<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 47.3 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 11.39 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 88.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 56.93 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 54.87 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 59.06 years (1994 est.)
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<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 6.9 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Togolese (singular and plural)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Togolese
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<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> 37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabye, European and Syrian-Lebanese under 1%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> indigenous beliefs 70%, Christian 20%, Muslim 10%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe (one of the two major African languages in the south), Mina (one of the two major African languages in the south), Dagomba (one of the two major African languages in the north), Kabye (one of the two major African languages in the north)
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 78%, industry 22%
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> about 88,600 wage earners, evenly divided between public and private sectors; 50% of population of working age (1985)