Togo Population
Togo had an estimated population of 8,591,626 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 101st most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.10% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +2.18% a year.
Togo at a glance
How Togo's population is changing
Togo's population is growing fast: +2.18% a year, which works out to about +187,090 people per year, or +512 a day. Births (32.1 per 1,000) and deaths (8.5 per 1,000) alone would give +2.36% a year; net migration removes about 15,010 people a year (−0.17%). Roughly one in every 956 people on Earth lives in Togo.
Population of Togo since 1960
In 1960, Togo had 1,673,110 people. By 2025 that was 8,591,626 — 5.1× larger. The fastest growth came between 1968 and 1978, when the population rose by 35%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,673,110 | — |
| 1970 | 2,149,478 | +28.5% |
| 1980 | 2,791,408 | +29.9% |
| 1990 | 3,714,021 | +33.1% |
| 2000 | 4,783,722 | +28.8% |
| 2010 | 6,325,788 | +32.2% |
| 2020 | 7,788,054 | +23.1% |
| 2025 | 8,591,626 | +10.3% |
Togo from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Togo at about 445,985 people in 1800; the UN estimates 8,591,630 in 2025 (19× 1800) and projects 23,640,030 for 2100 in its medium scenario. That is still 175% growth over the rest of this century.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 445,985 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 507,119 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 746,223 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 1,399,596 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 4,783,721 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 8,591,630 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 13,960,022 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 19,398,792 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 23,640,030 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Togo
10 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 8,591,626. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lomé | 2,415,011 | UN urban centre | 28.11% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 2 | Dapaong | 242,985 | UN urban centre | 2.83% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 3 | Sokodé | 197,651 | UN urban centre | 2.30% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 4 | Kara | 192,544 | UN urban centre | 2.24% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 5 | Atakpamé | 184,404 | UN urban centre | 2.15% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 6 | Kpalimé | 157,390 | UN urban centre | 1.83% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 7 | Tsévié | 97,692 | UN urban centre | 1.14% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 8 | Bassar | 61,845 | GeoNames settlement | 0.72% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 9 | Aného | 47,579 | GeoNames settlement | 0.55% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 10 | Mango | 37,748 | GeoNames settlement | 0.44% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
How Togo compares
Togo has almost the same population as Sierra Leone (8,819,794).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Togo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #99 |  Belarus | 9,085,991 | +6% | compare → |
| #100 |  Sierra Leone | 8,819,794 | +3% | compare → |
| #102 |  Laos | 7,873,046 | −8% | compare → |
| #103 |  Turkmenistan | 7,618,847 | −11% | compare → |
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Same region (Sub-Saharan Africa): Nigeria, Ethiopia, DR Congo, Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya.
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Land neighbours (3)
Ghana 35,064,272 · 4.1× the population · compare
Burkina Faso 24,074,580 · 2.8× the population · compare
Benin 14,814,460 · 1.7× the population · compare
Togo's 3 neighbours together hold 73,953,312 people — 8.6× Togo's population. The most populous is Ghana (35,064,272).
In its region
Togo is the 30th most populous of the 48 economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, holding 0.7% of the region's 1,321,654,217 people.
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Cities
Lomé, Dapaong, Sokodé, Kara, Atakpamé, Kpalimé, Tsévié, Bassar — all Togo's cities on the map.
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