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Number of cattle in Iran

Number of cattle in Iran was 5,600,812 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.9% from 2023. That is the 48th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head5,600,812 Estimated
Change on 2023+0.9%
Rank48th of 190Countries ranked
Series high8,785,0001998
Series low4,231,9932014

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Number of cattle in Iran, 1961 to 2024

4M5M6M7M8M9M19611971198119912001201120241961: 6,023,000 head1962: 6,073,000 head1963: 5,200,000 head1964: 5,000,000 head1965: 5,000,000 head1966: 4,900,000 head1967: 4,946,000 head1968: 4,971,000 head1969: 5,100,000 head1970: 5,300,000 head1971: 5,516,000 head1972: 5,607,000 head1973: 5,820,000 head1974: 5,856,000 head1975: 5,625,000 head1976: 5,600,000 head1977: 5,518,000 head1978: 5,425,000 head1979: 5,399,000 head1980: 5,174,000 head1981: 5,660,720 head1982: 5,103,000 head1983: 5,400,000 head1984: 5,800,000 head1985: 6,200,000 head1986: 6,691,120 head1987: 6,500,000 head1988: 6,368,000 head1989: 7,917,747 head1990: 7,532,120 head1991: 6,697,320 head1992: 7,911,400 head1993: 7,996,160 head1994: 8,203,000 head1995: 8,347,000 head1996: 8,492,000 head1997: 8,638,000 head1998: 8,785,000 head1999: 8,047,420 head2000: 8,270,100 head2001: 8,500,100 head2002: 7,445,000 head2003: 7,535,000 head2004: 7,631,000 head2005: 7,819,000 head2006: 7,892,000 head2007: 7,989,010 head2008: 7,089,000 head2009: 7,257,000 head2010: 7,432,000 head2011: 7,612,000 head2012: 7,800,000 head2013: 7,936,000 head2014: 4,231,993 head2015: 4,572,681 head2016: 5,504,972 head2017: 4,879,363 head2018: 5,273,236 head2019: 5,443,180 head2020: 5,323,974 head2021: 5,628,000 head2022: 5,625,000 head2023: 5,549,436 head2024: 5,600,812 head4M6M8M10M19611983200520241961: 6,023,000 head1962: 6,073,000 head1963: 5,200,000 head1964: 5,000,000 head1965: 5,000,000 head1966: 4,900,000 head1967: 4,946,000 head1968: 4,971,000 head1969: 5,100,000 head1970: 5,300,000 head1971: 5,516,000 head1972: 5,607,000 head1973: 5,820,000 head1974: 5,856,000 head1975: 5,625,000 head1976: 5,600,000 head1977: 5,518,000 head1978: 5,425,000 head1979: 5,399,000 head1980: 5,174,000 head1981: 5,660,720 head1982: 5,103,000 head1983: 5,400,000 head1984: 5,800,000 head1985: 6,200,000 head1986: 6,691,120 head1987: 6,500,000 head1988: 6,368,000 head1989: 7,917,747 head1990: 7,532,120 head1991: 6,697,320 head1992: 7,911,400 head1993: 7,996,160 head1994: 8,203,000 head1995: 8,347,000 head1996: 8,492,000 head1997: 8,638,000 head1998: 8,785,000 head1999: 8,047,420 head2000: 8,270,100 head2001: 8,500,100 head2002: 7,445,000 head2003: 7,535,000 head2004: 7,631,000 head2005: 7,819,000 head2006: 7,892,000 head2007: 7,989,010 head2008: 7,089,000 head2009: 7,257,000 head2010: 7,432,000 head2011: 7,612,000 head2012: 7,800,000 head2013: 7,936,000 head2014: 4,231,993 head2015: 4,572,681 head2016: 5,504,972 head2017: 4,879,363 head2018: 5,273,236 head2019: 5,443,180 head2020: 5,323,974 head2021: 5,628,000 head2022: 5,625,000 head2023: 5,549,436 head2024: 5,600,812 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
20245,600,812 Estimated
20235,549,436 Estimated
20225,625,000
20215,628,000
20205,323,974
20195,443,180 Estimated
20185,273,236 Estimated
20174,879,363
20165,504,972 Estimated
20154,572,681
20144,231,993
20137,936,000
20127,800,000
20117,612,000
20107,432,000
20097,257,000
20087,089,000
20077,989,010
20067,892,000
20057,819,000
20047,631,000
20037,535,000
20027,445,000
20018,500,100
20008,270,100
19998,047,420
19988,785,000
19978,638,000
19968,492,000
19958,347,000
19948,203,000
19937,996,160
19927,911,400
19916,697,320
19907,532,120
19897,917,747
19886,368,000
19876,500,000 Estimated
19866,691,120
19856,200,000 Estimated
19845,800,000 Estimated
19835,400,000 Estimated
19825,103,000
19815,660,720
19805,174,000
19795,399,000
19785,425,000
19775,518,000
19765,600,000 Estimated
19755,625,000
19745,856,000
19735,820,000
19725,607,000
19715,516,000
19705,300,000 Estimated
19695,100,000 Estimated
19684,971,000
19674,946,000
19664,900,000
19655,000,000
19645,000,000
19635,200,000
19626,073,000
19616,023,000

Rankings

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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APA 7

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, Iran, 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

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111), Number of cattle, Iran, 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/iran. 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, Iran, 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/iran.

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, Iran, 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/iran (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Iran, 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/iran. 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 Iran?

Number of cattle in Iran was 5,600,812 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.9% from 2023. That is the 48th highest of 190 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 Iran?

8,785,000 head in 1998, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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