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Togo

Togolese Republic · République togolaise

Capital
Lomé
Population
8.59 million 2025
Area
56,785 km²
Neighbours
3
Locator map of TogoTOGOLoméGHANABENINBURKINA FASONIGERIAIVORY COASTGulf of Guinea0100 km
Togo hatched, Lomé marked with a triangle, land neighbours shaded. Orthographic projection centred on 8.6°N 0.84°E; the scale bar is true at the centre.

In Western Africa, Togo has three land neighbours: Benin, Burkina Faso and Ghana. With 56,785 km², it is about the size of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and ranks 123rd of 195 by area.

Its population was 8.59 million in 2025 (World Bank), the 94th-smallest of the 194 countries with data. Density is 151 people per km². Most people live outside urban areas: the urban share was 44.4% in 2025.

GDP per capita was US$1,384 in 2025 (World Bank, current US$), 164th of 191 and 29th of 52 in Africa. Life expectancy at birth was 62.9 years in 2024. The fertility rate was 4.12 births per woman in 2024.

Its main landmass has land on both sides of the prime meridian, in the Northern Hemisphere. North to south it runs about 559 km, between 6.1°N and 11.1°N. Lomé's antipode is in the South Pacific Ocean, about 500 km from Kiribati, the nearest land.

How it compares Africa: 54 countries

MeasureFigureWorldAfrica
Population8,591,6262025, World Bank101st of 19434th of 54
Area56,785 km²world-countries123rd of 19541st of 54
GDPUS$11.9 billion2025, World Bank, current US$149th of 19138th of 52
GDP per capitaUS$1,3842025, World Bank, current US$164th of 19129th of 52
Population density151 per km²population 2025, World Bank; area, world-countries58th of 19411th of 54
Life expectancy62.9 years2024, World Bank178th of 19439th of 54
Urban population44.4%2025, World Bank143rd of 19432nd of 54
Forest area22.5% of land2024, World Bank116th of 19424th of 54
Population growth+2.18% a year2025, World Bank39th of 19427th of 54
Internet users39.5%2024, World Bank157th of 18828th of 53
Fertility rate4.12 births per woman2024, World Bank21st of 19419th of 54
Land neighbours3world-countries; among the 19583rd of 19531st of 54
 Ranks run from the largest value (1st) among the countries with data; equal values share a rank.

Closest in areaCroatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Costa Rica

Closest in populationSierra Leone, Belarus and Switzerland

Neighbours 3 countries by land, nearest capital first

  • Benin159 km
    Lomé to Porto-Novo, capital to capital
  • Ghana172 km
    Lomé to Accra, capital to capital
  • Burkina Faso756 km
    Lomé to Ouagadougou, capital to capital

Where on Earth main landmass

Hemispheres
Northern, Eastern and Western
Capital
Lomé
6.13°N 1.22°E
Northernmost latitude
11.12°N
Southernmost latitude
6.09°N
Westernmost longitude
0.09°W
Easternmost longitude
1.78°E
North to south
about 559 km
Antipode of Lomé
6.13°S 178.78°W
in the South Pacific Ocean, about 500 km from the nearest land (Kiribati)