Togo
Togo
Capital Lomé
56,785 km² · 8,591,626 people (2025) · West African CFA franc
A narrow country about 550 km long with only 56 km of coast — one of the shortest coastlines in Africa. The Koutammakou landscape in the north is built of takienta, two-storey mud tower-houses that are still lived in.
The facts
- Capital
- Lomé
- Area
- 56,785 km² — 21,925 sq mi
- Population
- 8,591,626 (2025)
- Density
- 151.3 people per km²
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (XOF, Fr)
- Official language
- French
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00
- Calling code
- +228
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- TG · TGO
- Continent
- Africa
How it compares
- By area
- 124 of 200
- By population
- 102 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 65,300 | 2,888,774 |
| Latvia | 64,589 | 1,847,785 |
| Togo ← | 56,785 | 8,591,626 |
| Croatia | 56,594 | 3,876,200 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51,197 | 3,140,095 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Togo?
- Lomé
- What currency does Togo use?
- The West African CFA franc (XOF).
- How big is Togo?
- 56,785 km², or 21,925 square miles — 124 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Togo drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
- Lithuania 65,300 km²
- Latvia 64,589 km²
- Croatia 56,594 km²
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,197 km²
- Nigeria Africa
- Ethiopia Africa
- Egypt Africa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa
- Tanzania Africa
- South Africa Africa
- Kenya Africa
- Sudan Africa
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)