# Number of chickens in Belgium

Number of chickens in Belgium was 48,754,000 head in 2023. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 48,754,000 |
| 2022 | 53,283,000 |
| 2021 | 53,188,000 |
| 2020 | 53,362,000 |
| 2019 | 49,127,000 |
| 2018 | 47,469,000 |
| 2017 | 40,179,000 |
| 2016 | 42,553,000 |
| 2015 | 37,739,000 |
| 2014 | 33,700,000 |
| 2013 | 36,219,000 |
| 2012 | 35,618,000 |
| 2011 | 35,376,000 |
| 2010 | 34,375,000 |
| 2009 | 33,240,000 |
| 2008 | 32,493,000 |
| 2007 | 32,750,000 |
| 2006 | 32,867,000 |
| 2005 | 35,569,000 |
| 2004 | 36,506,000 |
| 2003 | 32,032,000 |
| 2002 | 37,928,000 |
| 2001 | 38,529,000 |
| 2000 | 39,729,000 |