# Number of chickens in Bulgaria

Number of chickens in Bulgaria was 17,177,000 head in 2020. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2020 | 17,177,000 |
| 2019 | 20,793,000 |
| 2018 | 18,830,000 |
| 2017 | 17,738,000 |
| 2016 | 14,258,000 |
| 2015 | 12,970,000 |
| 2014 | 11,665,000 |
| 2013 | 13,837,000 |
| 2012 | 13,150,000 |
| 2011 | 14,063,000 |
| 2010 | 16,002,000 |
| 2009 | 15,765,000 |
| 2008 | 16,426,000 |
| 2007 | 17,959,000 |
| 2006 | 17,205,000 |
| 2005 | 17,160,000 |
| 2004 | 18,736,000 |
| 2003 | 18,736,000 |
| 2002 | 15,700,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 13,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 13,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 14,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 13,600,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 15,127,000 |
| 1996 | 17,349,000 |
| 1995 | 17,822,000 |
| 1994 | 17,111,000 |
| 1993 | 19,022,000 |
| 1992 | 20,907,000 |
| 1991 | 26,998,000 |
| 1990 | 35,033,000 |
| 1989 | 40,471,000 |
| 1988 | 40,232,000 |
| 1987 | 38,466,000 |
| 1986 | 37,944,000 |
| 1985 | 40,666,000 |
| 1984 | 41,390,000 |
| 1983 | 41,083,000 |
| 1982 | 38,765,000 |
| 1981 | 39,877,000 |
| 1980 | 39,164,000 |
| 1979 | 38,331,000 |
| 1978 | 39,025,000 |
| 1977 | 37,329,000 |
| 1976 | 35,891,000 |
| 1975 | 32,694,000 |
| 1974 | 34,320,000 |
| 1973 | 32,187,000 |
| 1972 | 31,319,000 |
| 1971 | 31,056,000 |
| 1970 | 27,329,000 |
| 1969 | 22,675,000 |
| 1968 | 25,055,000 |
| 1967 | 21,443,000 |
| 1966 | 18,998,000 |
| 1965 | 20,117,000 |
| 1964 | 20,500,000 |
| 1963 | 19,845,000 |
| 1962 | 21,574,000 |
| 1961 | 22,241,000 |