_#_Total fertility rate: 7.1 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun—Togolese (sing. and pl.); adjective—Togolese

_#_Ethnic divisions: 37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabye; under 1% European and Syrian-Lebanese

_#_Religion: indigenous beliefs about 70%, Christian 20%, Muslim 10%

_#_Language: French, both official and language of commerce; major African languages are Ewe and Mina in the south and Dagomba and Kabye in the north

_#_Literacy: 43% (male 56%, female 31%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

_#_Labor force: NA; agriculture 78%, industry 22%; about 88,600 wage earners, evenly divided between public and private sectors; 50% of population of working age (1985)

_#_Organized labor: one national union, the National Federation of Togolese Workers

_*Government #_Long-form name: Republic of Togo

_#_Type: republic; one-party presidential regime