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Togo

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Togo is a country. The capital city is Lomé, located in the Western Africa region of Africa. It has a land area of 54,390 km², a population of 9,304,337 people and uses the currency West African CFA franc. The President is Faure Gnassingbé.

Key facts

currency: West African CFA franc
capital city: Lomé
region: Western Africa
continent: Africa
land area: 54,390 km²
population: 9,304,337 people
political leader: Faure Gnassingbé (President)

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expense: 16.16 % of GDP
GDP: 9,171,261,837.57 current US$
inflation: 7.97 annual %
self-employed workers: 82.13 % of total employment
tax revenue: 14.19 % of GDP
unemployment: 1.95 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 80.55 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 10,000 people
democracy score: 3.10
democracy type: Authoritarian
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 18,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 37.00 % of population
military expenditure: 4.01 % of GDP
net migration: -1,997 people
press freedom: 2.63
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 19.78 %
birth rate: 31.48 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.21 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 54.15 current US$
health expenditure: 5.56 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.28 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.58 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 62
suicide mortality rate: 8.80 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 38,200.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 2.41 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 2.49 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 57.20 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 69.14 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 24.69 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 6.17 % of total
net energy imports: 19.97 % of energy use
fertility rate: 4.20 births per woman
forest area: 12,033 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 17.80 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 10.61 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 14.80
methane emissions: 6.14 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 1.30 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 4,622,682 people
male population: 4,681,655 people
renewable energy consumption: 75.10 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 56,198.45 km²
rural population: 5,164,837 people
urban land area: 895.22 km²
urban population: 4,139,500 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.98 % of total population

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