  The pseudorapidity density of charged particles dN(ch)/deta is measured by
the TOTEM experiment in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV within the range 3.9 <
eta < 4.7 and -6.95 < eta < -6.9. Data were collected in a low intensity LHC
run with collisions occurring at a distance of 11.25 m from the nominal
interaction point. The data sample is expected to include 96-97\% of the
inelastic proton-proton interactions. The measurement reported here considers
charged particles with p_T > 0 MeV/c, produced in inelastic interactions with
at least one charged particle in -7 < eta < -6 or 3.7 < eta <4.8 . The
dN(ch)/deta has been found to decrease with |eta|, from 5.11 +- 0.73 at eta =
3.95 to 1.81 +- 0.56 at eta= - 6.925. Several MC generators are compared to the
data and are found to be within the systematic uncertainty of the measurement.
