| Country (long form) |
Togolese Republic |
| Capital |
Lome |
| Total Area |
21,924.81 sq mi
56,785.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than West Virginia) |
| Population |
5,153,088 (July 2001 est.)
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 |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
9,720,591 |
| 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 |
51.7% total, 67.0% male, 37% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions |
indigenous beliefs 59%, Christian 29%, Muslim 12% |
| Life Expectancy |
52.38 male, 56.38 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule |
| Currency |
1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes |
| GDP (per capita) |
$1,500 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement; handicrafts, textiles, beverages |
| Agriculture |
coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum; livestock; fish |
| Arable Land |
38% |
| Natural Resources |
phosphates, limestone, marble, arable land |
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