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Migration trends in Togo

Africa

584.8K people from Togo have built lives abroad. That's 6.1% of the country population, spread across 34 different countries

9.5M

Population

260.1K

Immigrants

584.8K

Emigrants

−324.7K

Outflow

1 in every 17 people born in Togo now lives abroad

The #95 largest source of emigrants worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in Togo

Where people move to

🥇🇳🇬Nigeria169.7K29.0%
🥈🇧🇯Benin120.4K20.6%
🥉🇬🇭Ghana116K19.8%

Where people come from

🥇🇧🇯Benin72.9K28.0%
🥈🇳🇪Niger66.8K25.7%
🥉🇬🇭Ghana47.6K18.3%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

74.1K immigrants · 184.1K emigrants

1995

  • An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 60%
  • Surge of departures to Ghana — 82.6K people left

2000

  • The foreign-born population passed 100K residents

2005

  • Nigeria replaced Ghana as the main destination for those leaving
  • An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 55%
  • A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 48%

2020

  • The diaspora abroad passed 500K people

Today

  • Since 1990: 186K more foreign-born residents and 400.6K more citizens living abroad