| 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: 173e) | 4.813 billions $USD (2017) |
| GDP/capita (ranking) | 617 $USD (2017) |
| GDP growth | 5.60 % / year (2017) |
| 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.
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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 |
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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 |