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

Ethnic groups:
African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%

Languages:
French (official, 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)

Religions:
Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%

Population:
7,351,374
country comparison to the world: 100
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, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2014 est.)
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 40.7% (male 1,499,011/female 1,490,513)
15-24 years: 19.7% (male 723,237/female 726,350)
25-54 years: 32.1% (male 1,173,492/female 1,188,961)
55-64 years: 4.2% (male 145,743/female 163,384)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 104,277/female 136,406) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 80.1 %
youth dependency ratio: 75.2 %
elderly dependency ratio: 5 %
potential support ratio: 20.2 (2014 est.)

Median age:
total: 19.6 years
male: 19.3 years
female: 19.8 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.71% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 22
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Birth rate:
34.52 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 29
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Death rate:
7.43 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 116
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Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
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Urbanization:
urban population: 38% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 3.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
LOME (capital) 1.524 million (2011)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Maternal mortality rate:
300 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 40
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 46.73 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 44
male: 53.38 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 39.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 64.06 years
country comparison to the world: 178
male: 61.49 years
female: 66.71 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate:
4.53 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 28
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Contraceptive prevalence rate:
15.2% (2010)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
8% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 62
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Physicians density:
0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
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Hospital bed density:
0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)
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Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 91.4% of population
rural: 40.3% of population
total: 60% of population
unimproved:
urban: 8.6% of population
rural: 59.7% of population
total: 40% of population (2012 est.)

Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 25.5% of population
rural: 2.5% of population
total: 11.3% of population
unimproved:
urban: 74.5% of population
rural: 97.5% of population
total: 88.7% of population (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
2.9% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 21
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
128,100 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 40
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
7,200 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 30
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2013)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
4.3% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 169
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
16.5% (2010)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]

Education expenditures:
4.5% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 91
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Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 60.4%
male: 74.1%
female: 48% (2011 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 12 years (2011)

Child labor - children ages 5-14:
total number: 774,801
percentage: 47 % (2010 est.)