Number of cattle in Papua New Guinea

Number of cattle in Papua New Guinea was 90,889 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.3% from 2023. That is the 149th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head90,889 Estimated

Change on 2023-0.3%

Rank149th of 190Countries ranked

Series high132,4991979

Series low21,0821961

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Number of cattle in Papua New Guinea, 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	90,889 Estimated
2023	91,119 Estimated
2022	91,355 Estimated
2021	91,591 Estimated
2020	91,903 Estimated
2019	92,166 Estimated
2018	92,405 Estimated
2017	92,673 Estimated
2016	92,833 Estimated
2015	92,905 Estimated
2014	93,000 Estimated
2013	93,000 Estimated
2012	94,000 Estimated
2011	93,000 Estimated
2010	94,000 Estimated
2009	94,000 Estimated
2008	94,000 Estimated
2007	94,000 Estimated
2006	93,000 Estimated
2005	92,000 Estimated
2004	91,000 Estimated
2003	90,000
2002	89,000
2001	88,000
2000	87,000
1999	87,000
1998	86,000
1997	87,000
1996	88,000 Estimated
1995	90,000 Estimated
1994	93,000 Estimated
1993	94,000 Estimated
1992	96,000 Estimated
1991	98,000 Estimated
1990	99,000 Estimated
1989	100,000 Estimated
1988	100,600
1987	105,000 Estimated
1986	116,000
1985	117,000
1984	120,000
1983	122,000
1982	123,000
1981	128,264
1980	129,000
1979	132,499
1978	131,476
1977	131,500
1976	131,596
1975	125,000 Estimated
1974	119,967
1973	106,945
1972	96,128
1971	84,742
1970	76,094
1969	66,598
1968	59,314
1967	50,026
1966	44,156
1965	39,849
1964	33,503
1963	29,129
1962	24,583
1961	21,082

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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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, Papua New Guinea, 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, Papua New Guinea, 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/papua-new-guinea. 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, Papua New Guinea, 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/papua-new-guinea.

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, Papua New Guinea, 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/papua-new-guinea (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_papua_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, Papua New Guinea, 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/papua-new-guinea. 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.},
}

RIS

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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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132,499 head in 1979, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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