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: 159e )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
See also
