Togo
Population 2026
8,780,004
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.19%
- Density
- 161 per km²
- Land area
- 54,390 km²
- Capital
- Lome
- Currency
- Franc (XOF)
- Official languages
- FR-TG, EE, HNA, KBP
- Urban population
- 44.4%
- Continent
- AF
Demographics
- Births
- 274,2552026
- Deaths
- 70,8292026
- Birth rate
- 32.1per 1,000
- Death rate
- 8.5per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 4.12
- Life expectancy
- 62.9At birth, years
- Median age
- 18.4
- Net migration
- -15,010
Age distribution
- 0–1440.4%
- 15–6456.1%
- 65+3.5%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $11.9B
- GDP per capita
- $1.4K
- GDP growth
- +6.3%
- Inflation
- 0.4%
- Unemployment
- 2.0%
- Exports
- $2.4B
- Imports
- $3.4B
- Tourism receipts
- 15.9%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture20.3%
- Industry21.0%
- Manufacturing11.4%
- Services61.7%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture37.6%
- Industry18.2%
- Services44.2%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | LoméMaritime | 2,188,3762025 |
| 2 | SokodéCentrale | 117,8112026 |
| 3 | KaraKara | 104,2072026 |
| 4 | AtakpaméPlateaux | 80,6832026 |
| 5 | KpaliméPlateaux | 75,0842013 |
| 6 | BassarKara | 61,8452014 |
| 7 | DapaongSavanes | 58,0712026 |
| 8 | TséviéMaritime | 55,7752026 |
| 9 | AnéhoMaritime | 47,5792014 |
| 10 | MangoSavanes | 37,7482022 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8,780,004 | 274K | 70.8K |
| 2020 | 7,788,058 | 267K | 74.3K |
| 2010 | 6,325,791 | 249K | 72.8K |
| 2000 | 4,783,721 | 180K | 57.7K |
| 1990 | 3,714,023 | 155K | 46.8K |
| 1980 | 2,791,409 | 129K | 41.3K |
| 1970 | 2,149,480 | 104K | 40.7K |
| 1960 | 1,673,110 | 80.2K | 36.9K |
| 1950 | 1,399,596 | 67.2K | 33.6K |