Goats
Goats, 2024: from 193 head (Belize) to 211 M head (India), median 418,300 head.

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Ranking
| Rank | Country | Value (head) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 211 M | 2024 |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 118 M | 2024 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 91.0 M | 2024 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 87.0 M | 2024 |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 54.0 M | 2024 |
| 6 | Chad | 46.5 M | 2024 |
| 7 | Kenya | 38.4 M | 2024 |
| 8 | Mali | 33.8 M | 2024 |
| 9 | Sudan | 31.9 M | 2024 |
| 10 | Tanzania | 28.6 M | 2024 |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 27.1 M | 2024 |
| 12 | Mongolia | 22.9 M | 2024 |
| 13 | Niger | 22.0 M | 2024 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 18.9 M | 2024 |
| 15 | Iran | 18.1 M | 2024 |
| 16 | Uganda | 17.4 M | 2024 |
| 17 | South Sudan | 15.7 M | 2024 |
| 18 | Nepal | 15.3 M | 2024 |
| 19 | Malawi | 13.8 M | 2024 |
| 20 | Brazil | 13.3 M | 2024 |
| 21 | Somalia | 11.3 M | 2024 |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 10.8 M | 2024 |
| 22 | Turkey | 10.8 M | 2024 |
| 24 | Yemen | 10.4 M | 2024 |
| 25 | Ghana | 9.58 M | 2024 |
| 26 | Mexico | 8.81 M | 2024 |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 8.19 M | 2024 |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 7.76 M | 2024 |
| 29 | Mauritania | 7.15 M | 2024 |
| 30 | Senegal | 6.92 M | 2024 |
| 31 | Cameroon | 6.63 M | 2024 |
| 32 | Central African Republic | 6.19 M | 2024 |
| 33 | Zambia | 6.01 M | 2024 |
| 34 | Togo | 5.96 M | 2024 |
| 35 | Morocco | 5.71 M | 2024 |
| 36 | Ivory Coast | 5.45 M | 2024 |
| 37 | Australia | 5.40 M | 2024 |
| 38 | South Africa | 5.10 M | 2024 |
| 39 | Algeria | 5.07 M | 2024 |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 4.88 M | 2024 |
| 41 | Guinea | 4.83 M | 2024 |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 4.78 M | 2024 |
| 43 | Burundi | 4.52 M | 2024 |
| 44 | Angola | 4.27 M | 2024 |
| 45 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.15 M | 2024 |
| 46 | Argentina | 4.12 M | 2024 |
| 47 | Mozambique | 4.10 M | 2024 |
| 48 | North Korea | 4.04 M | 2024 |
| 49 | Benin | 3.84 M | 2024 |
| 50 | Philippines | 3.82 M | 2024 |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 3.60 M | 2024 |
| 52 | Vietnam | 3.17 M | 2024 |
| 53 | Libya | 2.73 M | 2024 |
| 54 | Oman | 2.59 M | 2024 |
| 55 | Greece | 2.58 M | 2024 |
| 56 | United States of America | 2.47 M | 2024 |
| 57 | Spain | 2.36 M | 2024 |
| 58 | Myanmar | 2.30 M | 2024 |
| 59 | Bolivia | 2.27 M | 2024 |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 2.24 M | 2024 |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 2.23 M | 2024 |
| 62 | Syria | 2.08 M | 2024 |
| 63 | Eritrea | 1.94 M | 2024 |
| 64 | Haiti | 1.85 M | 2024 |
| 65 | Namibia | 1.79 M | 2024 |
| 66 | Peru | 1.75 M | 2024 |
| 67 | Madagascar | 1.74 M | 2024 |
| 68 | Russia | 1.69 M | 2024 |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 1.68 M | 2024 |
| 70 | Rwanda | 1.62 M | 2024 |
| 71 | Romania | 1.43 M | 2024 |
| 72 | Iraq | 1.35 M | 2024 |
| 73 | France | 1.34 M | 2024 |
| 74 | Venezuela | 1.34 M | 2024 |
| 75 | Botswana | 1.21 M | 2024 |
| 76 | Egypt | 1.14 M | 2024 |
| 77 | Tunisia | 1.13 M | 2024 |
| 78 | Colombia | 1.11 M | 2024 |
| 79 | Italy | 911,000 | 2024 |
| 80 | Jordan | 880,100 | 2024 |
| 81 | Laos | 843,000 | 2024 |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 831,000 | 2024 |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 807,400 | 2024 |
| 84 | Lesotho | 700,800 | 2024 |
| 85 | Cuba | 667,000 | 2024 |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 659,000 | 2024 |
| 87 | Albania | 615,200 | 2024 |
| 88 | Jamaica | 602,800 | 2024 |
| 89 | Netherlands | 552,000 | 2024 |
| 90 | Eswatini | 531,400 | 2024 |
| 91 | Djibouti | 520,000 | 2024 |
| 92 | Thailand | 483,800 | 2024 |
| 93 | Chile | 418,400 | 2024 |
| 94 | Ukraine | 418,300 | 2024 |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 410,000 | 2024 |
| 96 | Qatar | 371,700 | 2024 |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 351,400 | 2024 |
| 98 | The Gambia | 350,700 | 2024 |
| 99 | Lebanon | 349,400 | 2024 |
| 100 | Malaysia | 344,200 | 2024 |
| 101 | Liberia | 337,400 | 2024 |
| 102 | Republic of the Congo | 325,500 | 2024 |
| 103 | Portugal | 318,600 | 2024 |
| 104 | South Korea | 316,800 | 2024 |
| 105 | Fiji | 284,600 | 2024 |
| 106 | Palestine | 249,200 | 2022 |
| 107 | Cyprus | 228,500 | 2024 |
| 108 | Kuwait | 220,600 | 2024 |
| 109 | Dominican Republic | 201,500 | 2024 |
| 110 | Germany | 168,300 | 2024 |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 150,000 | 2024 |
| 112 | Cape Verde | 147,100 | 2024 |
| 113 | East Timor | 145,200 | 2024 |
| 114 | Moldova | 138,100 | 2024 |
| 115 | Taiwan | 122,300 | 2024 |
| 116 | Comoros | 121,200 | 2024 |
| 117 | Serbia | 119,100 | 2024 |
| 118 | Gabon | 117,400 | 2024 |
| 119 | Paraguay | 117,000 | 2024 |
| 120 | Guatemala | 116,000 | 2024 |
| 121 | United Kingdom | 111,000 | 2024 |
| 122 | Israel | 109,300 | 2024 |
| 123 | North Macedonia | 97,920 | 2024 |
| 124 | Austria | 95,810 | 2024 |
| 125 | New Zealand | 88,430 | 2024 |
| 126 | Switzerland | 86,800 | 2024 |
| 127 | Guyana | 82,530 | 2024 |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 77,950 | 2024 |
| 129 | Belgium | 75,360 | 2022 |
| 130 | Norway | 75,000 | 2024 |
| 131 | Croatia | 68,000 | 2024 |
| 132 | Poland | 63,490 | 2024 |
| 133 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62,160 | 2024 |
| 134 | Bhutan | 55,820 | 2024 |
| 135 | Georgia | 49,300 | 2024 |
| 136 | Belarus | 48,000 | 2024 |
| 137 | Hungary | 31,300 | 2024 |
| 138 | Canada | 30,010 | 2024 |
| 139 | Czech Republic | 27,580 | 2024 |
| 140 | Ecuador | 27,530 | 2024 |
| 141 | Montenegro | 26,830 | 2024 |
| 142 | Grenada | 25,460 | 2024 |
| 143 | Slovenia | 25,120 | 2024 |
| 144 | Honduras | 24,680 | 2024 |
| 145 | Bahrain | 24,500 | 2024 |
| 146 | Mauritius | 23,040 | 2024 |
| 147 | Slovakia | 20,500 | 2022 |
| 148 | Armenia | 19,490 | 2024 |
| 149 | Uruguay | 18,520 | 2024 |
| 150 | Denmark | 18,280 | 2022 |
| 151 | Japan | 16,470 | 2024 |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 15,660 | 2024 |
| 153 | The Bahamas | 15,130 | 2024 |
| 154 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15,000 | 2024 |
| 155 | Tonga | 14,830 | 2024 |
| 156 | Saint Lucia | 14,790 | 2024 |
| 157 | El Salvador | 13,740 | 2024 |
| 158 | Lithuania | 13,490 | 2024 |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 12,690 | 2024 |
| 160 | Sweden | 12,000 | 2022 |
| 161 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,460 | 2024 |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | 9,955 | 2024 |
| 163 | Dominica | 9,706 | 2024 |
| 164 | Vanuatu | 9,509 | 2024 |
| 165 | Latvia | 9,060 | 2024 |
| 166 | Panama | 8,998 | 2024 |
| 167 | Nicaragua | 8,129 | 2023 |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8,121 | 2024 |
| 169 | Ireland | 7,300 | 2024 |
| 170 | Malta | 6,670 | 2024 |
| 171 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 6,201 | 2024 |
| 172 | Seychelles | 5,847 | 2024 |
| 173 | Barbados | 5,655 | 2024 |
| 174 | Finland | 5,140 | 2024 |
| 175 | Federated States of Micronesia | 4,926 | 2024 |
| 176 | Luxembourg | 4,422 | 2024 |
| 177 | Suriname | 4,382 | 2024 |
| 178 | Cook Islands | 4,053 | 2024 |
| 179 | Puerto Rico | 3,536 | 2024 |
| 180 | Estonia | 3,200 | 2024 |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 3,150 | 2024 |
| 182 | Brunei | 3,072 | 2024 |
| 183 | Iceland | 1,888 | 2024 |
| 184 | New Caledonia | 1,550 | 2024 |
| 185 | Singapore | 754 | 2024 |
| 186 | Hong Kong | 680 | 2024 |
| 187 | Belize | 193 | 2024 |
Source
Goats — FAO, FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL), Goats · CC BY 4.0 · Nov 2026 · www.fao.org · source updated Dec 31, 2025
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