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The first two show the wider area and the last three the postal district.","value":5,"unit":"digits"}],"abroad":[{"cc":"FR","people":1615557,"year":null,"src":"https://www.mre.gov.ma/sites/default/files/2025-06/avis%20cese.pdf"},{"cc":"ES","people":1144544,"year":null,"src":"https://www.mre.gov.ma/sites/default/files/2025-06/avis%20cese.pdf"},{"cc":"IT","people":712009,"year":null,"src":"https://www.mre.gov.ma/sites/default/files/2025-06/avis%20cese.pdf"},{"cc":"BE","people":438739,"year":null,"src":"https://www.mre.gov.ma/sites/default/files/2025-06/avis%20cese.pdf"},{"cc":"NL","people":326375,"year":null,"src":"https://www.mre.gov.ma/sites/default/files/2025-06/avis%20cese.pdf"},{"cc":"DE","people":182985,"year":null,"src":"https://www.mre.gov.ma/sites/default/files/2025-06/avis%20cese.pdf"},{"cc":"CA","people":84617,"year":null,"src":"https://www.mre.gov.ma/sites/default/files/2025-06/avis%20cese.pdf"},{"cc":"AE","people":68961,"year":null,"src":"https://www.mre.gov.ma/sites/default/files/2025-06/avis%20cese.pdf"},{"cc":"US","people":62051,"year":null,"src":"https://www.mre.gov.ma/sites/default/files/2025-06/avis%20cese.pdf"}],"tips_t":["Casablanca-Settat is the most populated region with 7,688,967 residents in 2024, ahead of Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (5,132,639) and Marrakech-Safi (4,892,393).","The three southern regions, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra and Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab, have 1,119,678 residents together.","The 2024 census counted 36,828,330 residents in Morocco, and 62.8% of them live in urban areas.","Between the 2014 and 2024 censuses, Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab grew from 142,955 to 219,965 residents, while Béni Mellal-Khénifra barely changed (2,520,776 to 2,525,801).","Four cities have more than one million residents: Casablanca, Tanger, Fès and Marrakech."]}