Maghreb

The Maghreb (“the west” or “sunset” in Arabic) is northwest Africa. In the broad sense used by the Arab Maghreb Union, founded in 1989, it has 5 countries.

Countries: 5
Population: 111 million
Area: 5.8 M km²
Most populous: Algeria

All the countries of the Maghreb


Algeria	Algiers	47,435,312	2,381,741	20
Libya	Tripoli	7,458,555	1,759,540	4
Mauritania	Nouakchott	5,315,065	1,030,700	5
Morocco	Rabat	38,430,770	446,550	86
Tunisia	Tunis	12,348,573	163,610	75

Population: World Bank, latest available year. Click a header to sort.

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Good to know

Most populous: Algeria (47.4 million people); largest: Algeria (2,381,741 km²).
In the narrow sense the Maghreb is just three countries: Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
Algeria is the largest country in Africa.

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