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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Togo

Rural population share in Togo in 2025 — 55.6%. Ranked 54 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 33.7 pp.

2025 55.6% −0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 54of 217
Period maximum 89.4%1960
Period minimum 55.6%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Togo, 1960–2025506070809019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 89.4%1962: 87.3%1964: 84.8%1966: 82.2%1968: 80%1970: 78.6%1972: 77.8%1974: 77.1%1976: 76.5%1978: 75.9%1980: 75.3%1982: 74.6%1984: 73.8%1986: 73%1988: 72.2%1990: 71.3%1992: 70.5%1994: 69.6%1996: 68.7%1998: 67.8%2000: 66.9%2002: 66%2004: 65.1%2006: 64.2%2008: 63.3%2010: 62.4%2012: 61.6%2014: 60.7%2016: 59.9%2018: 59%2020: 58.1%2022: 57.3%2024: 56.2%2025: 55.6%
Change over the period: −33.7 pp Annual average: -0.52 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Togo

Togo 55.6%
World 42.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3%
Western Africa computed 45.8%
Low-income countries computed 64.4%
Rural population share — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 55.6 −0.6 pp
2024 56.2 −0.6 pp
2023 56.8 −0.5 pp
2022 57.3 −0.4 pp
2021 57.7 −0.4 pp
2020 58.1 −0.4 pp
2019 58.6 −0.4 pp
2018 59 −0.4 pp
2017 59.4 −0.4 pp
2016 59.9 −0.4 pp
2015 60.3 −0.4 pp
2014 60.7 −0.4 pp
2013 61.1 −0.4 pp
2012 61.6 −0.4 pp
2011 62 −0.4 pp
2010 62.4 −0.4 pp
2009 62.9 −0.4 pp
2008 63.3 −0.4 pp
2007 63.8 −0.4 pp
2006 64.2 −0.4 pp
2005 64.7 −0.4 pp
2004 65.1 −0.4 pp
2003 65.5 −0.5 pp
2002 66 −0.5 pp
2001 66.4 −0.5 pp
2000 66.9 −0.5 pp
1999 67.4 −0.4 pp
1998 67.8 −0.4 pp
1997 68.2 −0.4 pp
1996 68.7 −0.4 pp
1995 69.1 −0.4 pp
1994 69.6 −0.4 pp
1993 70 −0.4 pp
1992 70.5 −0.4 pp
1991 70.9 −0.4 pp
1990 71.3 −0.4 pp
1989 71.8 −0.4 pp
1988 72.2 −0.4 pp
1987 72.6 −0.4 pp
1986 73 −0.4 pp
1985 73.4 −0.4 pp
1984 73.8 −0.4 pp
1983 74.2 −0.4 pp
1982 74.6 −0.4 pp
1981 74.9 −0.3 pp
1980 75.3 −0.3 pp
1979 75.6 −0.3 pp
1978 75.9 −0.3 pp
1977 76.2 −0.3 pp
1976 76.5 −0.3 pp
1975 76.8 −0.3 pp
1974 77.1 −0.3 pp
1973 77.4 −0.4 pp
1972 77.8 −0.4 pp
1971 78.2 −0.5 pp
1970 78.6 −0.6 pp
1969 79.2 −0.8 pp
1968 80 −1 pp
1967 81 −1.2 pp
1966 82.2 −1.3 pp
1965 83.5 −1.3 pp
1964 84.8 −1.3 pp
1963 86.1 −1.2 pp
1962 87.3 −1.1 pp
1961 88.4 −0.9 pp
1960 89.4 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NE Niger 81.6 BF Burkina Faso 71.1 ML Mali 67.8 GN Guinea 61.5 TG Togo 55.6 SL Sierra Leone 54.1 GW Guinea-Bissau 53.3 BJ Benin 46.6 CI Côte d'Ivoire 45.5 SN Senegal 44.2 LR Liberia 43.9 GH Ghana 41.1 MR Mauritania 38.5 NG Nigeria 36.2 GM Gambia 35 CV Cabo Verde 22.4
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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