Cattle
Cattle, 2024: from 113 head (Niue) to 238 M head (Brazil), median 1.53 M head.

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Ranking
| Rank | Country | Value (head) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 238 M | 2024 |
| 2 | India | 195 M | 2024 |
| 3 | United States of America | 87.2 M | 2024 |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 71.9 M | 2024 |
| 5 | People's Republic of China | 70.3 M | 2024 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 57.5 M | 2024 |
| 7 | Argentina | 52.8 M | 2024 |
| 8 | Chad | 39.6 M | 2024 |
| 9 | Tanzania | 39.0 M | 2024 |
| 10 | Mexico | 36.9 M | 2024 |
| 11 | Sudan | 31.3 M | 2024 |
| 12 | Australia | 30.4 M | 2024 |
| 13 | Colombia | 30.3 M | 2024 |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 25.0 M | 2024 |
| 15 | Kenya | 22.4 M | 2024 |
| 16 | Nigeria | 20.9 M | 2024 |
| 17 | Niger | 20.4 M | 2024 |
| 18 | Indonesia | 18.1 M | 2024 |
| 19 | Russia | 17.4 M | 2024 |
| 20 | Turkey | 16.8 M | 2024 |
| 21 | France | 16.5 M | 2024 |
| 22 | Venezuela | 15.8 M | 2024 |
| 23 | Uganda | 14.7 M | 2024 |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 14.4 M | 2024 |
| 25 | South Sudan | 14.3 M | 2024 |
| 26 | Mali | 14.0 M | 2024 |
| 27 | Paraguay | 13.6 M | 2024 |
| 28 | South Africa | 12.1 M | 2024 |
| 29 | Uruguay | 12.0 M | 2024 |
| 30 | Bolivia | 11.3 M | 2024 |
| 31 | Canada | 11.0 M | 2024 |
| 32 | Myanmar | 10.8 M | 2024 |
| 33 | Germany | 10.5 M | 2024 |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 10.3 M | 2024 |
| 35 | New Zealand | 9.52 M | 2024 |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 9.41 M | 2024 |
| 37 | Guinea | 9.32 M | 2024 |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 7.98 M | 2024 |
| 39 | Madagascar | 6.96 M | 2024 |
| 40 | Ireland | 6.31 M | 2024 |
| 41 | Vietnam | 6.21 M | 2024 |
| 42 | Poland | 6.19 M | 2024 |
| 43 | Spain | 6.17 M | 2024 |
| 44 | Cameroon | 5.94 M | 2024 |
| 45 | Peru | 5.84 M | 2024 |
| 46 | Italy | 5.76 M | 2024 |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 5.74 M | 2024 |
| 48 | Nicaragua | 5.62 M | 2023 |
| 49 | Iran | 5.60 M | 2024 |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 5.55 M | 2024 |
| 51 | Angola | 5.20 M | 2024 |
| 52 | Nepal | 5.20 M | 2024 |
| 53 | Mongolia | 5.08 M | 2024 |
| 54 | Zambia | 4.89 M | 2024 |
| 55 | Central African Republic | 4.87 M | 2024 |
| 56 | Somalia | 4.79 M | 2024 |
| 57 | Guatemala | 4.34 M | 2024 |
| 58 | Thailand | 4.29 M | 2024 |
| 59 | Belarus | 4.10 M | 2024 |
| 60 | Japan | 3.98 M | 2024 |
| 61 | South Korea | 3.89 M | 2024 |
| 62 | Senegal | 3.71 M | 2024 |
| 63 | Netherlands | 3.56 M | 2024 |
| 64 | Ecuador | 3.44 M | 2024 |
| 65 | Cuba | 3.25 M | 2024 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 3.03 M | 2024 |
| 67 | Chile | 2.96 M | 2024 |
| 68 | Namibia | 2.91 M | 2024 |
| 69 | Honduras | 2.90 M | 2024 |
| 70 | Cambodia | 2.82 M | 2024 |
| 71 | Tajikistan | 2.79 M | 2024 |
| 72 | Benin | 2.76 M | 2024 |
| 73 | Laos | 2.69 M | 2024 |
| 74 | Egypt | 2.63 M | 2024 |
| 75 | Philippines | 2.61 M | 2024 |
| 76 | Turkmenistan | 2.54 M | 2024 |
| 77 | Mozambique | 2.47 M | 2024 |
| 78 | Morocco | 2.37 M | 2024 |
| 79 | Ghana | 2.36 M | 2024 |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 2.33 M | 2024 |
| 81 | Malawi | 2.31 M | 2024 |
| 82 | Eritrea | 2.16 M | 2024 |
| 83 | Ukraine | 2.16 M | 2024 |
| 84 | Belgium | 2.15 M | 2024 |
| 85 | Iraq | 2.10 M | 2024 |
| 86 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.03 M | 2024 |
| 87 | Mauritania | 1.99 M | 2024 |
| 88 | Yemen | 1.97 M | 2024 |
| 89 | Ivory Coast | 1.90 M | 2024 |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.83 M | 2024 |
| 91 | Austria | 1.82 M | 2024 |
| 92 | Romania | 1.81 M | 2024 |
| 93 | Algeria | 1.78 M | 2024 |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 1.58 M | 2024 |
| 95 | Rwanda | 1.55 M | 2024 |
| 96 | Switzerland | 1.53 M | 2024 |
| 97 | Haiti | 1.52 M | 2024 |
| 98 | Portugal | 1.49 M | 2024 |
| 99 | Denmark | 1.41 M | 2024 |
| 100 | Panama | 1.40 M | 2024 |
| 101 | Czech Republic | 1.40 M | 2024 |
| 102 | Sweden | 1.33 M | 2024 |
| 103 | Burundi | 1.23 M | 2024 |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 1.13 M | 2024 |
| 105 | Botswana | 918,100 | 2024 |
| 106 | Hungary | 869,900 | 2024 |
| 107 | Norway | 852,800 | 2024 |
| 108 | Georgia | 837,700 | 2024 |
| 109 | Syria | 826,400 | 2024 |
| 110 | El Salvador | 772,200 | 2024 |
| 111 | Finland | 764,000 | 2024 |
| 112 | Guinea-Bissau | 742,800 | 2024 |
| 113 | Malaysia | 730,300 | 2024 |
| 114 | Serbia | 698,600 | 2024 |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 682,100 | 2024 |
| 116 | Eswatini | 652,500 | 2024 |
| 117 | Lithuania | 599,800 | 2024 |
| 118 | Greece | 595,200 | 2024 |
| 119 | North Korea | 570,700 | 2024 |
| 120 | Bulgaria | 558,800 | 2024 |
| 121 | Saudi Arabia | 534,200 | 2024 |
| 122 | Lesotho | 517,400 | 2024 |
| 123 | Tunisia | 495,900 | 2024 |
| 124 | Armenia | 491,600 | 2024 |
| 125 | Israel | 478,000 | 2024 |
| 126 | Togo | 477,400 | 2024 |
| 127 | Slovenia | 453,900 | 2024 |
| 128 | Oman | 447,000 | 2024 |
| 129 | Croatia | 422,000 | 2024 |
| 130 | Slovakia | 416,700 | 2024 |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 383,300 | 2024 |
| 132 | Latvia | 352,100 | 2024 |
| 133 | Republic of the Congo | 335,200 | 2024 |
| 134 | Djibouti | 317,900 | 2024 |
| 135 | The Gambia | 309,200 | 2024 |
| 136 | Albania | 272,000 | 2024 |
| 137 | Bhutan | 257,100 | 2024 |
| 138 | East Timor | 238,900 | 2024 |
| 139 | Estonia | 232,400 | 2024 |
| 140 | Puerto Rico | 218,600 | 2024 |
| 141 | Libya | 208,900 | 2024 |
| 142 | Luxembourg | 180,500 | 2024 |
| 143 | Taiwan | 155,700 | 2024 |
| 144 | Jamaica | 153,200 | 2024 |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 144,000 | 2024 |
| 146 | United Arab Emirates | 119,100 | 2024 |
| 147 | Belize | 99,020 | 2024 |
| 148 | Guyana | 98,850 | 2024 |
| 149 | Moldova | 98,820 | 2024 |
| 150 | Papua New Guinea | 90,890 | 2024 |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 89,000 | 2024 |
| 152 | Jordan | 88,820 | 2024 |
| 153 | Cyprus | 82,680 | 2024 |
| 154 | Fiji | 80,720 | 2024 |
| 155 | New Caledonia | 77,280 | 2024 |
| 156 | Iceland | 76,900 | 2024 |
| 157 | Lebanon | 75,540 | 2024 |
| 158 | Montenegro | 67,500 | 2024 |
| 159 | Comoros | 51,420 | 2024 |
| 160 | Qatar | 45,420 | 2024 |
| 161 | Liberia | 43,270 | 2024 |
| 162 | Palestine | 41,590 | 2022 |
| 163 | Gabon | 39,680 | 2024 |
| 164 | Samoa | 38,350 | 2024 |
| 165 | Trinidad and Tobago | 35,420 | 2024 |
| 166 | Kuwait | 32,140 | 2024 |
| 167 | Cape Verde | 29,780 | 2024 |
| 168 | Suriname | 28,820 | 2024 |
| 169 | Federated States of Micronesia | 18,180 | 2024 |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 15,380 | 2024 |
| 171 | Dominica | 13,870 | 2024 |
| 172 | Malta | 13,800 | 2024 |
| 173 | Tonga | 12,200 | 2024 |
| 174 | Barbados | 11,240 | 2024 |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 10,490 | 2024 |
| 176 | French Polynesia | 8,097 | 2024 |
| 177 | Bahrain | 7,000 | 2024 |
| 178 | Grenada | 6,191 | 2024 |
| 179 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,520 | 2024 |
| 180 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4,500 | 2024 |
| 181 | Mauritius | 3,500 | 2024 |
| 182 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,600 | 2024 |
| 183 | Faroe Islands | 1,816 | 2024 |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,709 | 2024 |
| 185 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,588 | 2024 |
| 186 | Hong Kong | 1,570 | 2024 |
| 187 | The Bahamas | 743 | 2024 |
| 188 | Seychelles | 557 | 2024 |
| 189 | Brunei | 286 | 2024 |
| 190 | Cook Islands | 233 | 2024 |
| 191 | Singapore | 177 | 2024 |
| 192 | Niue | 113 | 2024 |
Source
Cattle — FAO, FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL), Cattle · CC BY 4.0 · Nov 2026 · www.fao.org · source updated Dec 31, 2025
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