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Morocco
Dr. Vincent Fauveau
UNFPA Representative
Casier ONU, Rabat Chellah
Tel: (212 7) 661271
Fax: (212 7) 701482
Demographic, Social & Economic Indicators
Total Population (millions) (2000) 28.4
Projected population (millions) (2025) 38.7
Avg. pop. growth rate (%) (1995-2000) 1.8
% Urban (1995) 48
Urban growth rate (1995-2000) 2.9
Population/ ha arable and perm. crop land 1.1
Total fertility rate (1995-2000) 3.10
% births with skilled attendants 40
GNP per capita PPP$ (1998) 3,188
Per capita central govt. expenditures (PPP$) Education 159.7
Health   43.0
External population assistance (US$,000) 31,192
Under-5 mortality M/F M  74
F  62
Per capita energy consumption 329
Access to safe water 57
   
Monitoring ICPD Goals: Selected Indicators
Infant mortality Total per 1,000 live births 51
Life expectancy M 64.8
F 68.5
Maternal mortality ratio 230
Primary enrolment (gross) M 97
F 74
Proportion reaching grade 5 M 76
F 74
Secondary enrolment (gross) M 44
F 34
% Illiterate (>15 years) M 39
F 65
Contraceptive knowledge % knowing method 99

% knowing source 94
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 50
Contraceptive prevalence Any method 50 Modern methods 42
   

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