# Number of chickens in Burkina Faso

Number of chickens in Burkina Faso was 36,043,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 36,043,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 32,977,000 |
| 2022 | 32,587,000 |
| 2021 | 32,201,000 |
| 2020 | 45,051,000 |
| 2019 | 39,128,000 |
| 2018 | 37,988,000 |
| 2017 | 36,882,000 |
| 2016 | 35,808,000 |
| 2015 | 43,487,000 |
| 2014 | 33,752,000 |
| 2013 | 32,769,000 |
| 2012 | 31,815,000 |
| 2011 | 40,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 39,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 37,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 35,359,000 |
| 2007 | 32,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 30,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 27,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 25,052,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 24,384,000 |
| 2002 | 23,734,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 23,100,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 22,484,000 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 21,885,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 21,301,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 20,733,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 20,180,000 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 19,641,000 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 19,117,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 18,607,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 18,111,000 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 17,628,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 17,158,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 16,700,000 |
| 1988 | 16,373,000 |
| 1987 | 16,052,000 |
| 1986 | 15,737,000 |
| 1985 | 15,428,000 |
| 1984 | 14,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 13,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 12,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 11,262,000 |
| 1980 | 11,041,000 |
| 1979 | 10,824,000 |
| 1978 | 10,612,000 |
| 1977 | 10,400,000 |
| 1976 | 10,200,000 |
| 1975 | 10,000,000 |
| 1974 | 9,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 10,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 10,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 10,640,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 10,420,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 10,200,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 10,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 9,750,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 9,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 9,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 9,200,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 9,050,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 8,900,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 8,700,000 (estimated) |