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Number of cattle in Mali

Number of cattle in Mali was 14,040,120 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 3% from 2023. That is the 26th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head14,040,120
Change on 2023+3%
Rank26th of 190Countries ranked
Series high14,040,1202024
Series low3,513,0001961

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Number of cattle in Mali, 1961 to 2024

2.5M5M7.5M10M12.5M15M19611971198119912001201120241961: 3,513,000 head1962: 3,862,500 head1963: 3,923,104 head1964: 4,262,000 head1965: 4,640,433 head1966: 4,773,000 head1967: 4,895,000 head1968: 4,752,000 head1969: 5,381,000 head1970: 5,310,000 head1971: 5,510,000 head1972: 4,773,000 head1973: 4,500,000 head1974: 3,640,000 head1975: 3,886,000 head1976: 4,080,000 head1977: 4,076,000 head1978: 4,404,000 head1979: 4,765,000 head1980: 5,850,000 head1981: 6,396,000 head1982: 6,663,000 head1983: 5,676,000 head1984: 4,899,000 head1985: 4,344,000 head1986: 4,475,000 head1987: 4,598,000 head1988: 4,703,000 head1989: 4,826,000 head1990: 4,996,000 head1991: 5,092,130 head1992: 5,129,394 head1993: 5,178,741 head1994: 5,240,860 head1995: 5,316,527 head1996: 5,406,641 head1997: 5,512,240 head1998: 5,634,512 head1999: 5,774,818 head2000: 5,934,736 head2001: 6,116,077 head2002: 6,818,343 head2003: 7,022,894 head2004: 7,233,580 head2005: 7,450,588 head2006: 7,532,000 head2007: 7,904,329 head2008: 8,141,459 head2009: 8,395,703 head2010: 8,896,392 head2011: 9,163,284 head2012: 9,438,182 head2013: 9,721,328 head2014: 10,012,968 head2015: 10,313,357 head2016: 10,941,300 head2017: 11,415,900 head2018: 11,758,377 head2019: 12,111,128 head2020: 12,474,462 head2021: 12,848,696 head2022: 13,234,157 head2023: 13,631,182 head2024: 14,040,120 head05M10M15M19611983200520241961: 3,513,000 head1962: 3,862,500 head1963: 3,923,104 head1964: 4,262,000 head1965: 4,640,433 head1966: 4,773,000 head1967: 4,895,000 head1968: 4,752,000 head1969: 5,381,000 head1970: 5,310,000 head1971: 5,510,000 head1972: 4,773,000 head1973: 4,500,000 head1974: 3,640,000 head1975: 3,886,000 head1976: 4,080,000 head1977: 4,076,000 head1978: 4,404,000 head1979: 4,765,000 head1980: 5,850,000 head1981: 6,396,000 head1982: 6,663,000 head1983: 5,676,000 head1984: 4,899,000 head1985: 4,344,000 head1986: 4,475,000 head1987: 4,598,000 head1988: 4,703,000 head1989: 4,826,000 head1990: 4,996,000 head1991: 5,092,130 head1992: 5,129,394 head1993: 5,178,741 head1994: 5,240,860 head1995: 5,316,527 head1996: 5,406,641 head1997: 5,512,240 head1998: 5,634,512 head1999: 5,774,818 head2000: 5,934,736 head2001: 6,116,077 head2002: 6,818,343 head2003: 7,022,894 head2004: 7,233,580 head2005: 7,450,588 head2006: 7,532,000 head2007: 7,904,329 head2008: 8,141,459 head2009: 8,395,703 head2010: 8,896,392 head2011: 9,163,284 head2012: 9,438,182 head2013: 9,721,328 head2014: 10,012,968 head2015: 10,313,357 head2016: 10,941,300 head2017: 11,415,900 head2018: 11,758,377 head2019: 12,111,128 head2020: 12,474,462 head2021: 12,848,696 head2022: 13,234,157 head2023: 13,631,182 head2024: 14,040,120 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
202414,040,120
202313,631,182
202213,234,157
202112,848,696
202012,474,462
201912,111,128
201811,758,377
201711,415,900
201610,941,300
201510,313,357
201410,012,968
20139,721,328
20129,438,182
20119,163,284
20108,896,392
20098,395,703
20088,141,459
20077,904,329
20067,532,000
20057,450,588
20047,233,580
20037,022,894
20026,818,343
20016,116,077
20005,934,736
19995,774,818
19985,634,512
19975,512,240
19965,406,641
19955,316,527
19945,240,860
19935,178,741
19925,129,394
19915,092,130
19904,996,000
19894,826,000
19884,703,000
19874,598,000
19864,475,000
19854,344,000
19844,899,000
19835,676,000
19826,663,000
19816,396,000
19805,850,000
19794,765,000
19784,404,000
19774,076,000
19764,080,000
19753,886,000
19743,640,000
19734,500,000
19724,773,000
19715,510,000
19705,310,000
19695,381,000
19684,752,000
19674,895,000
19664,773,000
19654,640,433
19644,262,000
19633,923,104
19623,862,500
19613,513,000

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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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, Mali, 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, Mali, 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/mali. 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, Mali, 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/mali.

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, Mali, 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/mali (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, Mali, 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/mali. 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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Number of cattle in Mali was 14,040,120 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 3% from 2023. That is the 26th 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.

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14,040,120 head in 2024, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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