# Number of chickens in Hong Kong

Number of chickens in Hong Kong was 4,096,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 4,096,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 4,023,000 |
| 2022 | 3,929,000 |
| 2021 | 4,335,000 |
| 2020 | 4,392,000 |
| 2019 | 4,247,000 |
| 2018 | 4,256,000 |
| 2017 | 4,199,000 |
| 2016 | 4,042,000 |
| 2015 | 4,055,000 |
| 2014 | 1,350,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 1,350,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 1,300,000 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 1,300,000 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 1,250,000 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 1,200,000 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 1,200,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 1,200,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 1,150,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 1,100,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 2,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 3,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 3,290,000 |
| 1995 | 3,512,000 |
| 1994 | 3,917,000 |
| 1993 | 4,006,000 |
| 1992 | 5,051,000 |
| 1991 | 5,405,000 |
| 1990 | 5,632,000 |
| 1989 | 5,998,000 |
| 1988 | 6,411,000 |
| 1987 | 7,058,000 |
| 1986 | 5,488,000 |
| 1985 | 5,706,000 |
| 1984 | 5,964,000 |
| 1983 | 6,983,000 |
| 1982 | 7,038,000 |
| 1981 | 6,288,000 |
| 1980 | 6,756,000 |
| 1979 | 5,883,000 |
| 1978 | 5,506,000 |
| 1977 | 5,777,000 |
| 1976 | 4,016,000 |
| 1975 | 3,671,000 |
| 1974 | 4,282,000 |
| 1973 | 5,422,000 |
| 1972 | 6,371,000 |
| 1971 | 5,910,000 |
| 1970 | 5,881,000 |
| 1969 | 3,836,000 |
| 1968 | 3,258,000 |
| 1967 | 2,397,000 |
| 1966 | 2,112,000 |
| 1965 | 2,121,000 |
| 1964 | 2,328,000 |
| 1963 | 2,592,000 |
| 1962 | 3,251,000 |
| 1961 | 3,000,000 |