Number of cattle in Malaysia

Number of cattle in Malaysia was 730,318 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.6% from 2023. That is the 112th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head730,318

Change on 2023+0.6%

Rank112th of 190Countries ranked

Series high860,4912009

Series low306,3371968

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Number of cattle in Malaysia, 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	730,318
2023	726,206
2022	728,107
2021	717,431
2020	699,424
2019	657,407
2018	676,686
2017	703,832
2016	737,827
2015	742,338
2014	743,019
2013	751,629
2012	744,377
2011	768,710
2010	836,859
2009	860,491
2008	851,227
2007	842,186
2006	786,201
2005	790,065
2004	793,005
2003	759,152
2002	720,246
2001	748,183
2000	738,783
1999	714,916
1998	714,337
1997	690,756
1996	693,542
1995	715,279
1994	728,753
1993	703,116
1992	668,793
1991	653,321
1990	667,720
1989	661,000
1988	637,000
1987	663,300
1986	607,200
1985	619,100
1984	618,328
1983	585,575
1982	566,422
1981	557,760
1980	549,522
1979	509,709
1978	503,826
1977	469,199
1976	451,136
1975	425,620
1974	398,657
1973	365,740
1972	361,696
1971	348,786
1970	325,522
1969	320,426
1968	306,337
1967	340,273
1966	335,082
1965	336,301
1964	331,364
1963	322,779
1962	328,002
1961	329,555

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, Malaysia, 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, Malaysia, 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/malaysia. 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, Malaysia, 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/malaysia.

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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, Malaysia, 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/malaysia (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, Malaysia, 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/malaysia. 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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860,491 head in 2009, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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