Togo December 14, 2021 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: 104e ) 8,067,378 inhabitants (2022) Population growth 2.30 % / year Area 56,530 km² Density 142.71 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 158e )7.575 billions $USD (2020) GDP/capita (ranking ) 915 $USD (2020) GDP growth 1.80 % / year (2020) Life expectancy (ranking ) 61.00 years (2020) Birth rate 33.30 ‰ (2017) Fertility rate 4.38 children / woman (2017) Death rate (ranking ) 10.60 ‰ (2021) 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 )0.515 / 1 (2019) 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 ) 573,000 people (2018)
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 (2022) Urban areas Population Lomé 2,593,203 inhabitants Kara 120,142 inhabitants Sokodé 112,263 inhabitants Kpalimé 92,988 inhabitants Atakpamé 83,764 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions Population Area Centrale 768,100 inhabitants 13,317 km² Kara 957,600 inhabitants 11,738 km² Maritime 3,258,300 inhabitants 6,100 km² Plateaux 1,705,300 inhabitants 16,975 km² Savanes 1,017,100 inhabitants 8,400 km²
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