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  • Title: Togo.
    Author: United Nations. Department of International Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division, United Nations Fund for Population Activities UNFPA.
    Journal: Popul Policy Compend; 1985 Jul; ():1-6. PubMed ID: 12314234.
    Abstract:
    This compendium on Togo contains a summary of current and projected demographic indicators, of government population policies and attitudes, and of the current status of the country's population data collecting system. The information is further summarized in a 1-page fact sheet. In 1981 the total population was 2.7 million. In 1980-85, the annual population growth rate was 2.9%, and the annual natural increase rate was 2.9%, life expectancy at birth was 48.7 years, the infant mortality rate was 113, and the crude birth rate was 45.4. Per capita income was US$406 in 1979, and in 1981, 67% of the labor force was engaged in agriculture. Currently the government has no policies in regard to population growth and is satisfied with the current fertility level. Earlier the government's position was pronatalist; but, in 1976, the government approved the establishment of the Togolese Family Welfare Association (ATBEF), an affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. In addition, the government is promoting the integration of family planning services in the nation's primary health program. The government is concerned with the problem of teenage pregnancy. Abortion, except to save the life of the mother, is illegal, and there are no legal provisions concerning sterilization. In recent years, the government adopted several measures aimed at improving the status of women. These measures included the passage of a new family code. The major concerns of the government are to improve the health status of the population and to promote rural and regional development. The primary health care program was expanded in 1977, and the country has a fairly successful immunization program. It also operates a leprosy control program and is improving the country's water supply. Currently the level of international migration, both emigration and immigration, is low, and the government has no migration policy. Togo has a low urban rate (17.4%), and between 1970-80, the rate of annual urban growth rate was 5.3%. The government is concerned about the high rate of growth in Lome, the capital city. Togo conducts a census every 10 years, and the last one was conducted in 1981. Birth and death registration is incomplete. There is no institutionalized mechanism for promoting the integration of population and development planning.
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