Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Togo

Rural population in Togo in 2025 — 4,777,375 people. Ranked 78 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 219.6%.

2025 4.78M people +1.15% vs 2024
World rank 78of 217
Period maximum 4.78M people2025
Period minimum 1.49M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Togo, 1960–202502M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,494,961 people1962: 1,512,695 people1964: 1,525,271 people1966: 1,540,029 people1968: 1,563,222 people1970: 1,690,119 people1972: 1,775,923 people1974: 1,852,744 people1976: 1,929,524 people1978: 2,008,583 people1980: 2,101,579 people1982: 2,208,558 people1984: 2,291,971 people1986: 2,406,219 people1988: 2,527,121 people1990: 2,649,057 people1992: 2,771,001 people1994: 2,716,737 people1996: 2,947,881 people1998: 3,086,053 people2000: 3,200,335 people2002: 3,317,849 people2004: 3,438,100 people2006: 3,576,000 people2008: 3,758,713 people2010: 3,950,164 people2012: 4,097,397 people2014: 4,212,263 people2016: 4,309,831 people2018: 4,399,347 people2020: 4,526,561 people2022: 4,620,636 people2024: 4,723,237 people2025: 4,777,375 people
Change over the period: +3.28M (+219.57%) Average annual rate: 1.8 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Togo 4.78M people
World 3.46B people
Sub-Saharan Africa 731M people
Western Africa computed 213M people
Low-income countries computed 508M people
Rural population — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 4.78M +54,138 +1.15%
2024 4.72M +56,176 +1.2%
2023 4.67M +46,425 +1%
2022 4.62M +42,303 +0.92%
2021 4.58M +51,772 +1.14%
2020 4.53M +64,770 +1.45%
2019 4.46M +62,444 +1.42%
2018 4.4M +47,266 +1.09%
2017 4.35M +42,250 +0.98%
2016 4.31M +46,865 +1.1%
2015 4.26M +50,703 +1.2%
2014 4.21M +54,881 +1.32%
2013 4.16M +59,985 +1.46%
2012 4.1M +66,206 +1.64%
2011 4.03M +81,027 +2.05%
2010 3.95M +94,995 +2.46%
2009 3.86M +96,456 +2.57%
2008 3.76M +93,461 +2.55%
2007 3.67M +89,252 +2.5%
2006 3.58M +76,329 +2.18%
2005 3.5M +61,571 +1.79%
2004 3.44M +59,652 +1.77%
2003 3.38M +60,599 +1.83%
2002 3.32M +59,063 +1.81%
2001 3.26M +58,451 +1.83%
2000 3.2M +57,899 +1.84%
1999 3.14M +56,383 +1.83%
1998 3.09M +56,588 +1.87%
1997 3.03M +81,584 +2.77%
1996 2.95M +105,822 +3.72%
1995 2.84M +125,322 +4.61%
1994 2.72M −5,838 −0.21%
1993 2.72M −48,426 −1.75%
1992 2.77M +60,896 +2.25%
1991 2.71M +61,048 +2.3%
1990 2.65M +61,053 +2.36%
1989 2.59M +60,883 +2.41%
1988 2.53M +60,897 +2.47%
1987 2.47M +60,005 +2.49%
1986 2.41M +61,413 +2.62%
1985 2.34M +52,835 +2.31%
1984 2.29M +41,779 +1.86%
1983 2.25M +41,634 +1.89%
1982 2.21M +50,626 +2.35%
1981 2.16M +56,353 +2.68%
1980 2.1M +49,496 +2.41%
1979 2.05M +43,500 +2.17%
1978 2.01M +40,107 +2.04%
1977 1.97M +38,952 +2.02%
1976 1.93M +38,489 +2.04%
1975 1.89M +38,291 +2.07%
1974 1.85M +38,271 +2.11%
1973 1.81M +38,550 +2.17%
1972 1.78M +40,676 +2.34%
1971 1.74M +45,128 +2.67%
1970 1.69M +71,603 +4.42%
1969 1.62M +55,294 +3.54%
1968 1.56M +13,184 +0.85%
1967 1.55M +10,009 +0.65%
1966 1.54M +8,018 +0.52%
1965 1.53M +6,740 +0.44%
1964 1.53M +6,273 +0.41%
1963 1.52M +6,303 +0.42%
1962 1.51M +7,406 +0.49%
1961 1.51M +10,328 +0.69%
1960 1.49M

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

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