Chickens
Chickens, 2024: from 5,000 head (Nauru) to 5.24 bn head (People's Republic of China), median 21.2 M head.

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Ranking
| Rank | Country | Value (head) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People's Republic of China | 5.24 bn | 2024 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 3.71 bn | 2024 |
| 3 | Pakistan | 2.06 bn | 2024 |
| 4 | Brazil | 1.58 bn | 2024 |
| 5 | United States of America | 1.55 bn | 2024 |
| 6 | Iran | 1.03 bn | 2024 |
| 7 | India | 853 M | 2024 |
| 8 | Mexico | 627 M | 2024 |
| 9 | Russia | 508 M | 2024 |
| 10 | Vietnam | 481 M | 2024 |
| 11 | Turkey | 380 M | 2024 |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 328 M | 2024 |
| 13 | Malaysia | 326 M | 2024 |
| 14 | Japan | 316 M | 2024 |
| 15 | Thailand | 295 M | 2024 |
| 16 | Egypt | 272 M | 2024 |
| 17 | Poland | 245 M | 2024 |
| 18 | Nigeria | 242 M | 2024 |
| 19 | Bolivia | 234 M | 2024 |
| 20 | Morocco | 233 M | 2024 |
| 21 | France | 229 M | 2024 |
| 22 | Colombia | 216 M | 2024 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 212 M | 2024 |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 212 M | 2024 |
| 25 | Algeria | 204 M | 2024 |
| 26 | Philippines | 200 M | 2024 |
| 27 | Peru | 195 M | 2024 |
| 28 | Spain | 194 M | 2020 |
| 29 | Ecuador | 180 M | 2024 |
| 30 | South Korea | 179 M | 2024 |
| 31 | South Africa | 175 M | 2024 |
| 32 | Ukraine | 174 M | 2024 |
| 33 | Canada | 173 M | 2024 |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 167 M | 2024 |
| 35 | Germany | 156 M | 2023 |
| 36 | Ivory Coast | 144 M | 2024 |
| 37 | Italy | 143 M | 2020 |
| 38 | Iraq | 140 M | 2024 |
| 39 | Myanmar | 135 M | 2024 |
| 40 | Venezuela | 126 M | 2024 |
| 41 | Belarus | 121 M | 2024 |
| 42 | Argentina | 114 M | 2024 |
| 43 | Australia | 109 M | 2024 |
| 44 | Senegal | 106 M | 2024 |
| 45 | Taiwan | 105 M | 2024 |
| 46 | Tunisia | 102 M | 2024 |
| 47 | Ghana | 94.3 M | 2024 |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 89.9 M | 2024 |
| 49 | Netherlands | 89.2 M | 2024 |
| 50 | Romania | 74.1 M | 2023 |
| 51 | Lebanon | 73.7 M | 2024 |
| 52 | Kenya | 71.2 M | 2024 |
| 53 | Uganda | 69.5 M | 2024 |
| 54 | Yemen | 68.7 M | 2024 |
| 55 | Mali | 63.3 M | 2024 |
| 56 | Kuwait | 59.4 M | 2024 |
| 57 | Nepal | 56.9 M | 2024 |
| 58 | Laos | 54.8 M | 2024 |
| 59 | Chile | 52.4 M | 2024 |
| 60 | Ethiopia | 52.3 M | 2024 |
| 61 | Sudan | 50.2 M | 2024 |
| 62 | Angola | 49.8 M | 2024 |
| 63 | Honduras | 49.0 M | 2024 |
| 64 | Israel | 48.8 M | 2024 |
| 65 | Belgium | 48.8 M | 2023 |
| 66 | Moldova | 48.5 M | 2024 |
| 67 | Guatemala | 47.2 M | 2024 |
| 68 | Uruguay | 47.0 M | 2024 |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 45.6 M | 2024 |
| 70 | Cameroon | 45.6 M | 2024 |
| 71 | Portugal | 44.1 M | 2023 |
| 72 | Madagascar | 43.5 M | 2024 |
| 73 | South Sudan | 43.2 M | 2024 |
| 74 | Zambia | 41.5 M | 2024 |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 41.5 M | 2024 |
| 76 | Guyana | 41.5 M | 2024 |
| 77 | Jordan | 41.1 M | 2024 |
| 78 | Guinea | 39.3 M | 2024 |
| 79 | Greece | 38.5 M | 2023 |
| 80 | Libya | 38.0 M | 2024 |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 36.0 M | 2024 |
| 82 | Togo | 35.5 M | 2024 |
| 83 | Qatar | 34.2 M | 2024 |
| 84 | Panama | 33.6 M | 2024 |
| 85 | Tanzania | 33.5 M | 2024 |
| 86 | Paraguay | 29.4 M | 2024 |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 29.4 M | 2024 |
| 88 | Hungary | 28.7 M | 2024 |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 28.0 M | 2023 |
| 90 | Sierra Leone | 26.9 M | 2024 |
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 26.4 M | 2024 |
| 92 | Sweden | 25.7 M | 2023 |
| 93 | Czech Republic | 24.9 M | 2024 |
| 94 | New Zealand | 24.6 M | 2024 |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 23.9 M | 2024 |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 21.5 M | 2024 |
| 97 | Brunei | 21.4 M | 2024 |
| 98 | Niger | 21.0 M | 2024 |
| 99 | Denmark | 20.7 M | 2024 |
| 100 | Malawi | 20.0 M | 2024 |
| 101 | Mozambique | 19.9 M | 2024 |
| 102 | Syria | 19.5 M | 2024 |
| 103 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19.1 M | 2024 |
| 103 | El Salvador | 19.1 M | 2024 |
| 105 | Benin | 19.1 M | 2024 |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 18.7 M | 2024 |
| 107 | Zimbabwe | 18.1 M | 2024 |
| 108 | Austria | 17.8 M | 2023 |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 17.2 M | 2020 |
| 110 | Norway | 16.6 M | 2024 |
| 111 | Mauritius | 16.6 M | 2024 |
| 112 | Ireland | 15.2 M | 2020 |
| 113 | Finland | 14.4 M | 2024 |
| 113 | Serbia | 14.4 M | 2024 |
| 115 | Jamaica | 14.2 M | 2024 |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 13.5 M | 2024 |
| 117 | Switzerland | 13.2 M | 2024 |
| 118 | Cambodia | 13.0 M | 2024 |
| 119 | North Korea | 12.0 M | 2024 |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 11.9 M | 2024 |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.5 M | 2024 |
| 122 | Croatia | 10.9 M | 2024 |
| 123 | Lithuania | 10.5 M | 2024 |
| 124 | Slovakia | 9.59 M | 2024 |
| 125 | Liberia | 8.37 M | 2024 |
| 126 | Georgia | 7.47 M | 2024 |
| 127 | Central African Republic | 6.91 M | 2024 |
| 128 | Chad | 6.18 M | 2024 |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.17 M | 2024 |
| 130 | Puerto Rico | 6.17 M | 2024 |
| 131 | Latvia | 5.99 M | 2024 |
| 132 | Haiti | 5.98 M | 2024 |
| 133 | Fiji | 5.88 M | 2024 |
| 134 | Palestine | 5.68 M | 2022 |
| 135 | Cuba | 5.59 M | 2024 |
| 136 | Barbados | 5.24 M | 2024 |
| 137 | Oman | 5.08 M | 2024 |
| 138 | Slovenia | 5.05 M | 2024 |
| 139 | Mauritania | 4.81 M | 2024 |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 4.80 M | 2024 |
| 141 | Cyprus | 4.66 M | 2023 |
| 142 | Albania | 4.56 M | 2024 |
| 143 | Suriname | 4.52 M | 2024 |
| 144 | Armenia | 4.43 M | 2024 |
| 145 | Namibia | 4.18 M | 2024 |
| 146 | Hong Kong | 4.10 M | 2024 |
| 147 | Somalia | 3.93 M | 2024 |
| 148 | Rwanda | 3.70 M | 2024 |
| 149 | Gabon | 3.42 M | 2024 |
| 150 | Burundi | 3.37 M | 2024 |
| 151 | The Bahamas | 3.29 M | 2024 |
| 152 | Singapore | 3.06 M | 2024 |
| 153 | Republic of the Congo | 3.03 M | 2024 |
| 154 | North Macedonia | 2.57 M | 2024 |
| 155 | Estonia | 2.27 M | 2024 |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.12 M | 2024 |
| 157 | Eswatini | 1.97 M | 2024 |
| 158 | Bahrain | 1.92 M | 2024 |
| 159 | Mongolia | 1.83 M | 2024 |
| 160 | Belize | 1.72 M | 2024 |
| 161 | The Gambia | 1.31 M | 2024 |
| 162 | Eritrea | 1.16 M | 2024 |
| 163 | Montenegro | 1.07 M | 2024 |
| 164 | Bhutan | 924,000 | 2024 |
| 165 | Macau | 809,000 | 2024 |
| 166 | Botswana | 805,000 | 2024 |
| 167 | Malta | 790,000 | 2023 |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 681,000 | 2024 |
| 169 | Kiribati | 671,000 | 2024 |
| 170 | New Caledonia | 618,000 | 2024 |
| 171 | East Timor | 571,000 | 2024 |
| 172 | Comoros | 551,000 | 2024 |
| 173 | Lesotho | 534,000 | 2024 |
| 174 | Saint Lucia | 479,000 | 2024 |
| 175 | Samoa | 438,000 | 2024 |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 436,000 | 2024 |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 385,000 | 2024 |
| 178 | Grenada | 384,000 | 2024 |
| 179 | Tonga | 347,000 | 2024 |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 339,000 | 2024 |
| 181 | Seychelles | 262,000 | 2024 |
| 182 | Solomon Islands | 248,000 | 2024 |
| 183 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 243,000 | 2024 |
| 184 | Iceland | 230,000 | 2024 |
| 185 | Dominica | 204,000 | 2024 |
| 186 | Federated States of Micronesia | 193,000 | 2024 |
| 187 | Luxembourg | 186,000 | 2024 |
| 188 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 168,000 | 2024 |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 160,000 | 2024 |
| 190 | Tuvalu | 58,000 | 2024 |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 39,000 | 2024 |
| 192 | Cook Islands | 36,000 | 2024 |
| 193 | Niue | 19,000 | 2024 |
| 194 | Nauru | 5,000 | 2024 |
Source
Chickens — FAO, FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL), Chickens · CC BY 4.0 · Nov 2026 · www.fao.org · source updated Dec 31, 2025
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