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🇹🇬 Togo

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TGO
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TG
UN M49 numeric768
IOC codeTOG
Official nameTogolese Republic
Native name(s)fra: official: République togolaise; common: Togo
Alt spellingsTG, Togolese, Togolese Republic, République Togolaise
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionWestern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalLomé
Area (km²)56,785
Lat / Lng8.0000, 1.1667
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)BEN, BFA, GHA
Top-level domain.tg
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 28

Demographics

Population (World Bank)8,591,626 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)62.935 (2024)
Languagesfra: French
Demonymseng: f: Togolese; m: Togolese; fra: f: Togolaise; m: Togolais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)11,889,949,067.47 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)1,383.9 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)1.995 (2025)
CurrenciesXOF: name: West African CFA franc; symbol: Fr

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,399,600
19511,424,397
19521,449,924
19531,476,071
19541,502,761
19551,529,946
19561,557,636
19571,585,878
19581,614,635
19591,643,757
19601,673,110
19611,702,717
19621,732,959
19631,765,072
19641,803,440
19651,853,771
19661,918,513
19671,995,890
19682,080,226
19692,164,814
19702,244,773
19712,317,976
19722,384,994
19732,448,749
19742,511,760
19752,574,622
19762,637,796
19772,701,894
19782,768,148
19792,839,854
19802,920,894
19813,013,043
19823,115,042
19833,222,899
19843,332,837
19853,441,091
19863,547,952
19873,657,508
19883,769,742
19893,883,411
19903,998,761
19914,115,560
19924,233,617
19934,207,453
19944,222,940
19954,410,832
19964,577,860
19974,725,030
19984,860,913
19995,000,269
20005,140,037
20015,277,382
20025,413,274
20035,552,167
20045,696,508
20055,844,631
20066,010,668
20076,188,344
20086,368,812
20096,551,865
20106,732,590
20116,916,474
20127,100,736
20137,285,442
20147,472,450
20157,663,195
20167,858,289
20178,057,140
20188,258,778
20198,463,068
20208,669,720
20218,878,379
20229,089,738
20239,304,337

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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