| Country (long form) |
Togolese Republic |
| Capital |
Lome |
| Total Area |
21,924.81 sq mi
56,785.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than West Virginia) |
| Population |
5,018,502 (July 2000 est.)
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
9,720,591 |
| 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 |
51.7% total, 67.0% male, 37% female (1995 est.) |
| Religions |
indigenous beliefs 70%, Christian 20%, Muslim 10% |
| Life Expectancy |
52.75 male, 56.7 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
republic under transition to multiparty democratic rule |
| Currency |
1 Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes |
| GDP (per capita) |
$1,700 (1999 est.) |
| Industry |
phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement; handicrafts, textiles, beverages |
| Agriculture |
coffee, cocoa, cotton, yams, cassava (tapioca), corn, beans, rice, millet, sorghum; livestock; fish |
| Arable Land |
38% |
| Natural Resources |
phosphates, limestone, marble, arable land |
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