# Number of chickens in Australia

Number of chickens in Australia was 108,508,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `chicken_stocks`
- Place id: `au`
- Unit: head
- Definition: 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/fao
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 4.0 with the FAO Statistical Database Terms of Use (attribution in FAO's format, no use to promote a commercial enterprise or its products, no implied FAO endorsement)
- Citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/australia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=chicken_stocks&place=au

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 108,508,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 108,222,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 109,397,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 111,189,000 |
| 2020 | 100,894,000 |
| 2019 | 111,924,000 |
| 2018 | 99,784,000 |
| 2017 | 95,012,000 |
| 2016 | 90,052,000 |
| 2015 | 88,658,000 |
| 2014 | 97,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 98,653,000 |
| 2012 | 100,996,000 |
| 2011 | 90,744,000 |
| 2010 | 83,024,000 |
| 2009 | 95,409,000 |
| 2008 | 88,629,000 |
| 2007 | 97,386,000 |
| 2006 | 94,384,000 |
| 2005 | 75,903,000 |
| 2004 | 83,404,000 |
| 2003 | 83,826,000 |
| 2002 | 85,002,000 |
| 2001 | 90,973,000 |
| 2000 | 84,928,000 |
| 1999 | 91,775,000 |
| 1998 | 89,540,000 |
| 1997 | 81,432,000 |
| 1996 | 75,744,000 |
| 1995 | 66,004,000 |
| 1994 | 69,208,000 |
| 1993 | 68,087,000 |
| 1992 | 60,071,000 |
| 1991 | 55,116,000 |
| 1990 | 59,956,000 |
| 1989 | 52,901,000 |
| 1988 | 64,566,000 |
| 1987 | 56,009,000 |
| 1986 | 51,930,000 |
| 1985 | 50,401,000 |
| 1984 | 47,768,000 |
| 1983 | 48,632,000 |
| 1982 | 44,974,000 |
| 1981 | 46,561,000 |
| 1980 | 46,749,000 |
| 1979 | 43,214,000 |
| 1978 | 42,637,000 |
| 1977 | 43,341,000 |
| 1976 | 42,917,000 |
| 1975 | 40,759,000 |
| 1974 | 44,151,000 |
| 1973 | 41,738,000 |
| 1972 | 40,535,000 |
| 1971 | 30,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 27,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 24,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 22,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 22,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 21,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 21,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 21,110,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 20,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 20,290,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 19,890,000 (estimated) |