Number of cattle in Bulgaria

Number of cattle in Bulgaria was 558,770 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 2.7% from 2023. That is the 19th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, head558,770

Change on 2023-2.7%

Rank19th of 27EU countries ranked

Series high1,806,8851982

Series low526,1122013

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Number of cattle in Bulgaria, 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	558,770
2023	574,300
2022	579,860
2021	611,200
2020	588,910
2019	527,190
2018	542,120
2017	557,866
2016	550,201
2015	552,807
2014	575,584
2013	526,112
2012	557,641
2011	544,456
2010	539,555
2009	564,904
2008	602,056
2007	628,271
2006	621,797
2005	671,579
2004	728,336
2003	691,230
2002	634,466
2001	639,778
2000	681,661
1999	671,376
1998	611,720
1997	582,055
1996	631,739
1995	638,238
1994	750,395
1993	973,727
1992	1,310,454
1991	1,456,900
1990	1,575,107
1989	1,613,116
1988	1,648,605
1987	1,678,364
1986	1,705,685
1985	1,751,305
1984	1,777,951
1983	1,782,649
1982	1,806,885
1981	1,795,669
1980	1,786,823
1979	1,762,509
1978	1,736,127
1977	1,721,691
1976	1,656,317
1975	1,553,968
1974	1,454,195
1973	1,441,093
1972	1,378,905
1971	1,278,598
1970	1,255,481
1969	1,296,823
1968	1,362,706
1967	1,384,665
1966	1,450,145
1965	1,474,020
1964	1,494,171
1963	1,582,207
1962	1,581,518
1961	1,451,855

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, Bulgaria, 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, Bulgaria, 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/bulgaria. 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, Bulgaria, 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/bulgaria.

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, Bulgaria, 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/bulgaria (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_bulgaria_2024,
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Bulgaria, 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/bulgaria. 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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1,806,885 head in 1982, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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