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Togo
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Population:
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Age structure:
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Population growth rate:
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Birth rate:
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Death rate:
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Net migration rate:
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Infant mortality rate:
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Life expectancy at birth:
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Nationality:
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Ethnic divisions:
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Languages:
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Literacy:
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Labor force:
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4,410,370 (July 1995 est.)
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0-14 years:
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49% (female 1,069,171; male 1,079,999)
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15-64 years:
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49% (female 1,121,685; male 1,043,000)
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65 years and over:
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2% (female 51,392; male 45,123) (July 1995 est.)
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3.58% (1995 est.)
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46.78 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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11.01 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
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86.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
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total population:
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57.42 years
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male:
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55.29 years
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female:
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59.6 years (1995 est.)
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6.83 children born/woman (1995 est.)
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noun:
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Togolese (singular and plural)
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adjective:
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Togolese
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37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabye, European and
Syrian-Lebanese under 1%
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indigenous beliefs 70%, Christian 20%, Muslim 10%
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French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major
African languages in the south), Dagomba and Kabye (the two major African
languages in the north)
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age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
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total population:
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43%
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male:
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56%
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female:
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31%
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NA
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by occupation:
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agriculture 80%
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note:
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about 88,600 wage earners, evenly divided between public and private sectors