Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Morocco is 83% bigger than the United Kingdom
Morocco: 446,550 km² (2024) · United Kingdom: 243,610 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
The United Kingdom’s coastline is 4.2 times as long as Morocco’s
Morocco: 2,945 km (2026 edition) · United Kingdom: 12,429 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Morocco’s highest peak towers 2,820 m above the United Kingdom’s
Morocco: 4,165 m (2026 edition) · United Kingdom: 1,345 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 69% of the United Kingdom, versus 67% of Morocco
Morocco: 67.2% (2024) · United Kingdom: 69.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
The United Kingdom has 81% more people than Morocco
Morocco: 38.4 million (2025) · United Kingdom: 69.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
The United Kingdom is 3.3 times as densely populated as Morocco
Morocco: 86 per km² (2025) · United Kingdom: 287 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in the United Kingdom are 1.9 cm taller than in Morocco
Morocco: 176.4 cm (2019) · United Kingdom: 178.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in the United Kingdom are 2.8 cm taller than in Morocco
Morocco: 161.2 cm (2019) · United Kingdom: 163.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in the United Kingdom is 11 years older than in Morocco
Morocco: 29.2 years (2023) · United Kingdom: 39.8 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Morocco have 0.7 more children on average than in the United Kingdom
Morocco: 2.21 children per woman (2024) · United Kingdom: 1.55 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in the United Kingdom are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Morocco
Morocco: 8.5% (2025) · United Kingdom: 19.7% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
The United Kingdom hosts 44 times as many refugees per resident as Morocco
Morocco: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025) · United Kingdom: 8.4 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
The United Kingdom has produced 15.8 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Morocco 0.3
Morocco: 0.3 (2026) · United Kingdom: 15.8 (2026)
How many official languages?
Morocco has 2 official languages, the United Kingdom 1
Morocco: 2 (2026) · United Kingdom: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
The United Kingdom’s economy is 22 times the size of Morocco’s
Morocco: $182 billion (2025) · United Kingdom: $4 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
The United Kingdom produces 5.8 times as much per person as Morocco
Morocco: Int$11,112 (2025) · United Kingdom: Int$64,607 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Morocco: no data · United Kingdom: 32.4 (2021)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Morocco: no data · United Kingdom: 0.4% (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 9.0% in Morocco, versus 4.7% in the United Kingdom
Morocco: 9% (2025) · United Kingdom: 4.7% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Morocco spends 3.5% of its GDP on the military, the United Kingdom 2.4%
Morocco: 3.5% (2025) · United Kingdom: 2.4% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
The United Kingdom’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Morocco’s 23%
Morocco: 22.7% (2024) · United Kingdom: 26.9% (2024)
How expensive is it?
The United Kingdom’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Morocco’s
Morocco: 42% (2025) · United Kingdom: 89% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
The United Kingdom spends 25 times as much on health per person as Morocco
Morocco: $232 (2023) · United Kingdom: $5,860 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in the United Kingdom live 5.9 years longer than in Morocco
Morocco: 75.5 years (2024) · United Kingdom: 81.4 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Morocco is 3.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in the United Kingdom
Morocco: 14.7 per 1,000 (2024) · United Kingdom: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
The United Kingdom has 4.5 times as many doctors per person as Morocco
Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021) · United Kingdom: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
The United Kingdom has 3.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Morocco
Morocco: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · United Kingdom: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in the United Kingdom is 2.8 times that in Morocco
Morocco: 3.4 per 100k (2023) · United Kingdom: 9.6 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
29% of adults in the United Kingdom are obese, versus 22% in Morocco
Morocco: 22% (2024) · United Kingdom: 29.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
The United Kingdom and Morocco are practically level
Morocco: 12.5% (2024) · United Kingdom: 12.8% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in the United Kingdom rate their lives 2.05 points higher than in Morocco
Morocco: 4.65 (2025) · United Kingdom: 6.69 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in the United Kingdom drink 23 times as much alcohol as in Morocco
Morocco: 0.5 litres (2023) · United Kingdom: 10.4 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
The United Kingdom has 2.6 times as much meat per person as Morocco
Morocco: 32.8 kg (2023) · United Kingdom: 84.4 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
The United Kingdom has 81 kcal more food per person per day than Morocco
Morocco: 3,354 kcal (2023) · United Kingdom: 3,435 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Morocco put in 651 more hours a year than in the United Kingdom
Morocco: 2,174 hours (2023) · United Kingdom: 1,523 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in the United Kingdom went to school 7.3 years longer than in Morocco
Morocco: 6.2 years (2023) · United Kingdom: 13.5 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
The United Kingdom welcomed 90% more tourists per resident than Morocco (2019)
Morocco: 0.29 (2022) · United Kingdom: 0.55 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
The United Kingdom has 26 more World Heritage sites than Morocco (35 against 9)
Morocco: 9 (2026) · United Kingdom: 35 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
The United Kingdom has won 1,025 Olympic medals, Morocco 26
Morocco: 26 (2026 edition) · United Kingdom: 1,025 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
95% of people in the United Kingdom are online, versus 91% in Morocco
Morocco: 91% (2024) · United Kingdom: 95% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in the United Kingdom is 4 times as fast as in Morocco
Morocco: 76 Mbps (2026) · United Kingdom: 303 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Morocco and the United Kingdom are practically level
Morocco: 100% (2024) · United Kingdom: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
83% of people in the United Kingdom live in cities, versus 63% in Morocco
Morocco: 63% (2025) · United Kingdom: 83% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Morocco has 153 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, the United Kingdom 122
Morocco: 153 (2024) · United Kingdom: 122 (2024)
How much railway is there?
The United Kingdom’s railway network is 7 times as long as Morocco’s
Morocco: 2,295 km (2021) · United Kingdom: 16,179 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from the United Kingdom fly 7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Morocco
Morocco: 0.24 (2023) · United Kingdom: 1.71 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 13% of the United Kingdom, but only 13% of Morocco
Morocco: 12.8% (2024) · United Kingdom: 13.5% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in the United Kingdom emits 2.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Morocco
Morocco: 1.8 t (2024) · United Kingdom: 4.5 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
52% of the United Kingdom’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Morocco
Morocco: 24% (2025) · United Kingdom: 52% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Morocco carries 2 times as much fine dust as in the United Kingdom
Morocco: 17.4 µg/m³ (2024) · United Kingdom: 8.8 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 49% more likely to be murdered in Morocco than in the United Kingdom
Morocco: 1.7 per 100k (2024) · United Kingdom: 1.1 per 100k (2021)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Morocco are 5.7 times as deadly as in the United Kingdom
Morocco: 22.2 per 100k (2023) · United Kingdom: 3.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Morocco is on average 9.4 °C warmer than the United Kingdom
Morocco: 19.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · United Kingdom: 9.9°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
The United Kingdom gets 4.5 times as much rain as Morocco
Morocco: 239 mm (2016–2025 avg) · United Kingdom: 1,070 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Morocco bigger than the United Kingdom?
Morocco is larger. Morocco is 83% bigger than the United Kingdom.
Which has more people, Morocco or the United Kingdom?
The United Kingdom has 81% more people than Morocco (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Morocco or the United Kingdom?
People in the United Kingdom live 5.9 years longer than in Morocco. Life expectancy at birth is 75.5 years in Morocco and 81.4 in the United Kingdom.
Are people taller in Morocco or the United Kingdom?
Men in the United Kingdom are 1.9 cm taller than in Morocco (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
