Number of cattle in South Korea

Number of cattle in South Korea was 3,889,278 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 3.6% from 2023. That is the 60th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head3,889,278

Change on 2023-3.6%

Rank60th of 190Countries ranked

Series high4,116,4072022

Series low1,097,2231961

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Number of cattle in South Korea, 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	3,889,278
2023	4,035,076
2022	4,116,407
2021	3,990,257
2020	3,804,976
2019	3,645,190
2018	3,520,886
2017	3,428,330
2016	3,381,287
2015	3,337,309
2014	3,189,951
2013	3,342,131
2012	3,478,714
2011	3,353,353
2010	3,351,391
2009	3,079,353
2008	2,876,143
2007	2,653,976
2006	2,483,572
2005	2,297,414
2004	2,162,965
2003	1,998,936
2002	1,953,815
2001	1,954,025
2000	2,133,728
1999	2,486,495
1998	2,922,046
1997	3,279,849
1996	3,395,028
1995	3,147,494
1994	2,944,699
1993	2,813,815
1992	2,527,195
1991	2,268,729
1990	2,125,601
1989	2,051,238
1988	2,039,191
1987	2,386,451
1986	2,807,344
1985	2,943,584
1984	2,652,000
1983	2,215,000
1982	1,753,892
1981	1,505,930
1980	1,634,051
1979	1,762,079
1978	1,787,158
1977	1,617,733
1976	1,553,226
1975	1,641,353
1974	1,858,355
1973	1,545,576
1972	1,374,349
1971	1,279,935
1970	1,296,673
1969	1,225,103
1968	1,210,518
1967	1,255,140
1966	1,297,305
1965	1,320,904
1964	1,356,790
1963	1,367,823
1962	1,255,817
1961	1,097,223

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, South Korea, 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, South Korea, 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/south-korea. 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, South Korea, 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/south-korea.

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, South Korea, 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/south-korea (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_cattle_south_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, South Korea, 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/south-korea. 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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4,116,407 head in 2022, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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