# Number of chickens in Ecuador

Number of chickens in Ecuador was 180,296,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 180,296,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 178,140,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 175,984,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 176,856,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 167,129,000 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 161,552,000 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 158,473,000 |
| 2017 | 160,556,000 |
| 2016 | 160,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 161,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 162,300,000 |
| 2013 | 163,730,000 |
| 2012 | 149,010,000 |
| 2011 | 134,490,000 |
| 2010 | 182,930,000 |
| 2009 | 149,870,000 |
| 2008 | 141,962,000 |
| 2007 | 101,460,000 |
| 2006 | 103,190,000 |
| 2005 | 133,590,000 |
| 2004 | 140,630,000 |
| 2003 | 144,980,000 |
| 2002 | 146,200,000 |
| 2001 | 138,429,000 |
| 2000 | 130,050,000 |
| 1999 | 100,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 100,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 99,850,000 |
| 1996 | 83,978,000 |
| 1995 | 61,512,000 |
| 1994 | 59,512,000 |
| 1993 | 58,453,000 |
| 1992 | 58,627,000 |
| 1991 | 55,715,000 |
| 1990 | 51,205,000 |
| 1989 | 48,782,000 |
| 1988 | 49,897,000 |
| 1987 | 49,031,000 |
| 1986 | 49,541,000 |
| 1985 | 40,752,000 |
| 1984 | 33,026,000 |
| 1983 | 27,256,000 |
| 1982 | 41,357,000 |
| 1981 | 37,634,000 |
| 1980 | 32,634,000 |
| 1979 | 27,497,000 |
| 1978 | 23,328,000 |
| 1977 | 21,100,000 |
| 1976 | 15,051,000 |
| 1975 | 12,949,000 |
| 1974 | 11,851,000 |
| 1973 | 10,900,000 |
| 1972 | 11,579,000 |
| 1971 | 7,569,000 |
| 1970 | 6,139,000 |
| 1969 | 6,100,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 5,900,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 5,700,000 |
| 1966 | 5,350,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 5,325,000 |
| 1964 | 5,039,000 |
| 1963 | 4,747,000 |
| 1962 | 4,380,000 |
| 1961 | 4,250,000 |