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Updated November 5, 2026

Central Lomé, with the Sacred Heart cathedral above the Grand Marché, in 2017
Central Lomé, with the Sacred Heart cathedral above the Grand Marché, in 2017. Photo: Dan Sloan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

Country at a glance

Population
8.6mn (2025)
Capital
Lomé
Languages
French (official). Ewe (south) and Kabiyè (north) are the two main national languages.
Currency
West African CFA franc (XOF), fixed at 655.957 FCFA per euro
GDP
$11.9bn (2025) · $1,384 per person
Real GDP growth
6.3% (2025)
Inflation
0.4% (2025, annual average)
Main exports
Phosphates, cocoa, clinker (excluding fuel re-exports) (2024)
Regional groupings
ECOWAS · WAEMU · AfCFTA

Sources: World Bank, World Development Indicators (population, GDP, growth, inflation); exports; languages (Université Laval). These yearly benchmarks complement the checked figures on the topic pages.

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