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Number of cattle in Uruguay

Number of cattle in Uruguay was 11,960,556 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.7% from 2023. That is the 29th highest of 190 countries in 2024.

2024, head11,960,556 Estimated
Change on 2023+0.7%
Rank29th of 190Countries ranked
Series high12,657,0002008
Series low8,142,0001965

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Number of cattle in Uruguay, 1961 to 2024

8M9M10M11M12M13M19611971198119912001201120241961: 8,792,428 head1962: 8,835,000 head1963: 8,682,000 head1964: 8,698,000 head1965: 8,142,000 head1966: 8,187,676 head1967: 8,570,000 head1968: 8,622,000 head1969: 8,900,000 head1970: 8,563,747 head1971: 8,727,000 head1972: 9,272,651 head1973: 9,860,187 head1974: 10,672,000 head1975: 11,530,000 head1976: 10,383,000 head1977: 10,111,000 head1978: 10,001,000 head1979: 10,300,000 head1980: 11,173,000 head1981: 11,420,838 head1982: 11,236,590 head1983: 9,704,325 head1984: 9,061,919 head1985: 9,371,000 head1986: 9,300,479 head1987: 9,945,313 head1988: 10,330,911 head1989: 9,446,155 head1990: 8,692,000 head1991: 9,001,000 head1992: 9,670,000 head1993: 10,217,000 head1994: 10,511,000 head1995: 10,450,000 head1996: 10,651,000 head1997: 10,553,000 head1998: 10,297,000 head1999: 10,389,000 head2000: 10,353,000 head2001: 10,595,000 head2002: 11,268,000 head2003: 11,708,000 head2004: 11,958,000 head2005: 11,956,000 head2006: 12,437,000 head2007: 12,368,000 head2008: 12,657,000 head2009: 12,490,000 head2010: 11,800,000 head2011: 11,808,000 head2012: 11,406,000 head2013: 11,536,000 head2014: 11,834,000 head2015: 11,911,000 head2016: 11,993,000 head2017: 11,739,000 head2018: 11,468,000 head2019: 11,411,000 head2020: 11,182,000 head2021: 11,910,000 head2022: 11,572,000 head2023: 11,877,000 head2024: 11,960,556 head8M10M12M14M19611983200520241961: 8,792,428 head1962: 8,835,000 head1963: 8,682,000 head1964: 8,698,000 head1965: 8,142,000 head1966: 8,187,676 head1967: 8,570,000 head1968: 8,622,000 head1969: 8,900,000 head1970: 8,563,747 head1971: 8,727,000 head1972: 9,272,651 head1973: 9,860,187 head1974: 10,672,000 head1975: 11,530,000 head1976: 10,383,000 head1977: 10,111,000 head1978: 10,001,000 head1979: 10,300,000 head1980: 11,173,000 head1981: 11,420,838 head1982: 11,236,590 head1983: 9,704,325 head1984: 9,061,919 head1985: 9,371,000 head1986: 9,300,479 head1987: 9,945,313 head1988: 10,330,911 head1989: 9,446,155 head1990: 8,692,000 head1991: 9,001,000 head1992: 9,670,000 head1993: 10,217,000 head1994: 10,511,000 head1995: 10,450,000 head1996: 10,651,000 head1997: 10,553,000 head1998: 10,297,000 head1999: 10,389,000 head2000: 10,353,000 head2001: 10,595,000 head2002: 11,268,000 head2003: 11,708,000 head2004: 11,958,000 head2005: 11,956,000 head2006: 12,437,000 head2007: 12,368,000 head2008: 12,657,000 head2009: 12,490,000 head2010: 11,800,000 head2011: 11,808,000 head2012: 11,406,000 head2013: 11,536,000 head2014: 11,834,000 head2015: 11,911,000 head2016: 11,993,000 head2017: 11,739,000 head2018: 11,468,000 head2019: 11,411,000 head2020: 11,182,000 head2021: 11,910,000 head2022: 11,572,000 head2023: 11,877,000 head2024: 11,960,556 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
202411,960,556 Estimated
202311,877,000
202211,572,000
202111,910,000
202011,182,000
201911,411,000
201811,468,000
201711,739,000
201611,993,000
201511,911,000
201411,834,000
201311,536,000
201211,406,000
201111,808,000
201011,800,000
200912,490,000
200812,657,000
200712,368,000
200612,437,000
200511,956,000
200411,958,000
200311,708,000
200211,268,000
200110,595,000
200010,353,000
199910,389,000
199810,297,000
199710,553,000
199610,651,000
199510,450,000
199410,511,000
199310,217,000
19929,670,000
19919,001,000
19908,692,000
19899,446,155
198810,330,911
19879,945,313
19869,300,479
19859,371,000
19849,061,919
19839,704,325
198211,236,590
198111,420,838
198011,173,000
197910,300,000
197810,001,000
197710,111,000
197610,383,000
197511,530,000
197410,672,000
19739,860,187
19729,272,651
19718,727,000
19708,563,747
19698,900,000
19688,622,000
19678,570,000
19668,187,676
19658,142,000
19648,698,000
19638,682,000
19628,835,000
19618,792,428

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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, Uruguay, 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, Uruguay, 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/uruguay. 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, Uruguay, 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/uruguay.

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, Uruguay, 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/uruguay (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, Uruguay, 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/uruguay. 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 Uruguay?

Number of cattle in Uruguay was 11,960,556 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.7% from 2023. That is the 29th 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 Uruguay?

12,657,000 head in 2008, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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