# Number of chickens in Greece

Number of chickens in Greece was 38,508,000 head in 2023. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 38,508,000 |
| 2022 | 38,649,000 |
| 2021 | 36,597,000 |
| 2020 | 34,033,000 |
| 2019 | 39,188,000 |
| 2018 | 37,300,000 |
| 2017 | 37,262,000 |
| 2016 | 35,545,000 |
| 2015 | 34,477,000 |
| 2014 | 32,062,000 |
| 2013 | 30,324,000 |
| 2012 | 28,083,000 |
| 2011 | 29,000,000 |
| 2010 | 27,841,000 |
| 2009 | 28,960,000 |
| 2008 | 31,765,000 |
| 2007 | 31,424,000 |
| 2006 | 31,372,000 |
| 2005 | 30,391,000 |
| 2004 | 28,939,000 |
| 2003 | 29,888,000 |
| 2002 | 28,516,000 |
| 2001 | 29,961,000 |
| 2000 | 30,289,000 |
| 1999 | 28,207,000 |
| 1998 | 28,166,000 |
| 1997 | 27,774,000 |
| 1996 | 27,650,000 |
| 1995 | 27,463,000 |
| 1994 | 27,805,000 |
| 1993 | 27,509,000 |
| 1992 | 27,376,000 |
| 1991 | 26,767,000 |
| 1990 | 27,578,000 |
| 1989 | 27,295,000 |
| 1988 | 26,889,000 |
| 1987 | 29,123,000 |
| 1986 | 28,029,000 |
| 1985 | 29,123,000 |
| 1984 | 29,082,000 |
| 1983 | 30,253,000 |
| 1982 | 29,544,000 |
| 1981 | 29,562,000 |
| 1980 | 29,440,000 |
| 1979 | 29,661,000 |
| 1978 | 28,185,000 |
| 1977 | 29,963,000 |
| 1976 | 28,843,000 |
| 1975 | 30,053,000 |
| 1974 | 29,566,000 |
| 1973 | 30,662,000 |
| 1972 | 28,644,000 |
| 1971 | 24,133,000 |
| 1970 | 22,494,000 |
| 1969 | 25,316,000 |
| 1968 | 24,960,000 |
| 1967 | 25,017,000 |
| 1966 | 21,783,000 |
| 1965 | 18,535,000 |
| 1964 | 17,851,000 |
| 1963 | 17,161,000 |
| 1962 | 15,030,000 |
| 1961 | 14,337,000 |