VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY — AFRICA
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TOGO
Togolese Republic
TG · TGO
INDEPENDENT 1960
NARROW STRIP FROM ATLANTIC TO SAHEL
POPULATION
9.5M
AREA
56,785 km²
CAPITAL
Lomé
CURRENCY
XOF
GDP / CAPITA
$1,000
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Mont Agou, 986 m
LOWEST POINT
Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
COASTLINE
56 km
LAND BORDERS
1,880 km, 3 countries
TERRAIN
Narrow coastal plain, central hills, and northern plains.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
6.13°N, 1.22°E
TIME ZONE
GMT, UTC+0 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Benin
Burkina Faso
Ghana
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Presidential republic
RELIGION
Christianity, ~44%; traditional beliefs, ~36%; Islam, ~14%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
62 years
HDI
0.571 — Medium (rank 156)
LANGUAGES
FrenchOFFICIAL
EweWIDELY SPOKEN
KabiyeWIDELY SPOKEN
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Phosphate mining
Cement
Agricultural processing
Textiles
TOP EXPORTS
Phosphates
Cotton
Cocoa
Coffee
TOP IMPORTS
Machinery
Petroleum products
Foodstuffs
LAND USE
Agricultural, 66%
Forest, 3%
Other, 31%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
2.1M
1970
2.6M
1980
3.7M
1990
5.1M
2000
6.6M
2010
8.3M
2020
9.2M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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