Number of cattle in Denmark

Number of cattle in Denmark was 1,413,860 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 1.5% from 2023. That is the 12th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, head1,413,860

Change on 2023-1.5%

Rank12th of 27EU countries ranked

Series high3,593,0951961

Series low1,413,8602024

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Number of cattle in Denmark, 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	1,413,860
2023	1,434,870
2022	1,466,000
2021	1,480,000
2020	1,500,000
2019	1,500,000
2018	1,530,000
2017	1,545,417
2016	1,568,288
2015	1,551,948
2014	1,563,535
2013	1,614,644
2012	1,606,826
2011	1,567,971
2010	1,571,050
2009	1,540,340
2008	1,564,393
2007	1,566,218
2006	1,534,763
2005	1,570,085
2004	1,645,764
2003	1,724,409
2002	1,796,118
2001	1,906,911
2000	1,867,937
1999	1,887,057
1998	1,977,367
1997	2,004,212
1996	2,093,256
1995	2,090,733
1994	2,104,904
1993	2,195,000
1992	2,190,000
1991	2,222,000
1990	2,239,000
1989	2,221,000
1988	2,262,000
1987	2,351,000
1986	2,495,000
1985	2,618,000
1984	2,750,000
1983	2,852,000
1982	2,862,000
1981	2,914,000
1980	2,961,000
1979	3,035,396
1978	3,081,306
1977	3,098,735
1976	3,095,404
1975	3,060,152
1974	3,099,779
1973	2,956,546
1972	2,778,855
1971	2,722,871
1970	2,842,271
1969	2,999,694
1968	3,140,861
1967	3,281,665
1966	3,373,631
1965	3,345,396
1964	3,276,525
1963	3,343,430
1962	3,504,207
1961	3,593,095

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, Denmark, 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, Denmark, 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/denmark. 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, Denmark, 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/denmark.

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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, Denmark, 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/denmark (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_denmark_2024,
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Denmark, 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/denmark. 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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3,593,095 head in 1961, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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