# Number of chickens in Brazil

Number of chickens in Brazil was 1,581,216,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,581,216,000 |
| 2023 | 1,554,374,000 |
| 2022 | 1,568,518,000 |
| 2021 | 1,528,032,000 |
| 2020 | 1,478,424,000 |
| 2019 | 1,457,697,000 |
| 2018 | 1,465,647,000 |
| 2017 | 1,426,659,000 |
| 2016 | 1,347,626,000 |
| 2015 | 1,326,453,000 |
| 2014 | 1,320,749,000 |
| 2013 | 1,246,638,000 |
| 2012 | 1,245,269,000 |
| 2011 | 1,268,209,000 |
| 2010 | 1,238,913,000 |
| 2009 | 1,230,087,000 |
| 2008 | 1,198,704,000 |
| 2007 | 1,127,658,000 |
| 2006 | 1,011,516,000 |
| 2005 | 999,041,000 |
| 2004 | 944,298,000 |
| 2003 | 921,323,000 |
| 2002 | 884,145,000 |
| 2001 | 882,888,000 |
| 2000 | 842,741,000 |
| 1999 | 804,575,000 |
| 1998 | 765,222,000 |
| 1997 | 760,622,000 |
| 1996 | 728,087,000 |
| 1995 | 729,531,000 |
| 1994 | 681,088,000 |
| 1993 | 654,167,000 |
| 1992 | 639,625,000 |
| 1991 | 594,392,000 |
| 1990 | 546,235,000 |
| 1989 | 531,219,000 |
| 1988 | 510,099,000 |
| 1987 | 514,550,000 |
| 1986 | 495,640,000 |
| 1985 | 470,088,000 |
| 1984 | 462,784,000 |
| 1983 | 450,753,000 |
| 1982 | 469,924,000 |
| 1981 | 450,048,000 |
| 1980 | 441,321,000 |
| 1979 | 387,657,000 |
| 1978 | 345,711,000 |
| 1977 | 331,586,000 |
| 1976 | 338,977,000 |
| 1975 | 311,867,000 |
| 1974 | 274,378,000 |
| 1973 | 271,675,000 |
| 1972 | 250,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 213,622,000 |
| 1970 | 200,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 193,378,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 184,170,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 175,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 167,048,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 159,093,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 151,517,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 144,302,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 137,430,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 132,275,000 |