Facts and Figures
Full name: Togo
Nationality
noun: Togolese (singular and plural)
adjective: Togolese
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Area
total: 56,785 sq km land: 54,385 sq km
water: 2,400 sq km
Population: 5,681,519
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups Native African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%
European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%
Capital: Lome,population 710,000
Largest Cities
Sokode – 60,000 Atakpame – 40,000
Official Language: French
Religion Indigenous beliefs 51% Christian 29%
Muslim 20%
Political system: republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule
GDP: purchasing power parity – $8.684 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $1,600 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 3% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 39.5% industry: 20.4%
services: 40.1% (2003 est.)
Inflation: 1% (2004 est.)