# Number of chickens in Estonia

Number of chickens in Estonia was 2,274,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 2,274,000 |
| 2023 | 2,132,000 |
| 2022 | 2,092,000 |
| 2021 | 2,032,000 |
| 2020 | 2,055,000 |
| 2019 | 2,080,000 |
| 2018 | 2,059,000 |
| 2017 | 2,195,000 |
| 2016 | 2,054,000 |
| 2015 | 2,285,000 |
| 2014 | 2,048,000 |
| 2013 | 2,097,000 |
| 2012 | 1,973,000 |
| 2011 | 2,006,000 |
| 2010 | 1,769,000 |
| 2009 | 1,734,000 |
| 2008 | 1,458,000 |
| 2007 | 1,617,000 |
| 2006 | 1,854,000 |
| 2005 | 2,162,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 1,930,000 |
| 2003 | 2,071,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 2,249,000 |
| 2001 | 2,318,000 |
| 2000 | 2,414,000 |
| 1999 | 2,636,000 |
| 1998 | 2,602,000 |
| 1997 | 2,325,000 |
| 1996 | 2,911,000 |
| 1995 | 3,130,000 |
| 1994 | 3,226,000 |
| 1993 | 3,418,000 |
| 1992 | 5,538,000 |