Number of cattle in São Tomé and Príncipe

Number of cattle in São Tomé and Príncipe was 1,588 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 3% from 2023. That is the 183rd highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head1,588 Estimated

Change on 2023+3%

Rank183rd of 190Countries ranked

Series high4,5002003

Series low1,0002011

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Number of cattle in São Tomé and Príncipe, 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	1,588 Estimated
2023	1,542 Estimated
2022	1,496 Estimated
2021	1,452 Estimated
2020	1,415 Estimated
2019	1,447 Estimated
2018	1,407
2017	1,375
2016	1,362
2015	1,100 Estimated
2014	1,200 Estimated
2013	1,141
2012	1,048
2011	1,000
2010	1,300 Estimated
2009	1,650 Estimated
2008	1,800 Estimated
2007	2,200 Estimated
2006	2,500 Estimated
2005	3,000 Estimated
2004	3,600 Estimated
2003	4,500 Estimated
2002	4,300 Estimated
2001	4,100 Estimated
2000	4,100 Estimated
1999	4,000 Estimated
1998	3,950 Estimated
1997	3,900 Estimated
1996	3,850 Estimated
1995	3,800 Estimated
1994	3,750 Estimated
1993	3,700 Estimated
1992	3,650 Estimated
1991	3,600 Estimated
1990	3,550 Estimated
1989	3,500 Estimated
1988	3,450 Estimated
1987	3,400 Estimated
1986	3,350 Estimated
1985	3,300 Estimated
1984	3,200 Estimated
1983	3,100 Estimated
1982	3,000 Estimated
1981	2,900 Estimated
1980	2,800 Estimated
1979	2,700 Estimated
1978	2,600 Estimated
1977	2,500 Estimated
1976	2,400 Estimated
1975	2,221
1974	2,348
1973	2,561
1972	2,366
1971	2,920
1970	3,060
1969	3,112
1968	3,296
1967	3,283
1966	2,770
1965	3,025
1964	3,506
1963	3,861
1962	4,189
1961	4,210

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, São Tomé and Príncipe, 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, São Tomé and Príncipe, 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/sao-tome-and-principe. 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, São Tomé and Príncipe, 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/sao-tome-and-principe.

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, São Tomé and Príncipe, 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/sao-tome-and-principe (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_sao_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, São Tomé and Príncipe, 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/sao-tome-and-principe. 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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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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4,500 head in 2003, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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