Number of cattle in Namibia

Number of cattle in Namibia was 2,907,986 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 3.6% from 2023. That is the 67th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head2,907,986 Estimated

Change on 2023-3.6%

Rank67th of 190Countries ranked

Series high3,173,7672016

Series low1,835,3781987

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Number of cattle in Namibia, 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	2,907,986 Estimated
2023	3,017,636
2022	3,115,974
2021	2,590,348
2020	2,516,554
2019	2,806,142 Estimated
2018	2,832,287 Estimated
2017	2,951,510 Estimated
2016	3,173,767
2015	2,770,545
2014	2,882,489
2013	2,634,418
2012	2,904,451
2011	2,350,000 Estimated
2010	2,400,000 Estimated
2009	2,471,000
2008	2,542,000
2007	2,353,498
2006	2,383,960
2005	3,133,887
2004	2,309,390
2003	2,336,094
2002	2,329,553
2001	2,508,570
2000	2,504,930
1999	2,294,040
1998	2,192,359
1997	2,055,416
1996	1,989,947
1995	2,031,350
1994	2,035,790
1993	2,073,540
1992	2,206,373
1991	2,211,624
1990	2,086,551
1989	2,014,075
1988	1,969,955
1987	1,835,378
1986	1,989,664
1985	1,874,752
1984	1,882,184
1983	1,863,480
1982	1,917,671
1981	2,082,672
1980	2,480,830
1979	2,389,343
1978	2,250,287
1977	2,223,198
1976	1,950,000
1975	1,850,000
1974	2,980,000
1973	2,650,000 Estimated
1972	2,600,000 Estimated
1971	2,550,000 Estimated
1970	2,500,000 Estimated
1969	2,450,000 Estimated
1968	2,400,000 Estimated
1967	2,350,000 Estimated
1966	2,330,000 Estimated
1965	2,300,000 Estimated
1964	2,290,000 Estimated
1963	2,284,280
1962	2,298,266
1961	2,117,132

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, Namibia, 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, Namibia, 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/namibia. 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, Namibia, 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/namibia.

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, Namibia, 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/namibia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_namibia_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Namibia, 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/namibia. 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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