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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

Sources

  1. The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
  2. World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked