Terrain
Gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes
Climate
Tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
People
Nationality: Togolese (singular and plural)
Population: 7,351,374 (July 2014 est.) Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS
Languages: French (official, the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
Religions
Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%
Economy
This small, sub-Saharan economy depends heavily on both commercial and subsistence agriculture, which provides employment for a significant share of the labor force. Some basic foodstuffs must still be imported. Cocoa, coffee, and cotton generate about 40% of export earnings with cotton being the most important cash crop. Togo is among the world's largest producers of phosphate and Togo seeks to develop its carbonate phosphate reserves.