Islam in Togo

[citation needed] Islam was first introduced into West Africa south of the Sahara, across the salt and gold trade routes.

As time passed, Muslim clerics and scholars — teaching their beliefs and setting up places of worship along the routes — accompanied traders on their journeys.

The Hausa Mande and the Fulani, a traditionally nomadic group, traveled all over West Africa, taking their Muslim beliefs to places such as present-day Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.

[citation needed] Estimates on the number of Muslims in Togo vary depending on the source.

[citation needed] A 2020 projection by the Pew Research Center gives an estimate of 14% of the population or 1,020,000 people.