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Number of chickens in Austria

Number of chickens in Austria was 17,804,000 head in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

2023, head17,804,000
Series high17,804,0002023
Series low9,788,0001961

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Number of chickens in Austria, 1961 to 2023

8M10M12M14M16M18M19611970197919881997200620231961: 9,788,000 head1962: 9,943,000 head1963: 10,071,000 head1964: 10,348,000 head1965: 10,626,000 head1966: 10,396,000 head1967: 10,777,000 head1968: 10,856,000 head1969: 11,291,000 head1970: 11,543,000 head1971: 12,140,000 head1972: 12,231,000 head1973: 12,463,000 head1974: 12,034,000 head1975: 12,250,000 head1976: 12,959,000 head1977: 13,359,000 head1978: 14,038,000 head1979: 14,938,000 head1980: 14,496,000 head1981: 14,160,000 head1982: 15,656,000 head1983: 15,382,000 head1984: 15,173,000 head1985: 14,949,000 head1986: 14,440,000 head1987: 14,198,000 head1988: 14,504,000 head1989: 13,590,000 head1990: 14,145,000 head1991: 13,139,000 head1992: 13,479,000 head1993: 12,872,000 head1994: 13,589,000 head1995: 13,266,000 head1996: 13,157,000 head1997: 12,215,000 head1998: 13,950,000 head1999: 13,540,000 head2000: 13,798,000 head2001: 11,077,000 head2002: 11,905,000 head2003: 12,431,000 head2004: 12,354,000 head2005: 12,700,000 head2006: 15,000,000 head2007: 13,570,000 head2008: 13,770,000 head2009: 14,400,000 head2010: 15,650,000 head2011: 16,000,000 head2012: 15,500,000 head2013: 16,300,000 head2014: 16,500,000 head2015: 16,465,000 head2016: 16,745,000 head2017: 16,736,000 head2020: 16,857,000 head2023: 17,804,000 head
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 59 values
Periodhead
202317,804,000
202016,857,000
201716,736,000 Estimated
201616,745,000
201516,465,000 Estimated
201416,500,000 Estimated
201316,300,000 Estimated
201215,500,000
201116,000,000
201015,650,000
200914,400,000
200813,770,000
200713,570,000
200615,000,000 Estimated
200512,700,000
200412,354,000
200312,431,000
200211,905,000
200111,077,000
200013,798,000
199913,540,000
199813,950,000
199712,215,000
199613,157,000
199513,266,000
199413,589,000
199312,872,000
199213,479,000
199113,139,000
199014,145,000
198913,590,000
198814,504,000
198714,198,000
198614,440,000
198514,949,000
198415,173,000
198315,382,000
198215,656,000
198114,160,000
198014,496,000
197914,938,000
197814,038,000
197713,359,000
197612,959,000
197512,250,000
197412,034,000
197312,463,000
197212,231,000
197112,140,000
197011,543,000
196911,291,000
196810,856,000
196710,777,000
196610,396,000
196510,626,000
196410,348,000
196310,071,000
19629,943,000
19619,788,000

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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.

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.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112) (Number of chickens, Austria, 1961 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Number of chickens, Austria, 1961 to 2023. 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/chicken-population/austria. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Number of chickens, Austria, 1961 to 2023. 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/chicken-population/austria.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Number of chickens, Austria, 1961 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/austria (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{food_number_of_chickens_austria_2023,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112): Number of chickens, Austria, 1961 to 2023}},
  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/chicken-population/austria. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
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Number of chickens in Austria was 17,804,000 head in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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17,804,000 head in 2023, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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