Sub-Saharan Africa

A life that begins in Togo

One in every 487 babies in the world is born here: about 275,456 a year, 0.52 a minute.

Population: 8,591,626
Births a year: 275,456
Life expectancy: 62.9
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000): 56.1

Health and survival

Life expectancy, women (years)
63.2
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
62.7
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
34.8
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
56.1
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
349
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
1.6
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
6
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
1.4
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
28.7
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
≈ 5.2
World: 4.7

Family and school

Children per woman
4.12
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
25
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
91
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
63
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
15
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
35.2
World: 11.9

Money and work

Income per person (PPP)
$3,486
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
38
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
34.7
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
2
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
38
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
57
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
64
World: 37

Home and connection

Living in cities (%)
44
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
61
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
65
World: 91
Internet users (%)
39
World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

Life satisfaction (0–10)
4.28
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.64
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.15
World: 0.34

≈ Estimated from the region

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy

1960: 43.5 → 2026: 62.9 → 2050: 67.4

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

1960: 260 → 2026: 53 → 2050: 25

World

Children per woman

1960: 6.8 → 2026: 4 → 2050: 3

World

Living in cities (%)

1960: 11 → 2026: 45 → 2050: 65

World

Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Togo comes up about once in every 487 lives.

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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.