UN Report: 71% of Married Moroccan Women Use Contraception, Fertility Rate Drops

In total, 71% of married women use contraceptive methods compared to 43% for the rest of women, while 37% of Moroccan women use modern contraceptive methods, according to the UNFPA report on the state of the world population in 2022, entitled "Understanding the Unseen: Acting to Address the Forgotten Crisis of Unintended Pregnancy" presented in Rabat in collaboration with the National Human Rights Council (CNDH). As for the fertility rate, it has dropped to 2.3 children per woman this year.

According to the report, Morocco has a population of 37.8 million this year with an average annual population change rate estimated at 1.1% over a five-year period, between 2020 and 2025. As for the demographic composition in 2022, the percentage of the population aged 0 to 14 is 26%, the population aged 10 to 19 is 17%, the population between 10 and 24 is 24%. A rate of 66% was recorded for the population aged 15 to 64 and 8% for those aged 65 and over, with an average life expectancy of 77 years.