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Togo

8.0N 1.2E · 22 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE · 27 APRIL 1960
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1967 – present · The Eyadéma era and the Gnassingbé dynasty
5 EVENTS
13 January 1967 · Eyadéma seizes power 2 REFS
1969 · Founding of the RPT one-party state 2 REFS
1956 – 1967 · Independence and the killing of Olympio
4 EVENTS
1958 · Olympio's CUT wins the elections 3 REFS
27 April 1960 · Independence of the Republic of Togo 5 REFS
1914 – 1956 · Conquest, partition and the mandates
3 EVENTS
1919–1922 · Partition into British and French mandates 3 REFS
9 May 1956 · British Togoland votes to join Ghana 3 REFS
1884 – 1914 · German Togoland, the 'model colony'
4 EVENTS
5 July 1884 · Nachtigal proclaims a protectorate 3 REFS
c. 1884–1914 · A 'model colony' built on forced labour 3 REFS
1600 – 1884 · The coast, the Guin and the Slave Coast
3 EVENTS
late 17th century · Founding of Aného (Petit-Popo) 2 REFS
17th–early 19th centuries · The Slave Coast and the Atlantic trade 2 REFS
c. 1200 – 1600 · Peoples, migrations and the land
3 EVENTS
by the 13th century · Ewe ancestors present in the region 3 REFS
before c. 1600 · Northern peoples and the Batammariba 4 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Lomé
Population
8.0 m
Area
56,785 km²
Region
Western Africa
Languages
French
Currency
West African CFA franc (Fr)
Demonym
Togolese
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$12 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$1,384’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
6.3%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
0.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
59.9%’23 WB-WDI

Society

Population
8.6 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
62.9 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
44.4%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
4.1’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
72.6%’22 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
39.8’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
52.1’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
35.8’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
48.4’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
46.1’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
34.4’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
6.1%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
0.08’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
56.1’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
81.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
20.5%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
72.6%’22 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.1%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
114.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
63.4%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
14.9%’20 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.2%’24 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
58’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
39.5%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
81’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
0.7%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
54,390 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
22.1%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
70.2%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
0.3’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
75.1%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
7.9%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
4.9%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
3.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
61.1%’24 WB-WDI
Phosphate rock
1.6 Mt’25 USGS-MCS

Military

Military burden
2.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$195 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
10,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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