Demographics of Togo

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	11 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of Togo is projected at 8.48 million, up by 2.41% compared with 8.28 million in 2020. Togo is ranked 102nd in terms of population and 36th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.27 million births in Togo in 2021. That is 744 per day, which is ranked 77th. The crude birth rate is 31.99 per 1000 people. There are 68.53 thousand deaths in Togo in 2021. That is 188 per day, which is ranked 97th. The crude death rate is 8.07 per 1000 people.

3.72 million people are living in urban areas, which is 43.36% of Togo population. Togo is ranked 174th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Togo in 2021 is 99.09 males per 100 females. There are 4.22 million males and 4.26 million females in Togo. The percentage of female population is 50.23% compare to 49.77% male population. Togo has 38.91 thousand more females than males. Togo is at 163rd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Togo population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,395,451	-
1955	1,473,835	0.84
1960	1,580,508	1.34
1965	1,708,631	2.80
1970	2,115,522	3.96
1975	2,410,451	2.28
1980	2,720,835	2.96
1985	3,252,997	3.57
1990	3,774,310	2.60
1995	4,226,293	2.56
2000	4,924,406	3.01
2005	5,611,643	2.63
2010	6,421,674	2.73
2015	7,323,162	2.59
2016	7,509,952	2.55
2017	7,698,476	2.51
2018	7,889,095	2.48
2019	8,082,359	2.45
2020	8,278,737	2.43
2021	8,478,242	2.41

Total
Crude

Togo death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	44,735	66,758	31.91	47.68
1955	41,030	69,871	27.75	47.29
1960	38,004	74,635	24.13	47.48
1965	37,520	84,386	21.30	47.93
1970	39,346	100,564	18.87	48.24
1975	40,313	115,923	16.70	48.12
1980	40,668	130,047	14.73	47.10
1985	42,325	145,339	13.05	44.80
1990	44,918	156,018	11.97	41.59
1995	52,463	169,993	12.25	39.76
2000	62,642	195,689	12.76	39.83
2005	67,174	221,424	11.93	39.32
2010	65,357	239,267	10.18	37.21
2015	64,911	252,873	8.84	34.51
2020	67,966	268,061	8.20	32.33
2021	68,530	271,650	8.07	31.99

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Togo

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	61,172	1,334,285	-	4.384
1955	98,676	1,375,163	9.66	6.695
1960	159,599	1,420,914	9.89	10.098
1965	255,436	1,453,194	10.98	14.950
1970	450,180	1,665,342	10.07	21.280
1975	552,648	1,857,798	3.81	22.927
1980	671,030	2,049,809	4.45	24.663
1985	864,068	2,388,926	5.15	26.562
1990	1,082,639	2,704,301	4.23	28.589
1995	1,312,348	2,961,676	4.11	30.705
2000	1,635,589	3,334,778	4.42	32.907
2005	1,999,646	3,683,622	4.05	35.185
2010	2,440,749	4,062,203	4.04	37.533
2015	2,974,138	4,442,664	3.95	40.100
2020	3,588,464	4,795,827	3.76	42.800
2021	3,722,097	4,862,530	3.72	43.358

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Togo population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	620,700	617,282	1,237,982	14.60	100.554
05-09	569,417	566,162	1,135,579	13.39	100.575
10-14	523,645	519,833	1,043,478	12.31	100.733
15-19	460,373	456,619	916,992	10.82	100.822
20-24	385,601	382,770	768,371	9.06	100.740
25-29	324,150	322,611	646,761	7.63	100.477
30-34	288,418	288,169	576,587	6.80	100.086
35-39	254,143	255,483	509,626	6.01	99.476
40-44	212,453	216,413	428,866	5.06	98.170
45-49	168,710	174,840	343,550	4.05	96.494
50-54	129,038	136,504	265,542	3.13	94.531
55-59	97,207	105,934	203,141	2.40	91.762
60-64	71,954	80,841	152,795	1.80	89.007
65-69	51,468	59,405	110,873	1.31	86.639
70-74	33,717	40,011	73,728	0.87	84.269
75-79	18,631	22,624	41,255	0.49	82.351
80-84	7,642	9,752	17,394	0.21	78.363
85-89	2,070	2,819	4,889	0.06	73.430
90-94	306	466	772	0.01	65.665
95-99	23	38	61	0.00	60.526
100+	0	0	0	0.00	-
Total	4,219,666	4,258,576	8,478,242		99.086