Population: 4,255,090 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.59% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 47.3 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 11.39 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 88.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 56.93 years
male: 54.87 years
female: 59.06 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.9 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Togolese (singular and plural)
adjective: Togolese

Ethnic divisions: 37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabye, European and Syrian-Lebanese under 1%

Religions: indigenous beliefs 70%, Christian 20%, Muslim 10%

Languages: French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe (one of the two major African languages in the south), Mina (one of the two major African languages in the south), Dagomba (one of the two major African languages in the north), Kabye (one of the two major African languages in the north)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 43%
male: 56%
female: 31%
Labor force: NA
by occupation: agriculture 78%, industry 22%
note: about 88,600 wage earners, evenly divided between public and private sectors; 50% of population of working age (1985)

NOTE: The information regarding Togo on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Togo People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Togo People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.