Togo vs. Burkina Faso
Demographics
Togo | Burkina Faso | |
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Population | 8,283,189 (July 2021 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected | 21,382,659 (July 2021 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 39.73% (male 1,716,667/female 1,703,230) 15-24 years: 19.03% (male 817,093/female 820,971) 25-54 years: 33.26% (male 1,423,554/female 1,439,380) 55-64 years: 4.42% (male 179,779/female 200,392) 65 years and over: 3.57% (male 132,304/female 175,074) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 43.58% (male 4,606,350/female 4,473,951) 15-24 years: 20.33% (male 2,121,012/female 2,114,213) 25-54 years: 29.36% (male 2,850,621/female 3,265,926) 55-64 years: 3.57% (male 321,417/female 423,016) 65 years and over: 3.16% (male 284,838/female 374,057) (2020 est.) |
Median age | total: 20 years male: 19.7 years female: 20.3 years (2020 est.) | total: 17.9 years male: 17 years female: 18.7 years (2020 est.) |
Population growth rate | 2.51% (2021 est.) | 2.58% (2021 est.) |
Birth rate | 32.34 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 34.34 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
Death rate | 5.39 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 7.92 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
Net migration rate | -1.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -0.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.87 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.76 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 42.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 37.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 50.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 55.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 46.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 70.99 years male: 68.37 years female: 73.69 years (2021 est.) | total population: 63.06 years male: 61.28 years female: 64.89 years (2021 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 4.28 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 4.39 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 2% (2020 est.) | 0.7% (2020 est.) |
Nationality | noun: Togolese (singular and plural) adjective: Togolese | noun: Burkinabe (singular and plural) adjective: Burkinabe |
Ethnic groups | Adja-Ewe/Mina 42.4%, Kabye/Tem 25.9%, Para-Gourma/Akan 17.1%, Akposso/Akebu 4.1%, Ana-Ife 3.2%, other Togolese 1.7%, foreigners 5.2%, no response 0.4% (2013-14 est.) note: Togo has an estimated 37 ethnic groups | Mossi 52%, Fulani 8.4%, Gurma 7%, Bobo 4.9%, Gurunsi 4.6%, Senufo 4.5%, Bissa 3.7%, Lobi 2.4%, Dagara 2.4%, Tuareg/Bella 1.9%, Dioula 0.8%, unspecified/no answer 0.3%, other 7.2% (2010 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 110,000 (2020 est.) | 97,000 (2020 est.) |
Religions | Christian 42.3%, folk religion 36.9%, Muslim 14%, Hindu <1%, Buddhist <1%, Jewish <1%, other <1%, none 6.2% (2020 est.) | Muslim 63.2%, Roman Catholic 24.6%, Protestant 6.9%, traditional/animist 4.2%, none 0.7%, unspecified 0.4% (2017-18 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | 3,000 (2020 est.) | 3,300 (2020 est.) |
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) | French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 63.7% male: 77.3% female: 51.2% (2015) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 41.2% male: 50.1% female: 32.7% (2018) |
Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: malaria, dengue fever, and yellow fever water contact diseases: schistosomiasis animal contact diseases: rabies respiratory diseases: meningococcal meningitis | degree of risk: very high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria water contact diseases: schistosomiasis animal contact diseases: rabies respiratory diseases: meningococcal meningitis |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 14 years female: 12 years (2017) | total: 9 years male: 9 years female: 9 years (2019) |
Education expenditures | 5.4% of GDP (2018) | 5.4% of GDP (2018) |
Urbanization | urban population: 43.4% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 3.6% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 31.2% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 4.75% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 92.3% of population rural: 56% of population total: 70.9% of population unimproved: urban: 7.7% of population rural: 44% of population total: 29.1% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 94.9% of population rural: 67.9% of population total: 75.6% of population unimproved: urban: 4.5% of population rural: 32.1% of population total: 24.4% of population (2017 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 80.4% of population rural: 16.2% of population total: 41.6% of population unimproved: urban: 19.6% of population rural: 83.8% of population total: 57.4% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 88.2% of population rural: 30.2% of population total: 46.9% of population unimproved: urban: 11.8% of population rural: 69.8% of population total: 53.1% of population (2017 est.) |
Major cities - population | 1.874 million LOME (capital) (2021) | 2.915 million OUAGADOUGOU (capital), 1.020 million Bobo-Dioulasso (2021) |
Maternal mortality rate | 396 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 320 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 15.2% (2017) | 16.4% (2019) |
Health expenditures | 6.2% (2017) | 5.6% (2018) |
Physicians density | 0.08 physicians/1,000 population (2018) | 0.09 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
Hospital bed density | 0.7 beds/1,000 population (2011) | 0.4 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 8.4% (2016) | 5.6% (2016) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 20.9 years (2013/14 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 | 19.4 years (2010 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 |
Demographic profile | Togo's population is estimated to have grown to four times its size between 1960 and 2010. With nearly 60% of its populace under the age of 25 and a high annual growth rate attributed largely to high fertility, Togo's population is likely to continue to expand for the foreseeable future. Reducing fertility, boosting job creation, and improving education will be essential to reducing the country's high poverty rate. In 2008, Togo eliminated primary school enrollment fees, leading to higher enrollment but increased pressure on limited classroom space, teachers, and materials. Togo has a good chance of achieving universal primary education, but educational quality, the underrepresentation of girls, and the low rate of enrollment in secondary and tertiary schools remain concerns. Togo is both a country of emigration and asylum. In the early 1990s, southern Togo suffered from the economic decline of the phosphate sector and ethnic and political repression at the hands of dictator Gnassingbe EYADEMA and his northern, Kabye-dominated administration. The turmoil led 300,000 to 350,000 predominantly southern Togolese to flee to Benin and Ghana, with most not returning home until relative stability was restored in 1997. In 2005, another outflow of 40,000 Togolese to Benin and Ghana occurred when violence broke out between the opposition and security forces over the disputed election of EYADEMA's son Faure GNASSINGBE to the presidency. About half of the refugees reluctantly returned home in 2006, many still fearing for their safety. Despite ethnic tensions and periods of political unrest, Togo in September 2017 was home to more than 9,600 refugees from Ghana. | Burkina Faso has a young age structure - the result of declining mortality combined with steady high fertility - and continues to experience rapid population growth, which is putting increasing pressure on the country's limited arable land. More than 65% of the population is under the age of 25, and the population is growing at 3% annually. Mortality rates, especially those of infants and children, have decreased because of improved health care, hygiene, and sanitation, but women continue to have an average of almost 6 children. Even if fertility were substantially reduced, today's large cohort entering their reproductive years would sustain high population growth for the foreseeable future. Only about a third of the population is literate and unemployment is widespread, dampening the economic prospects of Burkina Faso's large working-age population. Migration has traditionally been a way of life for Burkinabe, with seasonal migration being replaced by stints of up to two years abroad. Cote d'Ivoire remains the top destination, although it has experienced periods of internal conflict. Under French colonization, Burkina Faso became a main labor source for agricultural and factory work in Cote d'Ivoire. Burkinabe also migrated to Ghana, Mali, and Senegal for work between the world wars. Burkina Faso attracts migrants from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Mali, who often share common ethnic backgrounds with the Burkinabe. Despite its food shortages and high poverty rate, Burkina Faso has become a destination for refugees in recent years and hosts about 33,500 Malians as of May 2017. (2018) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 23.9% (2017) | 30.1% (2020) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 77.1 youth dependency ratio: 72 elderly dependency ratio: 5.1 potential support ratio: 19.4 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 87.9 youth dependency ratio: 83.4 elderly dependency ratio: 4.5 potential support ratio: 22.1 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook