# Number of chickens in Austria

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

- Indicator id: `chicken_stocks`
- Place id: `at`
- 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/austria
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=chicken_stocks&place=at

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 17,804,000 |
| 2020 | 16,857,000 |
| 2017 | 16,736,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 16,745,000 |
| 2015 | 16,465,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 16,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 16,300,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 15,500,000 |
| 2011 | 16,000,000 |
| 2010 | 15,650,000 |
| 2009 | 14,400,000 |
| 2008 | 13,770,000 |
| 2007 | 13,570,000 |
| 2006 | 15,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 12,700,000 |
| 2004 | 12,354,000 |
| 2003 | 12,431,000 |
| 2002 | 11,905,000 |
| 2001 | 11,077,000 |
| 2000 | 13,798,000 |
| 1999 | 13,540,000 |
| 1998 | 13,950,000 |
| 1997 | 12,215,000 |
| 1996 | 13,157,000 |
| 1995 | 13,266,000 |
| 1994 | 13,589,000 |
| 1993 | 12,872,000 |
| 1992 | 13,479,000 |
| 1991 | 13,139,000 |
| 1990 | 14,145,000 |
| 1989 | 13,590,000 |
| 1988 | 14,504,000 |
| 1987 | 14,198,000 |
| 1986 | 14,440,000 |
| 1985 | 14,949,000 |
| 1984 | 15,173,000 |
| 1983 | 15,382,000 |
| 1982 | 15,656,000 |
| 1981 | 14,160,000 |
| 1980 | 14,496,000 |
| 1979 | 14,938,000 |
| 1978 | 14,038,000 |
| 1977 | 13,359,000 |
| 1976 | 12,959,000 |
| 1975 | 12,250,000 |
| 1974 | 12,034,000 |
| 1973 | 12,463,000 |
| 1972 | 12,231,000 |
| 1971 | 12,140,000 |
| 1970 | 11,543,000 |
| 1969 | 11,291,000 |
| 1968 | 10,856,000 |
| 1967 | 10,777,000 |
| 1966 | 10,396,000 |
| 1965 | 10,626,000 |
| 1964 | 10,348,000 |
| 1963 | 10,071,000 |
| 1962 | 9,943,000 |
| 1961 | 9,788,000 |