# Number of chickens in Germany

Number of chickens in Germany was 156,301,000 head in 2023. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 156,301,000 |
| 2020 | 159,118,000 |
| 2017 | 160,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 158,649,000 |
| 2015 | 140,037,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 121,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 160,774,000 |
| 2012 | 121,040,000 |
| 2011 | 118,640,000 |
| 2010 | 114,113,000 |
| 2009 | 114,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 114,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 114,625,000 |
| 2006 | 107,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 107,267,000 |
| 2004 | 110,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 109,793,000 |
| 2002 | 109,993,000 |
| 2001 | 108,000,000 |
| 2000 | 107,659,000 |
| 1999 | 107,700,000 |
| 1998 | 105,000,000 |
| 1997 | 102,731,000 |
| 1996 | 104,000,000 |
| 1995 | 101,139,000 |
| 1994 | 101,139,000 |
| 1993 | 98,400,000 |
| 1992 | 95,632,000 |
| 1991 | 106,054,000 |
| 1990 | 121,270,000 |
| 1989 | 121,465,000 |
| 1988 | 122,919,000 |
| 1987 | 122,313,000 |
| 1986 | 121,737,000 |
| 1985 | 130,025,000 |
| 1984 | 128,106,000 |
| 1983 | 131,054,000 |
| 1982 | 132,135,000 |
| 1981 | 135,871,000 |
| 1980 | 136,377,000 |
| 1979 | 137,868,000 |
| 1978 | 138,348,000 |
| 1977 | 136,530,000 |
| 1976 | 135,827,000 |
| 1975 | 136,927,000 |
| 1974 | 142,357,000 |
| 1973 | 143,370,000 |
| 1972 | 142,873,000 |
| 1971 | 141,635,000 |
| 1970 | 138,879,000 |
| 1969 | 127,906,000 |
| 1968 | 126,532,000 |
| 1967 | 126,198,000 |
| 1966 | 120,284,000 |
| 1965 | 115,773,000 |
| 1964 | 112,544,000 |
| 1963 | 101,839,000 |
| 1962 | 101,716,000 |
| 1961 | 96,944,000 |