People Of Togo

Population 5,556,812
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 2004 est.)
 
Age structure
0-14 years: 43.9% (male 1,222,622; female 1,214,443)
15-64 years: 53.6% (male 1,455,373; female 1,522,456)
65 years and over: 2.6% (male 59,165; female 82,753) (2004 est.)
 
Median age
total: 17.6 years
male: 17.2 years
female: 17.9 years (2004 est.)
 
Population growth rate 2.27% (2004 est.)
 
Birth rate 34.36 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Death rate 11.64 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Net migration rate 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
 
Infant mortality rate
total: 67.66 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 59.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 75.4 deaths/1,000 live births
 
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 53.05 years
male: 51.07 years
female: 55.09 years (2004 est.)
 
Total fertility rate 4.79 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 4.1% (2003 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 110,000 (2003 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - deaths 10,000 (2003 est.)
 
Nationality
noun: Togolese (singular and plural)
adjective: Togolese
 
Ethnic groups native African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%
 
Religions indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 29%, Muslim 20%
 
Languages French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
 
Literacy
conventional long form: Togolese Republic
conventional short form: Togo
local short form: none
former: French Togoland
local long form: Republique Togolaise
 

 

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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