Togo
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 8.6M (2025). World rank 101 of 216; in Africa, 34 of 54. Area: 56,785 km². World rank 127 of 249; in Africa, 42 of 59. Life expectancy: 62.9 years (2024). World rank 200 of 216 (1 = best); in Africa, 39 of 54. From 2015 to 2025: population 7.1M → 8.6M, GDP $5.8B → $11.9B, and GDP per person $814 → $1,384.
State
- Official name
- Togolese Republic
- Local name
- Togo
- Capital
- Lomé
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové
- Head of government
- Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
- Independence
- April 27, 1960
- Women in parliament
- 15% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 8,591,626 2025
- Area
- 56,785 km²
- GDP
- $11.9B 2025
- GDP per person
- $1,384 2025
- Life expectancy
- 62.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA Franc (XOF)
- Time zones
- UTC
- Calling code
- +228
- Emergency numbers
- 117, 118, 171, 172
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 56
- Neighbours
- Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana
- Agricultural land
- 69.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Agou, 986 m
- Lowest point
- Bight of Benin, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 236
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- February, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- August, 25°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,168 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 151.3 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 44.4% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -15K 2025
- Born in another country
- 3% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 40.4% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 56.1% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.5% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 63.2 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 62.7 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 4.1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 32.1 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 8.5 2024
Society
- Religions
- Christian 42.3%, folk religions 36.9%, Muslim 14%, and no religion 6.2% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 48.3 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 33.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 35.2 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 47.3 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 38.7 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $4,079 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +6.3% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Lower-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $1,350 2025
- Inflation
- +0.4% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 34 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 20.3% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 21% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 61.7% 2025
- Unemployment
- 2% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 3.4% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 56.6% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 24.6% 2023
- Imports, share of GDP
- 35.4% 2023
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -0.3% 2020
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1.9% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 8.7% 2020
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 13.9% 2023
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 37.9 2021
- Living on under $3 a day
- 34.7% 2021
Education
- Adult literacy
- 72.6% 2022
- Primary school enrolment
- 114% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 63.4% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 14.9% 2020
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.1% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 6.1% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $60 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 64.3% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.1 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.5 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.3 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 81% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 34.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 56.1 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 349 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 1.6% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 4.8% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 31% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 5.8% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 64.8% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 25.2% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 15% 2024
Safety
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 28.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 9.3 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 50.7 2025
- Natural hazards
- droughts and dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 34.3 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.3 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 1.3 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 22.5% 2024
- Protected areas
- 22.1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 1,425 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 3.4% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 39.5% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 81 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 1.4 2024
- Internet domain
- .tg
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 61.1% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 242 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 75.1% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 25.3% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 80.4% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 2,175,165 2023
- Airports
- 7 2025
- Railways, km
- 568 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 58 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 136 2023
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0.7% 2024