Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Togo

Urban population share in Togo in 2025 — 44.4%. Ranked 164 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 33.7 pp.

2025 44.4% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 164of 217
Period maximum 44.4%2025
Period minimum 10.6%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Togo, 1960–2025020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.6%1962: 12.7%1964: 15.2%1966: 17.8%1968: 20%1970: 21.4%1972: 22.2%1974: 22.9%1976: 23.5%1978: 24.1%1980: 24.7%1982: 25.4%1984: 26.2%1986: 27%1988: 27.8%1990: 28.7%1992: 29.5%1994: 30.4%1996: 31.3%1998: 32.2%2000: 33.1%2002: 34%2004: 34.9%2006: 35.8%2008: 36.7%2010: 37.6%2012: 38.4%2014: 39.3%2016: 40.1%2018: 41%2020: 41.9%2022: 42.7%2024: 43.8%2025: 44.4%
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 44.4%
World 57.8%
Western Africa computed 54.2%
Low-income countries computed 35.6%
Urban population share — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 44.4 +0.6 pp
2024 43.8 +0.6 pp
2023 43.2 +0.5 pp
2022 42.7 +0.4 pp
2021 42.3 +0.4 pp
2020 41.9 +0.4 pp
2019 41.4 +0.4 pp
2018 41 +0.4 pp
2017 40.6 +0.4 pp
2016 40.1 +0.4 pp
2015 39.7 +0.4 pp
2014 39.3 +0.4 pp
2013 38.9 +0.4 pp
2012 38.4 +0.4 pp
2011 38 +0.4 pp
2010 37.6 +0.4 pp
2009 37.1 +0.4 pp
2008 36.7 +0.4 pp
2007 36.2 +0.4 pp
2006 35.8 +0.4 pp
2005 35.3 +0.4 pp
2004 34.9 +0.4 pp
2003 34.5 +0.5 pp
2002 34 +0.5 pp
2001 33.6 +0.5 pp
2000 33.1 +0.5 pp
1999 32.6 +0.4 pp
1998 32.2 +0.4 pp
1997 31.8 +0.4 pp
1996 31.3 +0.4 pp
1995 30.9 +0.4 pp
1994 30.4 +0.4 pp
1993 30 +0.4 pp
1992 29.5 +0.4 pp
1991 29.1 +0.4 pp
1990 28.7 +0.4 pp
1989 28.2 +0.4 pp
1988 27.8 +0.4 pp
1987 27.4 +0.4 pp
1986 27 +0.4 pp
1985 26.6 +0.4 pp
1984 26.2 +0.4 pp
1983 25.8 +0.4 pp
1982 25.4 +0.4 pp
1981 25.1 +0.3 pp
1980 24.7 +0.3 pp
1979 24.4 +0.3 pp
1978 24.1 +0.3 pp
1977 23.8 +0.3 pp
1976 23.5 +0.3 pp
1975 23.2 +0.3 pp
1974 22.9 +0.3 pp
1973 22.6 +0.4 pp
1972 22.2 +0.4 pp
1971 21.8 +0.5 pp
1970 21.4 +0.6 pp
1969 20.8 +0.8 pp
1968 20 +1 pp
1967 19 +1.2 pp
1966 17.8 +1.3 pp
1965 16.5 +1.3 pp
1964 15.2 +1.3 pp
1963 13.9 +1.2 pp
1962 12.7 +1.1 pp
1961 11.6 +0.9 pp
1960 10.6

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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