% (2024) · Morocco: 67.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Italy has 53% more people than Morocco
Italy: 58.9 million (2025) · Morocco: 38.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Italy is 2.3 times as densely populated as Morocco
Italy: 199 per km² (2025) · Morocco: 86 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Morocco are 1.9 cm taller than in Italy
Italy: 174.4 cm (2019) · Morocco: 176.4 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Italy and Morocco are practically level
Italy: 161.8 cm (2019) · Morocco: 161.2 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Italy is 18 years older than in Morocco
Italy: 47.5 years (2023) · Morocco: 29.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Morocco have 1.0 more children on average than in Italy
Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024) · Morocco: 2.21 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Morocco
Italy: 25.1% (2025) · Morocco: 8.5% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Italy hosts 17 times as many refugees per resident as Morocco
Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Morocco: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Morocco 0.3
Italy: 3.4 (2026) · Morocco: 0.3 (2026)
How many official languages?
Morocco has 2 official languages, Italy 1
Italy: 1 (2026) · Morocco: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Italy’s economy is 14 times the size of Morocco’s
Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025) · Morocco: $182 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Italy produces 5.7 times as much per person as Morocco
Italy: Int$62,803 (2025) · Morocco: Int$11,112 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Italy: 34.3 (2023) · Morocco: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Italy: 0.9% (2023) · Morocco: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 9.0% in Morocco, versus 6.4% in Italy
Italy: 6.4% (2025) · Morocco: 9% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Morocco spends 3.5% of its GDP on the military, Italy 1.9%
Italy: 1.9% (2025) · Morocco: 3.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Morocco’s 23%
Italy: 25.6% (2024) · Morocco: 22.7% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Morocco’s
Italy: 69% (2025) · Morocco: 42% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Italy spends 15 times as much on health per person as Morocco
Italy: $3,398 (2024) · Morocco: $232 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Italy live 8.5 years longer than in Morocco
Italy: 84 years (2024) · Morocco: 75.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Morocco is 6.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy
Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Morocco: 14.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Italy has 5.7 times as many doctors per person as Morocco
Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022) · Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)
How many hospital beds are there?
Italy has 4.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Morocco
Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Italy is 68% higher than in Morocco
Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023) · Morocco: 3.4 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
22% of adults in Morocco are obese, versus 18% in Italy
Italy: 17.9% (2024) · Morocco: 22% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 13% in Morocco
Italy: 22.4% (2024) · Morocco: 12.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Italy rate their lives 1.93 points higher than in Morocco
Italy: 6.57 (2025) · Morocco: 4.65 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Italy drink 19 times as much alcohol as in Morocco
Italy: 8.4 litres (2023) · Morocco: 0.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Italy has 2.2 times as much meat per person as Morocco
Italy: 71.2 kg (2023) · Morocco: 32.8 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Italy has 399 kcal more food per person per day than Morocco
Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023) · Morocco: 3,354 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Morocco put in 472 more hours a year than in Italy
Italy: 1,701 hours (2023) · Morocco: 2,174 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Italy went to school 4.6 years longer than in Morocco
Italy: 10.8 years (2023) · Morocco: 6.2 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Italy welcomed 3.4 times as many tourists per resident as Morocco (2019)
Italy: 0.98 (2024) · Morocco: 0.29 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Italy has 53 more World Heritage sites than Morocco (62 against 9)
Italy: 62 (2026) · Morocco: 9 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Morocco 26
Italy: 829 (2026 edition) · Morocco: 26 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
91% of people in Morocco are online, versus 89% in Italy
Italy: 89% (2024) · Morocco: 91% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Italy is 3.6 times as fast as in Morocco
Italy: 274 Mbps (2026) · Morocco: 76 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Italy and Morocco are practically level
Italy: 100% (2024) · Morocco: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 63% in Morocco
Italy: 70% (2025) · Morocco: 63% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Morocco has 153 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Italy 133
Italy: 133 (2024) · Morocco: 153 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Italy’s railway network is 7.5 times as long as Morocco’s
Italy: 17,305 km (2021) · Morocco: 2,295 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Italy fly 41% more passengers per resident than those from Morocco
Italy: 0.34 (2023) · Morocco: 0.24 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 13% of Morocco
Italy: 31.8% (2024) · Morocco: 12.8% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Italy emits 2.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Morocco
Italy: 5.1 t (2024) · Morocco: 1.8 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Morocco
Italy: 48.8% (2025) · Morocco: 24% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Morocco carries 14% more fine dust than in Italy
Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Morocco: 17.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.9 times as likely to be murdered in Morocco as in Italy
Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023) · Morocco: 1.7 per 100k (2024)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Morocco are 2.6 times as deadly as in Italy
Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023) · Morocco: 22.2 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Morocco is on average 5.4 °C warmer than Italy
Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Morocco: 19.3°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Italy gets 4.3 times as much rain as Morocco
Italy: 1,030 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 Italy bigger than Morocco?
Morocco is larger. Morocco is 48% bigger than Italy.
Which has more people, Italy or Morocco?
Italy has 53% more people than Morocco (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Italy or Morocco?
People in Italy live 8.5 years longer than in Morocco. Life expectancy at birth is 84.0 years in Italy and 75.5 in Morocco.
Are people taller in Italy or Morocco?
Men in Morocco are 1.9 cm taller than in Italy (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
