Number of cattle in Brazil

Number of cattle in Brazil was 238,180,757 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.2% from 2023. That is the 1st highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head238,180,757

Change on 2023-0.2%

Rank1st of 190Countries ranked

Series high238,620,9102023

Series low56,041,3121961

Next release: Thursday, 31 December 2026, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Number of cattle in Brazil, 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	238,180,757
2023	238,620,910
2022	234,851,536
2021	224,601,992
2020	217,836,282
2019	215,008,958
2018	213,809,445
2017	215,003,578
2016	218,190,768
2015	215,220,508
2014	212,366,132
2013	211,764,292
2012	211,279,082
2011	212,815,311
2010	209,541,109
2009	205,307,954
2008	202,306,731
2007	199,752,014
2006	205,886,244
2005	207,156,696
2004	204,512,737
2003	195,551,576
2002	185,348,838
2001	176,388,726
2000	169,875,524
1999	164,621,038
1998	163,154,357
1997	161,416,157
1996	158,288,540
1995	161,227,938
1994	158,243,229
1993	155,134,074
1992	154,229,303
1991	152,135,505
1990	147,102,320
1989	144,154,096
1988	139,599,104
1987	135,720,288
1986	132,221,568
1985	128,422,672
1984	127,655,008
1983	124,186,000
1982	123,488,000
1981	121,785,008
1980	118,971,424
1979	109,177,488
1978	106,942,560
1977	107,296,560
1976	101,674,000
1975	92,495,360
1974	90,437,008
1973	85,500,000
1972	83,000,000
1971	78,562,256
1970	75,446,704 Estimated
1969	72,965,856 Estimated
1968	70,566,608 Estimated
1967	68,246,224 Estimated
1966	66,002,144 Estimated
1965	63,831,856 Estimated
1964	61,732,944 Estimated
1963	59,703,040 Estimated
1962	57,739,888 Estimated
1961	56,041,312

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, Brazil, 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, Brazil, 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/brazil. 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, Brazil, 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/brazil.

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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, Brazil, 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/brazil (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_brazil_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, Brazil, 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/brazil. 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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