| Population :
| 5 556 812.
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 43,90%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 1 222 622.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 1 214 443.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 53,60%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 1 455 373.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 1 522 456.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 2,60%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 59 165.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 82 753.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 17.6 years .
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| Median age male :
| 17.2 years .
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| Median age female :
| 17.9 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 2.27% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 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 :
| 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.03 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.01 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 0.96 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.72 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.97 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 75.4 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 59.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 53.05 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 51.07 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 55.09 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 4.79 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 4.1% (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 110,000 (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| 10,000 (2003 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Togolese (singular and plural) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Togolese .
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| Ethnic groups :
| 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 :
| indigenous beliefs 51%, Christian 29%, Muslim 20% .
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| 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) .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 60,90%.
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| Literacy male :
| 75,40%.
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| Literacy female :
| 46.9% (2003 est.) .
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| Government type :
| republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule .
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| Independence :
| 27 April 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship) .
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| National holiday :
| Independence Day, 27 April (1960) .
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| Suffrage :
| NA years of age; universal adult .
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| Economy overview :
| This small sub-Saharan economy is heavily dependent on both commercial and subsistence agriculture, which provides employment for 65% of the labor force. Some basic foodstuffs must still be imported. Cocoa, coffee, and cotton generate about 40% of export earnings, with cotton being the most important cash crop. Togo is the world's fourth-largest producer of phosphate, but production fell an estimated 22% in 2002 due to power shortages and the cost of developing new deposits. The government's decade-long effort, supported by the World Bank and the IMF, to implement economic reform measures, encourage foreign investment, and bring revenues in line with expenditures has moved slowly. Progress depends on following through on privatization, increased openness in government financial operations, progress toward legislative elections, and continued support from foreign donors. .
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| Population below poverty line :
| 32% (1989 est.) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 65%, industry 5%, services 30% (1998 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum; livestock; fish .
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| Industries :
| phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement; handicrafts, textiles, beverages .
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| Exports commodities :
| reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa .
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| Exports partners :
| Burkina Faso 16.6%, Ghana 15.4%, Netherlands 13%, Benin 9.6%, Mali 7.7% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Independence Day, 27 April (1960) .
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| Imports partners :
| Independence Day, 27 April (1960) .
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| Internet users :
| 210,000 (2003) .
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| Hymne :
| .
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