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Togo:
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Other pages in this profile of Togo:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 5,858,673 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 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 107.7 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 41.7% (male 1,226,320/female 1,218,182) 15-64 years: 55.6% (male 1,588,354/female 1,666,274) 65 years and over: 2.7% (male 63,508/female 96,035) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 18.6 years male: 18.2 years female: 19 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.717% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 36.66 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 9.48 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map NA |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 57.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 65.01 deaths/1,000 live births female: 50.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 58.28 years male: 56.2 years female: 60.43 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 4.85 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 4.1% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 110,000 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 10,000 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria and yellow fever water contact disease: schistosomiasis respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis 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 (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Togolese (singular and plural) adjective: Togolese |
Ethnic groups |
Definition African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1% |
Religions |
Definition Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51% |
Languages |
Definition 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 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 60.9% male: 75.4% female: 46.9% (2003 est.) |
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