# Number of chickens in France

Number of chickens in France was 229,317,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 229,317,000 |
| 2023 | 211,370,000 |
| 2022 | 231,096,000 |
| 2021 | 239,840,000 |
| 2020 | 242,015,000 |
| 2019 | 237,864,000 |
| 2018 | 239,290,000 |
| 2017 | 244,774,000 |
| 2016 | 243,526,000 |
| 2015 | 247,298,000 |
| 2014 | 243,219,000 |
| 2013 | 251,581,000 |
| 2012 | 241,133,000 |
| 2011 | 232,910,000 |
| 2010 | 231,527,000 |
| 2009 | 196,608,000 |
| 2008 | 192,735,000 |
| 2007 | 191,724,000 |
| 2006 | 182,578,000 |
| 2005 | 191,732,000 |
| 2004 | 197,361,000 |
| 2003 | 205,732,000 |
| 2002 | 210,748,000 |
| 2001 | 216,177,000 |
| 2000 | 214,187,000 |
| 1999 | 223,939,000 |
| 1998 | 233,149,000 |
| 1997 | 231,143,000 |
| 1996 | 226,603,000 |
| 1995 | 220,499,000 |
| 1994 | 219,089,000 |
| 1993 | 218,752,000 |
| 1992 | 213,960,000 |
| 1991 | 211,104,000 |
| 1990 | 194,166,000 |
| 1989 | 201,808,000 |
| 1988 | 211,084,000 |
| 1987 | 207,544,000 |
| 1986 | 208,542,000 |
| 1985 | 209,759,000 |
| 1984 | 185,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 187,000,000 |
| 1982 | 187,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 185,965,000 |
| 1980 | 176,290,000 |
| 1979 | 169,190,000 |
| 1978 | 170,546,000 |
| 1977 | 168,954,000 |
| 1976 | 164,755,000 |
| 1975 | 164,402,000 |
| 1974 | 162,064,000 |
| 1973 | 158,000,000 |
| 1972 | 156,848,000 |
| 1971 | 162,637,000 |
| 1970 | 164,756,000 |
| 1969 | 165,398,000 |
| 1968 | 158,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 138,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 138,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 180,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 175,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 173,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 170,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 167,000,000 (estimated) |