Togo: People

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

6% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

150,000 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

12,000 (2001 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

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 60.9%
male: 75.4%
female: 46.9% (2003 est.)