Togo August 2, 2019 Africa , African Union , Atlantic , Atlantic Ocean , CEDEAO , CEN-SAD , colony , Community of Sahel-Saharan States , dictatorship , Economic Community of West African States , Francophonie , French , French colony , French language , Gulf of Guinea , human rights , lac Togo , lagunes , Lomé , Mono , Mont Agou , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , Oti , polio , poverty , Sahel , savane , Togo , UEMOA , West Africa , West African Economic and Monetary Union Official name Togolese Republic Name in local language Togo - République togolaise (fr) Continent Africa Subcontinent Sub-Saharan Africa Population (ranking: 105e ) 7,352,781 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 2.42 % / year Area 56,600 km² Density 129.91 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 174e )5.300 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 672 $USD (2018) GDP growth 4.90 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 65.00 years (2016) Birth rate 33.30 ‰ (2017) Fertility rate 4.38 children / woman (2017) Death rate (ranking ) 6.90 ‰ (2017) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 43.70 ‰ (2017) Literacy rate 84.29 % (2015) Official languages French (Ewe and Kabiyé are national languages) Currency West African CFA franc (XOF) HDI (ranking: 204e )0.503 / 1 (2017) EPI (ranking )41.78 (2018) Government Unitary dominant-party presidential republic (dictatorship in facts) Head of State President Faure Gnassingbé National Day 27 April (independence of 1960) ISO Codes TG, TGO Demonym Togolese Tourists (ranking ) 496,000 people (2017)
Togo is a country located in West Africa. It is one of the smallest African states, stretching about 700 kilometers from north to south with a width not exceeding 100 kilometers, bordered to the north by Burkina Faso , to the south by the Gulf of Guinea, to the east by Benin and to the west by Ghana .
Pirogue on a beach in Lomé, capitale of Togo Lomé, capitale of Togo Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Lomé 2,133,579 inhabitants Kara 108,708 inhabitants Sokodé 104,708 inhabitants Kpalimé 84,984 inhabitants Atakpamé 77,284 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions Population Area Centrale 617,871 inhabitants 13,317 km² Kara 769,940 inhabitants 11,738 km² Maritime 2,599,955 inhabitants 6,100 km² Plateaux 1,375,165 inhabitants 16,975 km² Savanes 828,224 inhabitants 8,470 km²
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