🇹🇬Togo

Lome

Africa

Lower middle income

TGO

Compare

Population

8.6M

2.2%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

4.12

births/woman

Life Expectancy

62.9y

GDP / capita

$1.4K

Pop. Growth

2.18%

Net Migration

-15K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Togo by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇧🇯Benin72.9K(28.0%)

+8%

🇳🇪Niger66.8K(25.7%)

+9%

🇬🇭

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male4.2MTotal 8.6M4.4MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇳🇬Nigeria32.5K(12.5%)

+11%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso13.9K(5.3%)

+15%

🇲🇱Mali8.3K(3.2%)

+8%

🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire5.8K(2.2%)

+94%

🇬🇳Guinea3.4K(1.3%)

+14%

🇬🇲Gambia, The1.1K(0.4%)

+14%

🇸🇳Senegal1K(0.4%)

+14%

🇬🇦Gabon910(0.3%)

+14%

🇫🇷France804(0.3%)

−15%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Togo diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Togo who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇳🇬Nigeria169.7K(29.0%)

+39%

🇧🇯Benin120.4K(20.6%)

+40%

🇬🇭Ghana116K(19.8%)

+58%

🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire95.3K(16.3%)

+36%

🇬🇦Gabon25K(4.3%)

+66%

🇧🇫Burkina Faso16.3K(2.8%)

+11%

🇳🇪Niger16K(2.7%)

+67%

🇧🇪Belgium7.6K(1.3%)

+75%

🇮🇹Italy6.6K(1.1%)

+92%

🇲🇱Mali5K(0.9%)

+62%

🇨🇬Congo, Rep.2.4K(0.4%)

+31%

🇸🇳Senegal1.8K(0.3%)

+14%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024