Togo

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PROFILE
  • Area: 56,785 sq. km (21,925 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 7,756,937 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 2.66% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 65 years (2016)
  • Languages: French (official, the language of commerce), Ewe, Mina, Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye), Dagomba
  • Religions: Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%
  • Formal name: Togolese Republic
  • Alternate names: French Togoland, Republic of Togo, République Togolaise, Togolese Republic
  • Government type: presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Faure GNASSINGBE; head of government: Prime Minister Komi KLASSOU
  • Capital: Lomé
  • Administrative divisions: 5 regions
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $1,500 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: reexports, cotton, phosphates, coffee, cocoa
  • Imports: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, petroleum products
  • Currency: Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF)
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