Togo — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Togo had an estimated population of 5,272,987 in 2005, with 21 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
For current figures: Togo today — population now 9,930,918, against 5,272,987 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 5,272,987 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 5,844,631 | 9,930,918 | +70% |
The two sources differ by 10% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lomé | Maritime | 729,258 | — |
| 2 | Sokodé | Centre | 117,811 | 117,811 now |
| 3 | Kara | Kara | 104,207 | 104,207 now |
| 4 | Kpalimé | Plateaux | 95,974 | 75,084 now |
| 5 | Atakpamé | Plateaux | 80,683 | 80,683 now |
| 6 | Bassar | Kara | 61,845 | 61,845 now |
| 7 | Tsévié | Maritime | 55,775 | 55,775 now |
| 8 | Aného | Maritime | 47,579 | 47,579 now |
| 9 | Mango | Savanes | 37,748 | 37,748 now |
| 10 | Dapaong | Savanes | 33,324 | 58,071 now |
| 11 | Tchamba | Centre | 25,668 | 25,668 now |
| 12 | Niamtougou | Kara | 23,261 | 23,261 now |
| 13 | Bafilo | Kara | 22,543 | 22,543 now |
| 14 | Notsé | Plateaux | 22,017 | 35,039 now |
| 15 | Sotouboua | Centre | 21,054 | 24,332 now |
| 16 | Vogan | Maritime | 20,569 | 20,569 now |
| 17 | Badou | Plateaux | 20,029 | 24,000 now |
| 18 | Tabligbo | Maritime | 13,748 | 22,304 now |
| 19 | Kandé | Kara | 11,466 | 12,970 now |
| 20 | Amlamé | Plateaux | 9,870 | 9,870 now |
| 21 | Kpagouda | Kara | 7,686 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maritime | 1,899,267 |
| 2 | Plateaux | 1,386,936 |
| 3 | Kara | 808,683 |
| 4 | Savanes | 642,955 |
| 5 | Centre | 535,146 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.