# Number of chickens in Ghana

Number of chickens in Ghana was 94,284,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 94,284,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 93,202,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 80,972,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 81,487,000 |
| 2020 | 81,769,000 |
| 2019 | 89,210,000 |
| 2018 | 81,955,000 |
| 2017 | 75,363,000 |
| 2016 | 73,885,000 |
| 2015 | 71,594,000 |
| 2014 | 68,511,000 |
| 2013 | 63,732,000 |
| 2012 | 57,885,000 |
| 2011 | 52,575,000 |
| 2010 | 47,752,000 |
| 2009 | 43,320,000 |
| 2008 | 39,816,000 |
| 2007 | 37,038,000 |
| 2006 | 34,030,000 |
| 2005 | 28,386,000 |
| 2004 | 29,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 26,395,000 |
| 2002 | 24,251,000 |
| 2001 | 22,032,000 |
| 2000 | 20,472,000 |
| 1999 | 18,810,000 |
| 1998 | 17,302,000 |
| 1997 | 15,888,000 |
| 1996 | 14,589,000 |
| 1995 | 13,083,000 |
| 1994 | 12,289,000 |
| 1993 | 12,170,000 |
| 1992 | 11,232,000 |
| 1991 | 10,572,000 |
| 1990 | 9,686,000 |
| 1989 | 8,787,000 |
| 1988 | 8,040,000 |
| 1987 | 8,214,000 |
| 1986 | 6,419,000 |
| 1985 | 7,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 7,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 8,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 9,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 10,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 11,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 12,384,000 |
| 1978 | 13,240,000 |
| 1977 | 13,560,000 |
| 1976 | 10,420,000 |
| 1975 | 11,003,000 |
| 1974 | 10,899,000 |
| 1973 | 11,480,000 |
| 1972 | 11,279,000 |
| 1971 | 10,823,000 |
| 1970 | 10,823,000 |
| 1969 | 10,000,000 |
| 1968 | 9,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 9,065,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 8,550,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 7,935,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 7,020,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 6,159,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 6,005,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 5,995,000 (estimated) |