Fertility rate, total in Togo
Togo: Fertility rate, total was 4.12 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Togo, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate, total in Togo stood at 4.12 births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Togo peaked at 7.09 births per woman in 1974 and was at its lowest, 4.12 births per woman, in 2024.
Togo ranks 21st of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.91 births per woman | 6.8 births per woman | 7.01 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 7.04 births per woman | 6.93 births per woman | 7.09 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.51 births per woman | 6.15 births per woman | 6.88 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.63 births per woman | 5.23 births per woman | 6.07 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.08 births per woman | 4.99 births per woman | 5.17 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.72 births per woman | 4.45 births per woman | 5.09 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.26 births per woman | 4.12 births per woman | 4.39 births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 18 Cote d'Ivoire 4.23 births per woman compare
- 19 Uganda 4.17 births per woman compare
- 20 Guinea 4.13 births per woman compare
- 22 Equatorial Guinea 4.12 births per woman compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 4.11 births per woman compare
- 24 Congo 4.11 births per woman compare
More health data for Togo
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 122,609 (2025)
- Population, male 48.9% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 2.51 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 3.47 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 113,220 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 118,195 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 115,961 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 121,282 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 117,180 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 116,914 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Togo?
- Fertility rate, total in Togo was 4.12 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 7.09 births per woman in 1974.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.12 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Togo rank for fertility rate, total?
- Togo ranks 21st out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Togo data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.