Number of cattle in Bhutan

Number of cattle in Bhutan was 257,103 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 1.3% from 2023. That is the 136th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head257,103

Change on 2023-1.3%

Rank136th of 190Countries ranked

Series high393,0001988

Series low190,0001961

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Number of cattle in Bhutan, 1961 to 2024

head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	head
2024	257,103
2023	260,565
2022	384,026
2021	345,978
2020	332,418
2019	354,350
2018	368,487
2017	353,711
2016	353,275
2015	350,563
2014	348,071
2013	349,681
2012	342,927
2011	350,185
2010	350,579
2009	346,658
2008	375,051
2007	372,950
2006	366,657
2005	384,385
2004	337,550
2003	332,714
2002	326,010
2001	325,944
2000	355,437
1999	384,199
1998	354,000 Estimated
1997	353,517
1996	353,755
1995	372,095
1994	336,568
1993	338,000 Estimated
1992	339,749
1991	366,000 Estimated
1990	392,952
1989	387,000
1988	393,000
1987	387,100
1986	376,000
1985	378,650
1984	358,374
1983	339,438
1982	321,234
1981	304,047
1980	299,169
1979	293,000 Estimated
1978	286,000 Estimated
1977	279,000 Estimated
1976	272,000 Estimated
1975	266,000 Estimated
1974	260,000 Estimated
1973	254,000 Estimated
1972	248,000 Estimated
1971	242,000 Estimated
1970	236,000 Estimated
1969	230,000 Estimated
1968	225,000 Estimated
1967	220,000 Estimated
1966	215,000 Estimated
1965	210,000 Estimated
1964	205,000 Estimated
1963	200,000 Estimated
1962	195,000 Estimated
1961	190,000 Estimated

Rankings

Countries by number of cattle 196 places
EU countries by number of cattle 27 places

Definition

Number of cattle (domestic cattle, not buffaloes) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111) (Number of cattle, Bhutan, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111), Number of cattle, Bhutan, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/bhutan. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Number of cattle, Bhutan, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/bhutan.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111), Number of cattle, Bhutan, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/bhutan (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_bhutan_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Bhutan, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/bhutan. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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393,000 head in 1988, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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