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Number of cattle in Uganda

Number of cattle in Uganda was 14,723,179 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.7% from 2023. That is the 23rd highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head14,723,179 Estimated
Change on 2023+0.7%
Rank23rd of 190Countries ranked
Series high14,918,0002020
Series low3,382,7621962

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Number of cattle in Uganda, 1961 to 2024

2.5M5M7.5M10M12.5M15M19611971198119912001201120241961: 3,618,000 head1962: 3,382,762 head1963: 3,464,603 head1964: 3,463,937 head1965: 3,496,797 head1966: 3,496,797 head1967: 3,626,643 head1968: 3,682,325 head1969: 3,971,000 head1970: 4,280,500 head1971: 4,223,900 head1972: 4,472,600 head1973: 4,628,700 head1974: 4,773,300 head1975: 4,867,900 head1976: 4,989,500 head1977: 4,911,100 head1978: 5,245,600 head1979: 5,242,200 head1980: 4,770,600 head1981: 4,745,400 head1982: 4,821,100 head1983: 4,871,300 head1984: 4,993,100 head1985: 5,000,000 head1986: 5,200,000 head1987: 3,905,200 head1988: 4,259,800 head1989: 4,416,500 head1990: 4,913,200 head1991: 5,121,000 head1992: 5,209,000 head1993: 5,370,000 head1994: 5,106,000 head1995: 5,233,000 head1996: 5,301,000 head1997: 5,460,000 head1998: 5,651,000 head1999: 5,820,000 head2000: 5,965,500 head2001: 6,144,000 head2002: 6,328,000 head2003: 6,519,000 head2004: 6,567,000 head2005: 6,770,000 head2006: 6,973,100 head2007: 7,182,293 head2008: 11,408,740 head2009: 11,751,002 head2010: 12,103,532 head2011: 12,466,638 head2012: 12,805,900 head2013: 12,985,900 head2014: 13,623,000 head2015: 14,031,000 head2016: 14,368,000 head2017: 14,189,000 head2018: 14,572,000 head2019: 14,785,000 head2020: 14,918,000 head2021: 14,500,000 head2022: 14,530,855 head2023: 14,614,315 head2024: 14,723,179 head05M10M15M19611983200520241961: 3,618,000 head1962: 3,382,762 head1963: 3,464,603 head1964: 3,463,937 head1965: 3,496,797 head1966: 3,496,797 head1967: 3,626,643 head1968: 3,682,325 head1969: 3,971,000 head1970: 4,280,500 head1971: 4,223,900 head1972: 4,472,600 head1973: 4,628,700 head1974: 4,773,300 head1975: 4,867,900 head1976: 4,989,500 head1977: 4,911,100 head1978: 5,245,600 head1979: 5,242,200 head1980: 4,770,600 head1981: 4,745,400 head1982: 4,821,100 head1983: 4,871,300 head1984: 4,993,100 head1985: 5,000,000 head1986: 5,200,000 head1987: 3,905,200 head1988: 4,259,800 head1989: 4,416,500 head1990: 4,913,200 head1991: 5,121,000 head1992: 5,209,000 head1993: 5,370,000 head1994: 5,106,000 head1995: 5,233,000 head1996: 5,301,000 head1997: 5,460,000 head1998: 5,651,000 head1999: 5,820,000 head2000: 5,965,500 head2001: 6,144,000 head2002: 6,328,000 head2003: 6,519,000 head2004: 6,567,000 head2005: 6,770,000 head2006: 6,973,100 head2007: 7,182,293 head2008: 11,408,740 head2009: 11,751,002 head2010: 12,103,532 head2011: 12,466,638 head2012: 12,805,900 head2013: 12,985,900 head2014: 13,623,000 head2015: 14,031,000 head2016: 14,368,000 head2017: 14,189,000 head2018: 14,572,000 head2019: 14,785,000 head2020: 14,918,000 head2021: 14,500,000 head2022: 14,530,855 head2023: 14,614,315 head2024: 14,723,179 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
202414,723,179 Estimated
202314,614,315
202214,530,855
202114,500,000
202014,918,000
201914,785,000
201814,572,000
201714,189,000
201614,368,000
201514,031,000
201413,623,000
201312,985,900
201212,805,900
201112,466,638
201012,103,532
200911,751,002
200811,408,740
20077,182,293
20066,973,100
20056,770,000
20046,567,000
20036,519,000
20026,328,000
20016,144,000
20005,965,500
19995,820,000
19985,651,000
19975,460,000
19965,301,000
19955,233,000
19945,106,000
19935,370,000
19925,209,000
19915,121,000
19904,913,200
19894,416,500
19884,259,800
19873,905,200
19865,200,000
19855,000,000
19844,993,100
19834,871,300
19824,821,100
19814,745,400
19804,770,600
19795,242,200
19785,245,600
19774,911,100
19764,989,500
19754,867,900
19744,773,300
19734,628,700
19724,472,600
19714,223,900
19704,280,500
19693,971,000
19683,682,325
19673,626,643
19663,496,797
19653,496,797
19643,463,937
19633,464,603
19623,382,762
19613,618,000

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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, Uganda, 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, Uganda, 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/uganda. 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, Uganda, 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/uganda.

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, Uganda, 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/uganda (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Number of cattle, Uganda, 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/uganda. 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 Uganda?

Number of cattle in Uganda was 14,723,179 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.7% from 2023. That is the 23rd highest of 190 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 Uganda?

14,918,000 head in 2020, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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