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Number of cattle in Romania

Number of cattle in Romania was 1,809,400 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.3% from 2023. That is the 10th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, head1,809,400
Change on 2023-0.3%
Rank10th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high7,039,0001985
Series low1,809,4002024

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Number of cattle in Romania, 1961 to 2024

02M4M6M8M19611971198119912001201120241961: 4,530,000 head1962: 4,524,700 head1963: 4,383,800 head1964: 4,456,100 head1965: 4,574,800 head1966: 4,755,000 head1967: 5,015,900 head1968: 5,127,200 head1969: 4,949,300 head1970: 4,859,578 head1971: 5,216,000 head1972: 5,324,212 head1973: 5,555,947 head1974: 5,691,100 head1975: 5,774,100 head1976: 5,912,100 head1977: 6,128,800 head1978: 6,085,300 head1979: 6,282,600 head1980: 6,285,400 head1981: 6,485,000 head1982: 6,302,900 head1983: 6,246,100 head1984: 6,752,200 head1985: 7,039,000 head1986: 6,692,000 head1987: 6,703,000 head1988: 6,559,000 head1989: 6,416,000 head1990: 6,290,700 head1991: 5,380,700 head1992: 4,355,000 head1993: 3,683,100 head1994: 3,956,782 head1995: 3,480,800 head1996: 3,496,300 head1997: 3,434,900 head1998: 3,235,400 head1999: 3,143,000 head2000: 3,051,000 head2001: 2,870,000 head2002: 2,800,000 head2003: 2,878,000 head2004: 2,897,000 head2005: 2,808,000 head2006: 2,862,000 head2007: 2,934,000 head2008: 2,819,000 head2009: 2,684,000 head2010: 2,512,300 head2011: 2,001,105 head2012: 1,988,939 head2013: 2,009,135 head2014: 2,022,408 head2015: 2,068,888 head2016: 2,092,414 head2017: 2,049,700 head2018: 1,977,200 head2019: 1,923,300 head2020: 1,875,200 head2021: 1,826,800 head2022: 1,833,700 head2023: 1,814,700 head2024: 1,809,400 head02M4M6M8M19611983200520241961: 4,530,000 head1962: 4,524,700 head1963: 4,383,800 head1964: 4,456,100 head1965: 4,574,800 head1966: 4,755,000 head1967: 5,015,900 head1968: 5,127,200 head1969: 4,949,300 head1970: 4,859,578 head1971: 5,216,000 head1972: 5,324,212 head1973: 5,555,947 head1974: 5,691,100 head1975: 5,774,100 head1976: 5,912,100 head1977: 6,128,800 head1978: 6,085,300 head1979: 6,282,600 head1980: 6,285,400 head1981: 6,485,000 head1982: 6,302,900 head1983: 6,246,100 head1984: 6,752,200 head1985: 7,039,000 head1986: 6,692,000 head1987: 6,703,000 head1988: 6,559,000 head1989: 6,416,000 head1990: 6,290,700 head1991: 5,380,700 head1992: 4,355,000 head1993: 3,683,100 head1994: 3,956,782 head1995: 3,480,800 head1996: 3,496,300 head1997: 3,434,900 head1998: 3,235,400 head1999: 3,143,000 head2000: 3,051,000 head2001: 2,870,000 head2002: 2,800,000 head2003: 2,878,000 head2004: 2,897,000 head2005: 2,808,000 head2006: 2,862,000 head2007: 2,934,000 head2008: 2,819,000 head2009: 2,684,000 head2010: 2,512,300 head2011: 2,001,105 head2012: 1,988,939 head2013: 2,009,135 head2014: 2,022,408 head2015: 2,068,888 head2016: 2,092,414 head2017: 2,049,700 head2018: 1,977,200 head2019: 1,923,300 head2020: 1,875,200 head2021: 1,826,800 head2022: 1,833,700 head2023: 1,814,700 head2024: 1,809,400 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
20241,809,400
20231,814,700
20221,833,700
20211,826,800
20201,875,200
20191,923,300
20181,977,200
20172,049,700
20162,092,414
20152,068,888
20142,022,408
20132,009,135
20121,988,939
20112,001,105
20102,512,300
20092,684,000
20082,819,000
20072,934,000
20062,862,000
20052,808,000
20042,897,000
20032,878,000
20022,800,000
20012,870,000
20003,051,000
19993,143,000
19983,235,400
19973,434,900
19963,496,300
19953,480,800
19943,956,782
19933,683,100
19924,355,000
19915,380,700
19906,290,700
19896,416,000
19886,559,000
19876,703,000
19866,692,000
19857,039,000
19846,752,200
19836,246,100
19826,302,900
19816,485,000
19806,285,400
19796,282,600
19786,085,300
19776,128,800
19765,912,100
19755,774,100
19745,691,100
19735,555,947
19725,324,212
19715,216,000
19704,859,578
19694,949,300
19685,127,200
19675,015,900
19664,755,000
19654,574,800
19644,456,100
19634,383,800
19624,524,700
19614,530,000

Romania compared with nearby places

Austria: 1,820,030 headBelgium: 2,153,430 headBulgaria: 558,770 headCyprus: 82,680 headCzechia: 1,397,410 headGermany: 10,461,290 headDenmark: 1,413,860 headEstonia: 232,390 headSpain: 6,173,960 headFinland: 764,030 headFrance: 16,478,260 headGreece: 595,200 headCroatia: 422,000 headHungary: 869,900 headIreland: 6,308,300 headItaly: 5,765,000 headLithuania: 599,770 headLuxembourg: 180,530 headLatvia: 352,090 headMalta: 13,800 headNetherlands: 3,562,000 headPoland: 6,190,930 headPortugal: 1,486,910 headRomania: 1,809,400 headSweden: 1,333,820 headSlovenia: 453,890 headSlovakia: 416,680 head
  • Under 400K
  • 400K to 700K
  • 700K to 1.5M
  • 1.5M to 5.3M
  • 5.3M and over
Number of cattle, 2024, head. Romania 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, Romania, 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, Romania, 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/romania. 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, Romania, 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/romania.

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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, Romania, 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/romania (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, Romania, 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},
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}
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What is the number of cattle in Romania?

Number of cattle in Romania was 1,809,400 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.3% from 2023. That is the 10th highest of 27 EU 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 Romania?

7,039,000 head in 1985, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

Number of cattle elsewhere in European Union (27)

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