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Number of cattle in Finland

Number of cattle in Finland was 764,030 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 4.3% from 2023. That is the 16th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, head764,030
Change on 2023-4.3%
Rank16th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high2,174,8001963
Series low764,0302024

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Number of cattle in Finland, 1961 to 2024

500K1M1.5M2M2.5M19611971198119912001201120241961: 2,056,600 head1962: 2,152,300 head1963: 2,174,800 head1964: 2,145,900 head1965: 2,027,500 head1966: 2,049,000 head1967: 2,035,600 head1968: 2,070,500 head1969: 1,981,300 head1970: 1,872,900 head1971: 1,865,400 head1972: 1,835,000 head1973: 1,884,300 head1974: 1,904,800 head1975: 1,843,300 head1976: 1,815,300 head1977: 1,762,300 head1978: 1,779,200 head1979: 1,736,100 head1980: 1,752,500 head1981: 1,752,900 head1982: 1,705,100 head1983: 1,662,100 head1984: 1,587,700 head1985: 1,591,600 head1986: 1,566,500 head1987: 1,484,700 head1988: 1,434,200 head1989: 1,379,000 head1990: 1,363,000 head1991: 1,309,900 head1992: 1,273,200 head1993: 1,252,300 head1994: 1,233,000 head1995: 1,147,900 head1996: 1,145,600 head1997: 1,142,400 head1998: 1,117,100 head1999: 1,086,800 head2000: 1,056,700 head2001: 1,037,400 head2002: 1,025,400 head2003: 1,000,200 head2004: 969,000 head2005: 958,925 head2006: 949,291 head2007: 926,694 head2008: 915,345 head2009: 918,268 head2010: 925,808 head2011: 914,053 head2012: 912,768 head2013: 911,847 head2014: 914,439 head2015: 914,717 head2016: 909,021 head2017: 893,178 head2018: 859,380 head2019: 840,740 head2020: 835,380 head2021: 829,980 head2022: 821,970 head2023: 798,640 head2024: 764,030 head500K1M1.5M2M2.5M19611983200520241961: 2,056,600 head1962: 2,152,300 head1963: 2,174,800 head1964: 2,145,900 head1965: 2,027,500 head1966: 2,049,000 head1967: 2,035,600 head1968: 2,070,500 head1969: 1,981,300 head1970: 1,872,900 head1971: 1,865,400 head1972: 1,835,000 head1973: 1,884,300 head1974: 1,904,800 head1975: 1,843,300 head1976: 1,815,300 head1977: 1,762,300 head1978: 1,779,200 head1979: 1,736,100 head1980: 1,752,500 head1981: 1,752,900 head1982: 1,705,100 head1983: 1,662,100 head1984: 1,587,700 head1985: 1,591,600 head1986: 1,566,500 head1987: 1,484,700 head1988: 1,434,200 head1989: 1,379,000 head1990: 1,363,000 head1991: 1,309,900 head1992: 1,273,200 head1993: 1,252,300 head1994: 1,233,000 head1995: 1,147,900 head1996: 1,145,600 head1997: 1,142,400 head1998: 1,117,100 head1999: 1,086,800 head2000: 1,056,700 head2001: 1,037,400 head2002: 1,025,400 head2003: 1,000,200 head2004: 969,000 head2005: 958,925 head2006: 949,291 head2007: 926,694 head2008: 915,345 head2009: 918,268 head2010: 925,808 head2011: 914,053 head2012: 912,768 head2013: 911,847 head2014: 914,439 head2015: 914,717 head2016: 909,021 head2017: 893,178 head2018: 859,380 head2019: 840,740 head2020: 835,380 head2021: 829,980 head2022: 821,970 head2023: 798,640 head2024: 764,030 head
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
Periodhead
2024764,030
2023798,640
2022821,970
2021829,980
2020835,380
2019840,740
2018859,380
2017893,178
2016909,021
2015914,717
2014914,439
2013911,847
2012912,768
2011914,053
2010925,808
2009918,268
2008915,345
2007926,694
2006949,291
2005958,925
2004969,000
20031,000,200
20021,025,400
20011,037,400
20001,056,700
19991,086,800
19981,117,100
19971,142,400
19961,145,600
19951,147,900
19941,233,000
19931,252,300
19921,273,200
19911,309,900
19901,363,000
19891,379,000
19881,434,200
19871,484,700
19861,566,500
19851,591,600
19841,587,700
19831,662,100
19821,705,100
19811,752,900
19801,752,500
19791,736,100
19781,779,200
19771,762,300
19761,815,300
19751,843,300
19741,904,800
19731,884,300
19721,835,000
19711,865,400
19701,872,900
19691,981,300
19682,070,500
19672,035,600
19662,049,000
19652,027,500
19642,145,900
19632,174,800
19622,152,300
19612,056,600

Finland compared with nearby places

Austria: 1,820,030 headBelgium: 2,153,430 headBulgaria: 558,770 headCyprus: 82,680 headCzechia: 1,397,410 headGermany: 10,461,290 headDenmark: 1,413,860 headEstonia: 232,390 headSpain: 6,173,960 headFinland: 764,030 headFrance: 16,478,260 headGreece: 595,200 headCroatia: 422,000 headHungary: 869,900 headIreland: 6,308,300 headItaly: 5,765,000 headLithuania: 599,770 headLuxembourg: 180,530 headLatvia: 352,090 headMalta: 13,800 headNetherlands: 3,562,000 headPoland: 6,190,930 headPortugal: 1,486,910 headRomania: 1,809,400 headSweden: 1,333,820 headSlovenia: 453,890 headSlovakia: 416,680 head
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  • 400K to 700K
  • 700K to 1.5M
  • 1.5M to 5.3M
  • 5.3M and over
Number of cattle, 2024, head. Finland is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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.

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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, Finland, 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, Finland, 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/finland. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, Finland, 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/finland.

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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, Finland, 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/finland (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Finland, 1961 to 2024}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/finland. 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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What is the number of cattle in Finland?

Number of cattle in Finland was 764,030 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 4.3% from 2023. That is the 16th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest number of cattle in Finland?

2,174,800 head in 1963, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

Number of cattle elsewhere in European Union (27)

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