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Number of chickens in Denmark

Number of chickens in Denmark was 20,718,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 5.2% from 2023.

2024, head20,718,000
Change on 2023-5.2%
Series high30,575,0001961
Series low14,008,0001986

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Number of chickens in Denmark, 1961 to 2024

10M15M20M25M30M35M19611971198119912001201120241961: 30,575,000 head1962: 29,047,000 head1963: 25,281,000 head1964: 24,982,000 head1965: 20,264,000 head1966: 20,527,000 head1967: 18,594,000 head1968: 18,448,000 head1969: 18,421,000 head1970: 17,847,000 head1971: 16,220,000 head1972: 18,419,000 head1973: 16,124,000 head1974: 15,417,000 head1975: 15,262,000 head1976: 14,773,000 head1977: 14,943,000 head1978: 14,764,000 head1979: 15,016,000 head1980: 15,100,000 head1981: 15,339,000 head1982: 15,185,000 head1983: 14,766,000 head1984: 14,415,000 head1985: 14,067,000 head1986: 14,008,000 head1987: 14,619,000 head1988: 14,614,000 head1989: 16,839,000 head1990: 15,498,000 head1991: 15,086,000 head1992: 18,259,000 head1993: 18,916,000 head1994: 18,954,000 head1995: 18,673,000 head1996: 19,224,000 head1997: 18,156,000 head1998: 18,023,000 head1999: 19,968,000 head2000: 20,982,000 head2001: 20,347,000 head2002: 19,734,000 head2003: 17,152,000 head2004: 16,136,000 head2005: 17,074,000 head2006: 16,826,000 head2007: 15,967,000 head2008: 14,710,000 head2009: 19,224,000 head2010: 18,084,000 head2011: 18,207,000 head2012: 18,174,000 head2013: 18,981,000 head2014: 17,902,000 head2015: 16,887,000 head2016: 17,898,000 head2017: 20,733,000 head2018: 19,351,000 head2019: 22,463,000 head2020: 21,250,000 head2021: 21,454,000 head2022: 22,412,000 head2023: 21,844,000 head2024: 20,718,000 head
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodhead
202420,718,000
202321,844,000
202222,412,000
202121,454,000
202021,250,000
201922,463,000
201819,351,000
201720,733,000
201617,898,000
201516,887,000
201417,902,000
201318,981,000
201218,174,000
201118,207,000
201018,084,000
200919,224,000
200814,710,000
200715,967,000
200616,826,000
200517,074,000
200416,136,000
200317,152,000
200219,734,000
200120,347,000
200020,982,000
199919,968,000
199818,023,000
199718,156,000
199619,224,000
199518,673,000
199418,954,000
199318,916,000
199218,259,000
199115,086,000
199015,498,000
198916,839,000
198814,614,000
198714,619,000
198614,008,000
198514,067,000
198414,415,000
198314,766,000
198215,185,000
198115,339,000
198015,100,000 Estimated
197915,016,000
197814,764,000
197714,943,000
197614,773,000
197515,262,000
197415,417,000
197316,124,000
197218,419,000
197116,220,000
197017,847,000
196918,421,000
196818,448,000
196718,594,000
196620,527,000
196520,264,000
196424,982,000
196325,281,000
196229,047,000
196130,575,000

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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.

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.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112) (Number of chickens, Denmark, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Number of chickens, Denmark, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/denmark. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Number of chickens, Denmark, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/denmark.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Number of chickens, Denmark, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/denmark (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{food_number_of_chickens_denmark_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112): Number of chickens, Denmark, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/denmark. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
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What is the number of chickens in Denmark?

Number of chickens in Denmark was 20,718,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 5.2% from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest number of chickens in Denmark?

30,575,000 head in 1961, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

Number of chickens elsewhere in European Union (27)

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