# Number of chickens in Egypt

Number of chickens in Egypt was 272,284,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 272,284,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 257,054,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 289,799,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 270,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 250,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 210,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 161,066,000 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 155,783,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 150,814,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 145,494,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 140,600,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 140,200,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 114,892,000 |
| 2011 | 112,378,000 |
| 2010 | 103,789,000 |
| 2009 | 97,775,000 |
| 2008 | 91,861,000 |
| 2007 | 89,578,000 |
| 2006 | 72,467,000 |
| 2005 | 71,788,000 |
| 2004 | 74,316,000 |
| 2003 | 95,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 92,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 91,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 89,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 88,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 86,000,000 |
| 1997 | 85,768,000 |
| 1996 | 81,103,000 |
| 1995 | 76,692,000 |
| 1994 | 69,720,000 |
| 1993 | 59,591,000 |
| 1992 | 50,933,000 |
| 1991 | 43,533,000 |
| 1990 | 37,208,000 |
| 1989 | 33,905,000 |
| 1988 | 33,515,000 |
| 1987 | 33,125,000 |
| 1986 | 32,735,000 |
| 1985 | 32,345,000 |
| 1984 | 31,955,000 |
| 1983 | 29,949,000 |
| 1982 | 28,208,000 |
| 1981 | 27,903,000 |
| 1980 | 27,597,000 |
| 1979 | 27,292,000 |
| 1978 | 26,986,000 |
| 1977 | 26,680,000 |
| 1976 | 26,375,000 |
| 1975 | 26,069,000 |
| 1974 | 25,764,000 |
| 1973 | 25,458,000 |
| 1972 | 25,152,000 |
| 1971 | 24,847,000 |
| 1970 | 24,541,000 |
| 1969 | 24,236,000 |
| 1968 | 23,930,000 |
| 1967 | 23,624,000 |
| 1966 | 23,319,000 |
| 1965 | 23,013,000 |
| 1964 | 22,708,000 |
| 1963 | 22,402,000 |
| 1962 | 22,096,000 |
| 1961 | 21,791,000 |