Capital City: Lome
Year of Independence: 1960
Area: 56,785 sq km
Arable Land: 44.2%
Population: 5,858,673
Median Age: 18.6 years
Population Growth Rate: 2.717%
Infant Mortality: 57.66 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at Birth: 58.28 years
Literacy Rate: 60.9%
Ethnic Groups: African (37 tribes; largest and most important are Ewe, Mina, and Kabre) 99%, European and Syrian-Lebanese less than 1%
Religions: Christian 29%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 51%
Languages: French (official and the language of commerce), Ewe and Mina (the two major African languages in the south), Kabye (sometimes spelled Kabiye) and Dagomba (the two major African languages in the north)
VCP Statistics as of June 2011:
Members - 17,549
Churches - 438
Training Centers - 8
Coordinator: Djabene Douti Limanguisiabe
Rev. Djabene Douti Limanguisiabe was born in the small village of Dassoute in the north of Togo. He is married to Christine Aka, and the couple has seven children. He holds a degree in agriculture.
It was in 1988 while busy with his job that he met Jesus. He subsequently went to Nigeria and Benin for Biblical training and became an ordained pastor in Cote d'Ivoire in 1995. He has conducted evangelistic meetings in many cities and villages, and has planted churches.
Motivated by his passion for rural areas, he resigned from the pastorate of a Pentecostal church in 2007 to become the VCP coordinator in Togo.
See above for recent country statistics.
Click here to view village scenes from Benin and Togo.
