# Number of chickens in Denmark

Number of chickens in Denmark was 20,718,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 20,718,000 |
| 2023 | 21,844,000 |
| 2022 | 22,412,000 |
| 2021 | 21,454,000 |
| 2020 | 21,250,000 |
| 2019 | 22,463,000 |
| 2018 | 19,351,000 |
| 2017 | 20,733,000 |
| 2016 | 17,898,000 |
| 2015 | 16,887,000 |
| 2014 | 17,902,000 |
| 2013 | 18,981,000 |
| 2012 | 18,174,000 |
| 2011 | 18,207,000 |
| 2010 | 18,084,000 |
| 2009 | 19,224,000 |
| 2008 | 14,710,000 |
| 2007 | 15,967,000 |
| 2006 | 16,826,000 |
| 2005 | 17,074,000 |
| 2004 | 16,136,000 |
| 2003 | 17,152,000 |
| 2002 | 19,734,000 |
| 2001 | 20,347,000 |
| 2000 | 20,982,000 |
| 1999 | 19,968,000 |
| 1998 | 18,023,000 |
| 1997 | 18,156,000 |
| 1996 | 19,224,000 |
| 1995 | 18,673,000 |
| 1994 | 18,954,000 |
| 1993 | 18,916,000 |
| 1992 | 18,259,000 |
| 1991 | 15,086,000 |
| 1990 | 15,498,000 |
| 1989 | 16,839,000 |
| 1988 | 14,614,000 |
| 1987 | 14,619,000 |
| 1986 | 14,008,000 |
| 1985 | 14,067,000 |
| 1984 | 14,415,000 |
| 1983 | 14,766,000 |
| 1982 | 15,185,000 |
| 1981 | 15,339,000 |
| 1980 | 15,100,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 15,016,000 |
| 1978 | 14,764,000 |
| 1977 | 14,943,000 |
| 1976 | 14,773,000 |
| 1975 | 15,262,000 |
| 1974 | 15,417,000 |
| 1973 | 16,124,000 |
| 1972 | 18,419,000 |
| 1971 | 16,220,000 |
| 1970 | 17,847,000 |
| 1969 | 18,421,000 |
| 1968 | 18,448,000 |
| 1967 | 18,594,000 |
| 1966 | 20,527,000 |
| 1965 | 20,264,000 |
| 1964 | 24,982,000 |
| 1963 | 25,281,000 |
| 1962 | 29,047,000 |
| 1961 | 30,575,000 |