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Togo People 1996

Population:

4,410,370 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

49% (female 1,069,171; male 1,079,999)

15-64 years:

49% (female 1,121,685; male 1,043,000)

65 years and over:

2% (female 51,392; male 45,123) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

3.58% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

46.78 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

11.01 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

86.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

57.42 years

male:

55.29 years

female:

59.6 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

6.83 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Togolese (singular and plural)

adjective:

Togolese

Ethnic divisions:

37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabye, European and Syrian-Lebanese under 1%

Religions:

indigenous beliefs 70%, Christian 20%, Muslim 10%

Languages:

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)

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

total population:

43%

male:

56%

female:

31%

Labor force:

by occupation:

agriculture 80%

note:

about 88,600 wage earners, evenly divided between public and private sectors

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