Africa · Western Africa
Capital: Lomé
Togo
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Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #137
Togo's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
8.6M
#101 of 196
49th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$11.89B
#151 of 196
23rd percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$195.3M
#129 of 196
34th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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$23.7M
#117 of 196
41st percentile
2024 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$1.22B
#142 of 196
28th percentile
2024 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Lomé
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Western Africa
- Country code
- TGO
- Neighbors
- BeninBurkina FasoGhana
Three interesting facts
Togo shares land borders with 3 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, and Ghana.
Togo spans roughly 56,785 square kilometers, placing it around 122nd by area in this factbook.
Togo’s position in Western Africa places it within a distinctive network of regional trade routes and migration paths.
Geography
Togo on the map
Togo is located in Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Benin and Ghana. Its terrain is gently rolling savanna in north, central hills, southern plateau, low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes. The climate is tropical, hot, humid in south, semiarid in north. In area, the country is slightly smaller than West Virginia.
Economy
Economic profile
Togo's economy is characterized by low-income West African economy, primarily agrarian economy, has a deep-water port, growing international shipping locale, improving privatization and public budgeting transparency, key phosphate mining industry, extremely high rural poverty. Major industries include phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages. Important agricultural products include cassava, maize, yams, sorghum, soybeans, beans, rice, vegetables, oil palm fruit, cotton (2023). Notable exports include gold, refined petroleum, soybeans, phosphates, coconuts/brazil nuts/cashews (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Togo has an estimated population of 8,095,498. Languages spoken include French (official, language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (in the north). The population includes Adja-Ewe/Mina 42.4%, Kabye/Tem 25.9%, Para-Gourma/Akan 17.1%, Akposso/Akebu 4.1%, Ana-Ife 3.2%, other Togolese 1.7%, foreigners 5.2%, no response 0.4% (2013-14 est.). The urban population represents 44.5% of total population (2023).
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