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Number of cattle in Madagascar

Number of cattle in Madagascar was 6,957,211 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 7.5% from 2023. That is the 39th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head6,957,211 Estimated
Change on 2023-7.5%
Rank39th of 190Countries ranked
Series high10,364,0002000
Series low6,320,5002022

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Number of cattle in Madagascar, 1961 to 2024

6M7M8M9M10M11M19611971198119912001201120241961: 8,000,000 head1962: 8,500,000 head1963: 8,500,000 head1964: 8,500,000 head1965: 8,800,000 head1966: 9,630,000 head1967: 9,707,000 head1968: 9,780,000 head1969: 9,400,000 head1970: 8,781,709 head1971: 8,043,914 head1972: 8,250,000 head1973: 8,500,000 head1974: 8,700,000 head1975: 8,811,000 head1976: 8,886,000 head1977: 9,128,000 head1978: 10,150,000 head1979: 10,000,000 head1980: 10,201,000 head1981: 10,241,000 head1982: 10,281,000 head1983: 10,322,000 head1984: 10,363,000 head1985: 10,194,000 head1986: 10,207,000 head1987: 10,220,000 head1988: 10,232,000 head1989: 10,243,000 head1990: 10,254,000 head1991: 10,265,300 head1992: 10,276,000 head1993: 10,287,000 head1994: 10,298,000 head1995: 10,309,000 head1996: 10,320,340 head1997: 10,331,000 head1998: 10,342,000 head1999: 10,353,000 head2000: 10,364,000 head2001: 8,800,000 head2002: 7,877,075 head2003: 8,020,450 head2004: 8,105,000 head2005: 9,500,139 head2006: 9,573,290 head2007: 9,647,000 head2008: 9,730,000 head2009: 9,805,000 head2010: 9,881,130 head2011: 9,958,000 head2012: 10,037,600 head2013: 10,030,000 head2014: 10,198,800 head2015: 10,280,300 head2016: 10,301,490 head2017: 10,322,680 head2018: 8,605,900 head2019: 8,700,000 head2020: 7,963,494 head2021: 7,030,843 head2022: 6,320,500 head2023: 7,520,290 head2024: 6,957,211 head6M8M10M12M19611983200520241961: 8,000,000 head1962: 8,500,000 head1963: 8,500,000 head1964: 8,500,000 head1965: 8,800,000 head1966: 9,630,000 head1967: 9,707,000 head1968: 9,780,000 head1969: 9,400,000 head1970: 8,781,709 head1971: 8,043,914 head1972: 8,250,000 head1973: 8,500,000 head1974: 8,700,000 head1975: 8,811,000 head1976: 8,886,000 head1977: 9,128,000 head1978: 10,150,000 head1979: 10,000,000 head1980: 10,201,000 head1981: 10,241,000 head1982: 10,281,000 head1983: 10,322,000 head1984: 10,363,000 head1985: 10,194,000 head1986: 10,207,000 head1987: 10,220,000 head1988: 10,232,000 head1989: 10,243,000 head1990: 10,254,000 head1991: 10,265,300 head1992: 10,276,000 head1993: 10,287,000 head1994: 10,298,000 head1995: 10,309,000 head1996: 10,320,340 head1997: 10,331,000 head1998: 10,342,000 head1999: 10,353,000 head2000: 10,364,000 head2001: 8,800,000 head2002: 7,877,075 head2003: 8,020,450 head2004: 8,105,000 head2005: 9,500,139 head2006: 9,573,290 head2007: 9,647,000 head2008: 9,730,000 head2009: 9,805,000 head2010: 9,881,130 head2011: 9,958,000 head2012: 10,037,600 head2013: 10,030,000 head2014: 10,198,800 head2015: 10,280,300 head2016: 10,301,490 head2017: 10,322,680 head2018: 8,605,900 head2019: 8,700,000 head2020: 7,963,494 head2021: 7,030,843 head2022: 6,320,500 head2023: 7,520,290 head2024: 6,957,211 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
20246,957,211 Estimated
20237,520,290 Estimated
20226,320,500
20217,030,843
20207,963,494 Estimated
20198,700,000
20188,605,900
201710,322,680
201610,301,490
201510,280,300
201410,198,800
201310,030,000 Estimated
201210,037,600
20119,958,000
20109,881,130
20099,805,000
20089,730,000
20079,647,000
20069,573,290
20059,500,139
20048,105,000
20038,020,450
20027,877,075
20018,800,000 Estimated
200010,364,000
199910,353,000
199810,342,000
199710,331,000
199610,320,340
199510,309,000
199410,298,000
199310,287,000
199210,276,000
199110,265,300
199010,254,000
198910,243,000
198810,232,000
198710,220,000
198610,207,000
198510,194,000
198410,363,000
198310,322,000
198210,281,000
198110,241,000
198010,201,000
197910,000,000
197810,150,000
19779,128,000
19768,886,000
19758,811,000
19748,700,000
19738,500,000 Estimated
19728,250,000 Estimated
19718,043,914
19708,781,709
19699,400,000 Estimated
19689,780,000
19679,707,000
19669,630,000
19658,800,000
19648,500,000
19638,500,000
19628,500,000
19618,000,000

Madagascar compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 119,098 headAfghanistan: 5,555,383 headAntigua and Barbuda: 4,500 headAlbania: 272,035 headArmenia: 491,594 headAngola: 5,200,294 headArgentina: 52,783,892 headAustria: 1,820,030 headAustralia: 30,372,537 headAzerbaijan: 2,329,506 headBosnia and Herzegovina: 383,331 headBangladesh: 25,013,000 headBelgium: 2,153,430 headBurkina Faso: 10,280,515 headBulgaria: 558,770 headBurundi: 1,228,356 headBenin: 2,762,716 headBrunei: 286 headBolivia: 11,245,622 headBrazil: 238,180,757 headBahamas: 743 headBhutan: 257,103 headBotswana: 918,057 headBelarus: 4,097,900 headBelize: 99,019 headCanada: 10,985,000 headDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 2,032,019 headCentral African Republic: 4,864,952 headRepublic of the Congo: 335,224 headSwitzerland: 1,533,483 headCôte d’Ivoire: 1,896,358 headChile: 2,962,490 headCameroon: 5,941,769 headChina: 70,325,500 headColombia: 30,344,182 headCosta Rica: 1,576,149 headCuba: 3,250,000 headCape Verde: 29,779 headCyprus: 82,680 headCzechia: 1,397,410 headGermany: 10,461,290 headDjibouti: 317,893 headDenmark: 1,413,860 headDominican Republic: 3,030,340 headAlgeria: 1,782,454 headEcuador: 3,436,276 headEstonia: 232,390 headEgypt: 2,625,729 headEritrea: 2,156,877 headSpain: 6,173,960 headEthiopia: 71,916,930 headFinland: 764,030 headFiji: 80,720 headFaroe Islands: 1,816 headFrance: 16,478,260 headGabon: 39,678 headUnited Kingdom: 9,411,871 headGeorgia: 837,700 headGhana: 2,362,472 headGambia: 309,195 headGuinea: 9,319,774 headEquatorial Guinea: 5,520 headGreece: 595,200 headGuatemala: 4,343,871 headGuinea-Bissau: 742,836 headGuyana: 98,851 headHong Kong: 1,570 headHonduras: 2,900,458 headCroatia: 422,000 headHaiti: 1,524,965 headHungary: 869,900 headIndonesia: 18,065,156 headIreland: 6,308,300 headIsrael: 477,958 headIndia: 194,753,479 headIraq: 2,104,351 headIran: 5,600,812 headIceland: 76,902 headItaly: 5,765,000 headJamaica: 153,169 headJordan: 88,819 headJapan: 3,985,000 headKenya: 22,435,638 headKyrgyzstan: 1,828,768 headCambodia: 2,821,807 headNorth Korea: 570,727 headSouth Korea: 3,889,278 headKuwait: 32,136 headKazakhstan: 7,976,665 headLaos: 2,691,000 headLebanon: 75,538 headSri Lanka: 1,125,450 headLiberia: 43,270 headLesotho: 517,450 headLithuania: 599,770 headLuxembourg: 180,530 headLatvia: 352,090 headLibya: 208,931 headMorocco: 2,365,210 headMoldova: 98,817 headMontenegro: 67,496 headMadagascar: 6,957,211 headNorth Macedonia: 143,953 headMali: 14,040,120 headMyanmar: 10,800,000 headMongolia: 5,074,552 headMauritania: 1,992,320 headMauritius: 3,500 headMalawi: 2,307,952 headMexico: 36,933,201 headMalaysia: 730,318 headMozambique: 2,467,082 headNamibia: 2,907,986 headNew Caledonia: 77,281 headNiger: 20,375,030 headNigeria: 20,943,448 headNetherlands: 3,562,000 headNorway: 852,800 headNepal: 5,198,388 headNew Zealand: 9,516,288 headOman: 446,988 headPanama: 1,401,169 headPeru: 5,842,166 headFrench Polynesia: 8,097 headPapua New Guinea: 90,889 headPhilippines: 2,605,517 headPakistan: 57,541,000 headPoland: 6,190,930 headPuerto Rico: 218,598 headPortugal: 1,486,910 headParaguay: 13,630,216 headQatar: 45,424 headRomania: 1,809,400 headSerbia: 698,605 headRussia: 17,373,368 headRwanda: 1,545,688 headSaudi Arabia: 534,181 headSolomon Islands: 15,381 headSudan: 31,256,148 headSweden: 1,333,820 headSingapore: 177 headSlovenia: 453,890 headSlovakia: 416,680 headSierra Leone: 682,125 headSenegal: 3,714,834 headSomalia: 4,788,212 headSuriname: 28,821 headSouth Sudan: 14,282,839 headEl Salvador: 772,208 headSyria: 826,396 headEswatini: 652,513 headChad: 39,625,902 headTogo: 477,388 headThailand: 4,293,189 headTajikistan: 2,789,212 headTimor-Leste: 238,902 headTurkmenistan: 2,545,439 headTunisia: 495,935 headTürkiye: 16,824,208 headTrinidad and Tobago: 35,419 headTaiwan: 155,741 headTanzania: 39,053,013 headUkraine: 2,156,200 headUganda: 14,723,179 headUnited States: 87,157,400 headUruguay: 11,960,556 headUzbekistan: 14,394,476 headVenezuela: 15,749,209 headVietnam: 6,212,203 headVanuatu: 89,000 headSamoa: 38,349 headYemen: 1,971,664 headSouth Africa: 12,122,027 headZambia: 4,887,687 headZimbabwe: 5,741,397 head
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Number of cattle, 2024, head. Madagascar 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, Madagascar, 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, Madagascar, 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/madagascar. 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, Madagascar, 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/madagascar.

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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, Madagascar, 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/madagascar (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, Madagascar, 1961 to 2024}},
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  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/madagascar. 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 Madagascar?

Number of cattle in Madagascar was 6,957,211 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 7.5% from 2023. That is the 39th 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 Madagascar?

10,364,000 head in 2000, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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