Area: 56, 785 sq km
Capital: Lomé
Principal cities: Atakpamé, Lama-Kara, Dapaong, Sokodé
Official language: French
Independence day: April 27
Population: 6,587,239 inhaabitans (CIA July 2010 est.)
Demographic growth: 2.773% (CIA 2010 est.)
Life expectancy: 62.25 years (CIA 2010 est.)
Literacy rate: 60.9% (CIA 2003 est.))
Religion(s): Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%
Human development index: 0.495 / 143 out of 177 countries (P.N.U.D.)
Currency: CFA Franc
GDP: $9.248 billion (the CIA 2009 est.)
GDP per capital: $900 (CIA 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 3.1% (CIA 2009 est.)
Rate of unemployment: 3.3% ( World Regional Survey, according 1981 census)
Rate of inflation: 2%(CIA 2009 est.)
Net budgetary position: -12% of GDP in 2002 (The E.I.U., 2004)
Balance of payment: -210 million dollars in 2002 (The E.I.U., 2004)
Export partners: Germany 17.57%, Ghana 12.74%, Burkina Faso 11.02%, India 10.22%, Belgium 7.1%, Benin 6.92%, Netherlands 5.94%, Mali 4.41% (CIA 2009)
Import partners: China 36.58%, France 8.64%, Netherlands 6.76%, India 5.06%, US 4.4% (CIA 2009)
Contribution of various sectors to GDP: Primary: 40.8% ; Secondary : 22.2% ;Tertiary: 37.1% (The World Bank, 2003)