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Population of Togo: |
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.) |
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Age structure of Togo: |
0-14 years:
43.9% (men 1,222,622; women
1,214,443)
15-64 years: 53.6% (men 1,455,373; women 1,522,456)
65 years and over: 2.6% (men 59,165; women 82,753) (2004
est.) |
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Median age of Togo: |
total: 17.6 years
men: 17.2 years
women: 17.9 years (2004 est.) |
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Population growth
rate of Togo: |
2.27% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate of Togo: |
34.36 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate: |
11.64 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate of Togo: |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sex ratio of Togo: |
at birth: 1.03
boys/girls
under 15 years: 1.01 boys / girls
15-64 years: 0.96 men / women
65 years and over: 0.72 men / women
total population: 0.97 men / women (2004 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate of Togo: |
total: 67.66 deaths/1,000 live births
men: 59.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
women: 75.4 deaths/1,000 live births |
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Life expectancy at
birth of Togo: |
total population: 53.05 years
men: 51.07 years
women: 55.09 years (2004 est.) |
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Total fertility rate of Togo: |
4.79 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult
prevalence rate: |
4.1% (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people
living with HIV/AIDS of Togo: |
110,000 (2003 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths Togo: |
10,000 (2003 est.)
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Nationality of Togo: |
noun: Togolese (singular and plural)
adjective: Togolese |
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Ethnic groups in Togo: |
native African (37 tribes; largest and most
important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese
less than 1% |
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Religions of Togo: |
indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 29%, Muslim 20%
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Languages of Togo: |
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) . Ewe is also spoken in Neighboring
Ghana |
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Literacy of Togo: |
definition: age 15 and over can read and
write
total population: 60.9%
men: 75.4%
women: 46.9% (2003 est.) |
