Short facts about people of Togo

Population:

5,153,088 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 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  45.63% (male 1,179,650; female 1,171,748) 15-64 years:  51.92% (male 1,302,197; female 1,373,247) 65 years and over:  2.45% (male 54,651; female 71,595) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.6% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

37.04 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

11.24 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

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:  0.76 male(s)/female total population:  0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

70.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  54.35 years male:  52.38 years female:  56.38 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

5.32 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

5.98% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

130,000 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

14,000 (1999 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 59%, Christian 29%, Muslim 12%

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:  51.7% male:  67% female:  37% (1995 est.)

Source: World Factbook