Number of chickens
Number of chickens present in the country, laying hens and birds raised for meat alike, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO publishes thousands of birds; Invokely multiplies by 1,000.
A count on one day of the year, while broilers live a few weeks, so it understates the number of birds raised in a year. 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.
Key facts
- Number of chickens in the World was 27,680,730,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Number of chickens in the United States was 1,555,000,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- China had the highest number of chickens of 179 countries in 2024, at 5,243,707,000 head, and Nauru the lowest, at 5,000 head. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Published for 199 places, with figures from 1961 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by number of chickens, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Namibia
- Ukraine
- New Caledonia
- Niger
- Ireland
- Belgium
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest number of chickens? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"chicken_stocks","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=chicken_stocks&level=country