Fact Sheet

MOROCCO

Full name
 
Kingdom of Morocco
Population
 
33,241,259
Government Type
 
Constitutional monarchy
Head of State
 
King MOHAMED VI (since 30 July 1999)
Head of Government
 
Prime Minister Driss JETTOU (since 9 October 2002)
"Linguistic" Groups
 
Arab-Berber 99.1%,
Other 0.7%,
Jewish 0.2%
Religions
 
Muslim 98.7%,
Christian 1.1%,
Jewish 0.2%
Languages
 
Arabic (official),
Berber dialects,
French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy
Legal System
 
Based on Islamic law and French and Spanish civil law system
GDP per capita $4,200 (2005 est.)
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