Togo
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
Lomé, the capital of Togo, sits right next to the Ghanaian border town of Aflao. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.5%
- people aged 65 or older
- 298.7K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 5%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.7 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 12.8%
- women 13.3%, men 11.9%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.2%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2022; UN, 2010 census
Languages
51 languages, 9 of them endangered
- AgunaDefinitely endangered
- AhlonDefinitely endangered
- Bago-KusuntuDefinitely endangered
- YobeDefinitely endangered
- AgotimeVulnerable
- AniiVulnerable
- BimobaVulnerable
- KpessiVulnerable
- WuduVulnerable
- Adele
- Adja
- Akan
Show all 51
- Akasalem
- American Sign Language
- Anufo
- Berba
- Bissa
- Dagbanli
- Delo
- Ewe
- Fon
- Foodo
- French Sign Language
- Gen
- Ginyanga
- Gourmanchéma
- Ifè
- Kabiye
- Kebu
- Konkomba
- Kotafon
- Kposo
- Kura Nago
- Kusaal
- Kyode
- Lama
- Lelemi
- Lukpa
- Mahi
- Mampruli
- Mbelime
- Moba
- Mooré
- Nawdm
- Ngangam
- Northern Nago
- Ntcham
- Tammari
- Tem
- Waci
- Western Xwla
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- The bearing of the sacred stone or the rites of the New Year in the Guin country in Togo2025
- Midwifery: knowledge, skills and practices2023
- Oral heritage of Gelede2008
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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