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Capital:
Lomé
Government:
Presidential Republic
Current Head of Government:
Faure Gnassingbé
Economy:
- Suffers from anemic economic growth and depends heavily on both commercial and subsistence agriculture, which provides employment for a significant share of the labor force.
- Among the world’s largest producers of phosphate.
Population:
8,283,189 (July 2021 est.)
Land Size:
56,785 sq km (21,925 sq miles)
Major Ethnic Groups:
- Ewe
- Mina
- Kabre
- European and Syrian-Lebanese: < 1%
Religions:
- Christianity: 29%
- Islam: 20%
- African Indigenous Religions: 51%
Languages(s):
- French (official)
- Ewe and Mina
- Kabye
- Dagomba