Country or area · Western Africa · Africa · UN WPP 2024

Togo population

Togo population now

9,982,795

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 9.6–10.5 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 9,304,338

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 9.93092 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 9.6–10.5 million
Median age: 20.2
Aged 65+: 3.3%

Move through time, 1950–2100

2023 | 2024

male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

TGO · 1950–2100 · in brief

Togo in numbers

9,304,338 people lived in Togo in mid-2023: 0.11% of the world's people, and the 97th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 6.6 times its 1950 population of 1.4 million.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 26.3 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 12.6 million to 53.6 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 19.2 in 1950 and 19.8 in 2023; the projection has 33.3 in 2100. 3.2% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 11.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

By size it is the 97th country in 2023; the projection puts it 82nd in 2050 and 67th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Hungary in 2025, Greece in 2026 and Czechia in 2029.

Population, mid-2023: 9,304,338
Rank by population, 2023: 97 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.11%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.36% · +214,600 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 171
Land area, 2023: 54,390 km²
Births, 2023: 289,759
Deaths, 2023: 71,661
Net migration, 2023: −1,997
Children per woman, 2023: 4.19
Median age, 2023: 19.8 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 62.7 years
In a city, 2025: 46 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 1,399,600
Projected, mid-2050: 15,584,778
Projected, mid-2100: 26,300,754

TGO · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Togo, 1950–2100

Togo: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	1,387,394		67,170	33,561	6.60	41.9
1951	estimate	1,411,805		68,383	34,023	6.62	42.1
1952	estimate	1,436,989		69,634	34,468	6.64	42.2
1953	estimate	1,462,858		70,790	34,866	6.65	42.3
1954	estimate	1,489,284		71,942	35,163	6.66	42.5
1955	estimate	1,516,237		73,073	35,440	6.67	42.7
1956	estimate	1,543,655		74,465	35,810	6.69	42.8
1957	estimate	1,571,616		75,809	36,090	6.71	42.9
1958	estimate	1,600,140		77,161	36,363	6.73	43.1
1959	estimate	1,629,130		78,668	36,639	6.76	43.3
1960	estimate	1,658,385		80,203	36,896	6.80	43.5
1961	estimate	1,687,835		81,783	37,161	6.82	43.8
1962	estimate	1,717,599		83,590	37,388	6.86	44.0
1963	estimate	1,748,320		85,490	37,621	6.89	44.3
1964	estimate	1,781,823		87,269	37,821	6.92	44.6
1965	estimate	1,825,058		89,540	38,218	6.94	44.9
1966	estimate	1,882,484		92,526	38,886	6.96	45.2
1967	estimate	1,954,542		95,817	39,688	6.96	45.6
1968	estimate	2,037,238		99,729	40,618	6.97	46.0
1969	estimate	2,123,213		104,284	41,695	7.01	46.4
1970	estimate	2,206,415		108,385	42,535	7.04	46.8
1971	estimate	2,283,132		112,391	43,184	7.06	47.2
1972	estimate	2,352,820		115,617	43,609	7.07	47.7
1973	estimate	2,417,169		118,620	43,906	7.08	48.1
1974	estimate	2,480,329		121,476	44,128	7.09	48.6
1975	estimate	2,543,192		124,118	44,286	7.09	49.0
1976	estimate	2,606,053		126,708	44,389	7.06	49.5
1977	estimate	2,669,538		128,702	44,130	7.03	50.2
1978	estimate	2,734,251		130,642	43,692	6.98	50.9
1979	estimate	2,802,044		132,607	43,459	6.93	51.5
1980	estimate	2,877,664		134,698	43,254	6.88	52.1
1981	estimate	2,964,123		137,492	43,175	6.81	52.8
1982	estimate	3,061,962		140,434	43,429	6.72	53.3
1983	estimate	3,168,122		143,554	43,738	6.63	53.8
1984	estimate	3,277,676		146,751	44,328	6.54	54.1
1985	estimate	3,387,998		149,948	44,999	6.46	54.4
1986	estimate	3,494,185		153,610	45,651	6.38	54.6
1987	estimate	3,601,719		157,151	46,415	6.30	54.8
1988	estimate	3,713,298		160,337	47,422	6.23	54.9
1989	estimate	3,826,186		163,325	48,893	6.15	54.7
1990	estimate	3,940,636		166,614	50,412	6.07	54.6
1991	estimate	4,056,886		169,649	52,237	5.99	54.3
1992	estimate	4,174,235		172,707	53,829	5.89	54.1
1993	estimate	4,292,999		175,467	55,532	5.78	53.9
1994	estimate	4,121,908		166,353	53,279	5.67	53.7
1995	estimate	4,323,971		171,847	55,531	5.57	53.7
1996	estimate	4,497,693		176,491	57,070	5.46	53.8
1997	estimate	4,658,027		180,779	58,672	5.36	53.9
1998	estimate	4,792,033		185,203	59,808	5.29	54.0
1999	estimate	4,929,792		190,204	60,372	5.23	54.3
2000	estimate	5,070,746		195,053	61,183	5.17	54.6
2001	estimate	5,209,327		200,029	62,220	5.13	54.8
2002	estimate	5,345,437		204,490	62,849	5.09	55.0
2003	estimate	5,481,110		208,364	63,459	5.05	55.3
2004	estimate	5,623,223		211,570	63,996	5.00	55.6
2005	estimate	5,769,793		218,785	64,669	5.04	55.9
2006	estimate	5,919,469		226,367	65,696	5.08	56.1
2007	estimate	6,101,868		235,190	67,044	5.10	56.4
2008	estimate	6,274,820		241,712	68,039	5.10	56.6
2009	estimate	6,462,804		249,255	69,143	5.10	56.9
2010	estimate	6,640,927		255,235	69,940	5.09	57.2
2011	estimate	6,824,253		256,638	70,229	4.98	57.6
2012	estimate	7,008,695		256,652	70,589	4.85	57.9
2013	estimate	7,192,777		258,008	70,699	4.75	58.3
2014	estimate	7,378,107		261,504	70,838	4.70	58.8
2015	estimate	7,566,794		265,674	70,905	4.66	59.2
2016	estimate	7,759,597		270,395	71,029	4.63	59.7
2017	estimate	7,956,981		273,321	71,018	4.58	60.1
2018	estimate	8,157,298		275,952	71,007	4.51	60.6
2019	estimate	8,360,258		278,645	71,037	4.45	61.1
2020	estimate	8,565,878		281,368	72,705	4.39	61.1
2021	estimate	8,773,563		284,243	73,624	4.32	61.3
2022	estimate	8,983,194		286,645	71,555	4.25	62.3
2023	estimate	9,196,283		289,759	71,661	4.19	62.7
2024	estimate	9,412,392		292,572	72,867	4.12	62.9
2025	projection	9,618,079	9.4–9.8 million	296,051	73,983	4.07	63.1
2026	projection	9,825,136	9.5–10.2 million	299,393	75,184	4.01	63.3
2027	projection	10,036,701	9.6–10.5 million	303,269	76,447	3.96	63.5
2028	projection	10,249,292	9.7–10.8 million	306,682	77,704	3.90	63.7
2029	projection	10,463,699	9.8–11.1 million	310,615	79,023	3.84	63.9
2030	projection	10,681,222	10.0–11.4 million	314,726	80,360	3.79	64.1
2031	projection	10,904,772	10.1–11.8 million	319,325	81,832	3.75	64.3
2032	projection	11,132,300	10.2–12.1 million	323,844	83,247	3.70	64.4
2033	projection	11,361,222	10.4–12.5 million	327,524	84,687	3.65	64.6
2034	projection	11,590,742	10.5–12.8 million	331,326	86,150	3.61	64.8
2035	projection	11,820,911	10.6–13.2 million	334,893	87,626	3.56	65.0
2036	projection	12,054,457	10.7–13.6 million	338,515	89,190	3.52	65.2
2037	projection	12,286,559	10.9–13.9 million	342,293	90,702	3.48	65.3
2038	projection	12,522,135	11.0–14.3 million	345,440	92,279	3.44	65.5
2039	projection	12,760,138	11.1–14.6 million	349,091	93,990	3.40	65.7
2040	projection	13,002,415	11.2–15.0 million	352,520	95,658	3.37	65.8
2041	projection	13,240,288	11.3–15.4 million	355,276	97,290	3.33	66.0
2042	projection	13,483,232	11.5–15.8 million	357,998	98,975	3.30	66.2
2043	projection	13,726,721	11.6–16.2 million	360,918	100,752	3.27	66.3
2044	projection	13,975,683	11.7–16.6 million	363,129	102,512	3.23	66.5
2045	projection	14,223,616	11.8–17.0 million	365,669	104,352	3.20	66.6
2046	projection	14,471,407	11.9–17.4 million	367,762	106,234	3.17	66.8
2047	projection	14,719,092	12.0–17.8 million	369,470	108,174	3.13	66.9
2048	projection	14,964,248	12.1–18.3 million	371,516	110,011	3.10	67.1
2049	projection	15,211,860	12.2–18.6 million	373,569	112,057	3.07	67.2
2050	projection	15,463,023	12.3–19.1 million	375,613	114,104	3.04	67.4
2051	projection	15,706,532	12.4–19.6 million	377,273	116,088	3.01	67.5
2052	projection	15,956,201	12.4–20.2 million	379,235	118,211	2.98	67.7
2053	projection	16,200,393	12.5–20.5 million	381,222	120,256	2.96	67.8
2054	projection	16,441,981	12.5–21.0 million	383,053	122,222	2.93	68.0
2055	projection	16,683,713	12.6–21.5 million	384,873	124,380	2.91	68.1
2056	projection	16,933,032	12.6–22.0 million	387,238	126,462	2.88	68.3
2057	projection	17,174,514	12.6–22.4 million	389,471	128,650	2.86	68.4
2058	projection	17,414,666	12.6–22.9 million	391,093	130,841	2.84	68.5
2059	projection	17,651,477	12.7–23.4 million	392,796	133,105	2.81	68.7
2060	projection	17,885,726	12.7–24.2 million	394,657	135,113	2.79	68.8
2061	projection	18,125,153	12.8–24.7 million	396,883	137,346	2.77	68.9
2062	projection	18,364,340	12.7–25.3 million	398,563	139,528	2.75	69.1
2063	projection	18,604,278	12.8–25.8 million	400,631	141,746	2.73	69.2
2064	projection	18,848,529	12.8–26.2 million	402,458	144,064	2.71	69.3
2065	projection	19,086,716	12.8–26.9 million	403,855	146,282	2.69	69.5
2066	projection	19,324,769	12.8–27.4 million	405,558	148,595	2.67	69.6
2067	projection	19,565,881	12.8–28.2 million	407,726	150,996	2.66	69.7
2068	projection	19,802,714	12.9–28.8 million	408,604	153,234	2.64	69.9
2069	projection	20,044,615	13.0–29.5 million	410,179	155,696	2.62	70.0
2070	projection	20,280,421	13.1–30.0 million	410,896	158,227	2.60	70.1
2071	projection	20,509,862	13.1–30.5 million	411,430	160,688	2.58	70.3
2072	projection	20,739,219	13.2–31.1 million	412,548	163,178	2.56	70.4
2073	projection	20,967,073	13.2–31.7 million	412,778	165,764	2.55	70.5
2074	projection	21,198,360	13.2–32.5 million	413,353	168,405	2.53	70.7
2075	projection	21,428,037	13.2–33.2 million	413,280	171,099	2.51	70.8
2076	projection	21,659,863	13.3–34.0 million	413,737	173,855	2.49	70.9
2077	projection	21,882,943	13.3–34.9 million	414,282	176,703	2.48	71.0
2078	projection	22,097,044	13.2–35.6 million	414,627	179,397	2.46	71.2
2079	projection	22,307,746	13.2–36.2 million	415,141	182,229	2.45	71.3
2080	projection	22,531,413	13.1–36.8 million	416,085	185,173	2.44	71.4
2081	projection	22,753,324	13.2–37.4 million	417,069	188,323	2.42	71.5
2082	projection	22,971,781	13.2–38.2 million	417,549	191,458	2.41	71.6
2083	projection	23,182,975	13.3–38.9 million	417,569	194,436	2.39	71.8
2084	projection	23,390,516	13.3–39.7 million	417,322	197,272	2.38	71.9
2085	projection	23,591,400	13.0–40.5 million	416,989	200,240	2.36	72.0
2086	projection	23,791,269	13.1–41.2 million	416,619	203,111	2.35	72.1
2087	projection	23,992,270	13.2–42.5 million	416,672	206,008	2.33	72.3
2088	projection	24,172,679	13.3–43.2 million	415,844	208,905	2.32	72.4
2089	projection	24,360,880	13.1–43.7 million	415,929	211,953	2.31	72.5
2090	projection	24,543,996	13.2–44.3 million	415,348	214,899	2.29	72.6
2091	projection	24,721,946	13.2–45.4 million	415,202	217,891	2.28	72.8
2092	projection	24,901,097	13.0–46.5 million	415,021	220,652	2.27	72.9
2093	projection	25,071,614	12.9–47.4 million	414,351	223,641	2.26	73.0
2094	projection	25,236,721	12.9–48.0 million	413,793	226,410	2.24	73.1
2095	projection	25,414,571	13.1–48.6 million	413,707	228,740	2.23	73.3
2096	projection	25,578,776	12.9–49.4 million	412,853	231,398	2.22	73.4
2097	projection	25,744,309	12.8–50.7 million	412,190	234,009	2.21	73.5
2098	projection	25,907,077	12.6–51.4 million	411,922	236,428	2.20	73.6
2099	projection	26,066,111	12.7–52.6 million	411,080	239,045	2.19	73.8
2100	projection	26,225,213	12.6–53.6 million	410,483	241,494	2.18	73.9

Show the numbers: Togo, mid-2026, by single year of age

Togo: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	145,249	142,284
1	141,796	139,354
2	139,305	137,141
3	137,138	135,061
4	135,161	133,053
5	133,326	131,090
6	131,466	129,061
7	129,662	127,115
8	127,892	125,238
9	126,073	123,357
10	123,772	121,044
11	121,182	118,480
12	118,868	116,212
13	117,190	114,572
14	116,277	113,698
15	115,320	112,768
16	112,988	110,444
17	109,291	106,748
18	105,435	102,882
19	101,279	98,734
20	96,856	94,342
21	92,740	90,286
22	89,646	87,254
23	87,319	84,990
24	84,777	82,534
25	82,083	79,927
26	79,384	77,316
27	76,738	74,729
28	74,217	72,227
29	72,148	70,162
30	70,469	68,482
31	68,954	66,974
32	67,416	65,460
33	65,797	63,872
34	64,162	62,281
35	62,510	60,682
36	60,868	59,070
37	59,269	57,492
38	57,698	55,968
39	56,018	54,367
40	54,264	52,707
41	52,650	51,187
42	51,170	49,828
43	49,694	48,500
44	48,203	47,168
45	46,654	45,774
46	45,116	44,379
47	43,605	42,994
48	42,071	41,559
49	40,526	40,122
50	38,882	38,616
51	37,154	37,043
52	35,412	35,480
53	33,666	33,926
54	31,981	32,414
55	30,311	30,893
56	28,678	29,399
57	27,100	27,942
58	25,602	26,552
59	24,230	25,280
60	22,866	24,001
61	21,499	22,704
62	20,182	21,446
63	18,886	20,188
64	17,616	18,938
65	16,416	17,748
66	15,281	16,616
67	14,186	15,513
68	13,134	14,444
69	12,123	13,404
70	11,126	12,369
71	10,166	11,358
72	9,244	10,380
73	8,341	9,414
74	7,455	8,464
75	6,611	7,552
76	5,715	6,554
77	4,917	5,659
78	4,264	4,945
79	3,604	4,218
80	2,967	3,485
81	2,400	2,819
82	1,919	2,266
83	1,503	1,788
84	1,156	1,387
85	872	1,058
86	643	793
87	462	582
88	322	416
89	216	285
90	138	188
91	84	120
92	50	74
93	28	44
94	16	25
95	8	14
96	4	8
97	2	4
98	1	2
99	0	1
100+	0	0

TGO · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Togo, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

TGO · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Togo

In Togo the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 5,299,160 of them.

100 aged 15–64

70 children

6 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

TGO · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Togo, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Togo loses 5,398 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 1,158 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 200 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 88,992 (1994); its biggest loss, 291,022 (1993).

In 2024, 281,994 people living in Togo had been born in another country, 3 of every 100 people there, against 2 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

TGO · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Togo

Of every 100 babies born in Togo in 2023, 13 had a mother under 20, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 16 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 16 under 20 and 17 aged 35 or older.

1950
16 · 67 · 17

2023
13 · 71 · 16

2050 · projected
13 · 74 · 13

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 289,759
Average age when women have a baby: 29.1 years; 29.1 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 77; 138 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Togo by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	942	1,740	2,107	1,452	885	274
15–19	9,541	18,646	26,855	37,079	47,409	31,549
20–24	17,763	30,421	48,612	77,772	103,343	92,784
25–29	15,855	28,419	46,645	72,195	98,911	120,600
30–34	11,683	20,978	35,742	54,666	74,821	104,497
35–39	7,354	14,915	22,250	31,495	37,394	48,362
40–44	3,230	7,418	9,797	12,150	11,062	11,168
45–49	762	1,512	2,894	2,814	1,711	1,197
50–54	40	69	151	136	77	52
All babies	67,170	124,118	195,053	289,759	375,613	410,483

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

TGO · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Togo

In Togo, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 55.8 (95% range 54.8–56.9), out of 63.9 in all. The years in less than full health come to 8.1, below the world's 9.5: shorter lives leave fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

56.8 in full health, 9.6 not: 66.4 years

Men

55.0 in full health, 6.5 not: 61.5 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 56.8 healthy years of 66.4. Men: 55.0 of 61.5.

TGO · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Togo

At the end of 2025, Togo was hosting 58,449 people who had crossed a border into it, about 6 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad58,449
displaced inside it10,171
Togo nationals abroad17,995

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 1,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Togo living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 6,647 people asked for asylum in Togo for the first time; 1,599 people from Togo asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Togo whose claims were decided that year, 24 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

TGO · of every 100 people

How people live in Togo

Of every 100 people in Togo in 2025, 46 lived in a city, 27 in a town or suburb and 27 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

38.9 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 60.5 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

TGO · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Togo went in school

Of every 100 adults in Togo in 2020, 29 never went to school and 15 finished upper secondary or went further.

29 never went to school 21 some primary 26 finished primary 9 finished lower secondary 9 finished upper secondary 6 studied after school

The young went further: 16.1 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 69.1 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 7.2 against 31.5).

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2085; those among them who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

TGO · cities · 2025

Cities in Togo

Togo had 17 cities in 2025, home to 4.5 million people. The largest, Lomé, holds 25 of every 100 people in Togo.

Lomé2,415,011
Dapaong242,985
Blitta-Gare209,755
Sokodé197,651
Kara192,544
Atakpamé184,404
Kpalimé157,390
Akakopé116,005
Notsé112,354
Anié102,412

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Togo are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.