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Number of cattle in Spain

Number of cattle in Spain was 6,173,960 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 1.9% from 2023. That is the 5th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, head6,173,960
Change on 2023-1.9%
Rank5th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high6,653,0872004
Series low3,640,3421961

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Number of cattle in Spain, 1961 to 2024

3M4M5M6M7M19611971198119912001201120241961: 3,640,342 head1962: 3,660,000 head1963: 3,682,946 head1964: 3,670,946 head1965: 3,696,617 head1966: 3,694,000 head1967: 3,844,054 head1968: 4,000,000 head1969: 4,184,740 head1970: 4,288,070 head1971: 4,235,000 head1972: 4,249,276 head1973: 4,475,439 head1974: 4,412,694 head1975: 4,416,528 head1976: 4,407,838 head1977: 4,500,166 head1978: 4,705,635 head1979: 4,615,000 head1980: 4,679,000 head1981: 4,531,084 head1982: 5,075,000 head1983: 5,017,000 head1984: 5,004,000 head1985: 5,007,058 head1986: 4,953,000 head1987: 4,795,000 head1988: 5,094,000 head1989: 5,061,000 head1990: 5,187,000 head1991: 5,126,000 head1992: 5,063,000 head1993: 4,976,000 head1994: 5,018,000 head1995: 5,248,000 head1996: 5,512,000 head1997: 5,925,000 head1998: 5,884,000 head1999: 5,965,000 head2000: 6,216,883 head2001: 6,410,780 head2002: 6,477,895 head2003: 6,548,379 head2004: 6,653,087 head2005: 6,463,430 head2006: 6,184,092 head2007: 6,584,980 head2008: 6,020,200 head2009: 6,082,400 head2010: 6,075,100 head2011: 5,923,200 head2012: 5,812,600 head2013: 5,696,910 head2014: 6,078,700 head2015: 6,182,908 head2016: 6,257,057 head2017: 6,465,747 head2018: 6,510,590 head2019: 6,600,330 head2020: 6,636,430 head2021: 6,576,300 head2022: 6,455,130 head2023: 6,294,640 head2024: 6,173,960 head3M4M5M6M7M19611983200520241961: 3,640,342 head1962: 3,660,000 head1963: 3,682,946 head1964: 3,670,946 head1965: 3,696,617 head1966: 3,694,000 head1967: 3,844,054 head1968: 4,000,000 head1969: 4,184,740 head1970: 4,288,070 head1971: 4,235,000 head1972: 4,249,276 head1973: 4,475,439 head1974: 4,412,694 head1975: 4,416,528 head1976: 4,407,838 head1977: 4,500,166 head1978: 4,705,635 head1979: 4,615,000 head1980: 4,679,000 head1981: 4,531,084 head1982: 5,075,000 head1983: 5,017,000 head1984: 5,004,000 head1985: 5,007,058 head1986: 4,953,000 head1987: 4,795,000 head1988: 5,094,000 head1989: 5,061,000 head1990: 5,187,000 head1991: 5,126,000 head1992: 5,063,000 head1993: 4,976,000 head1994: 5,018,000 head1995: 5,248,000 head1996: 5,512,000 head1997: 5,925,000 head1998: 5,884,000 head1999: 5,965,000 head2000: 6,216,883 head2001: 6,410,780 head2002: 6,477,895 head2003: 6,548,379 head2004: 6,653,087 head2005: 6,463,430 head2006: 6,184,092 head2007: 6,584,980 head2008: 6,020,200 head2009: 6,082,400 head2010: 6,075,100 head2011: 5,923,200 head2012: 5,812,600 head2013: 5,696,910 head2014: 6,078,700 head2015: 6,182,908 head2016: 6,257,057 head2017: 6,465,747 head2018: 6,510,590 head2019: 6,600,330 head2020: 6,636,430 head2021: 6,576,300 head2022: 6,455,130 head2023: 6,294,640 head2024: 6,173,960 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
20246,173,960
20236,294,640
20226,455,130
20216,576,300
20206,636,430
20196,600,330
20186,510,590
20176,465,747
20166,257,057
20156,182,908
20146,078,700
20135,696,910
20125,812,600
20115,923,200
20106,075,100
20096,082,400
20086,020,200
20076,584,980
20066,184,092
20056,463,430
20046,653,087
20036,548,379
20026,477,895
20016,410,780
20006,216,883
19995,965,000
19985,884,000
19975,925,000
19965,512,000
19955,248,000
19945,018,000
19934,976,000
19925,063,000
19915,126,000
19905,187,000
19895,061,000
19885,094,000
19874,795,000
19864,953,000
19855,007,058
19845,004,000
19835,017,000
19825,075,000
19814,531,084
19804,679,000
19794,615,000
19784,705,635
19774,500,166
19764,407,838
19754,416,528
19744,412,694
19734,475,439
19724,249,276
19714,235,000
19704,288,070
19694,184,740
19684,000,000
19673,844,054
19663,694,000
19653,696,617
19643,670,946
19633,682,946
19623,660,000
19613,640,342

Spain 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. Spain 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, Spain, 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, Spain, 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/spain. 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, Spain, 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/spain.

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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, Spain, 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/spain (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, Spain, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/cattle-population/spain. 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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What is the number of cattle in Spain?

Number of cattle in Spain was 6,173,960 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 1.9% from 2023. That is the 5th 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 Spain?

6,653,087 head in 2004, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

Number of cattle elsewhere in European Union (27)

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