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Number of chickens in Hungary

Number of chickens in Hungary was 28,733,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 6.1% from 2023.

2024, head28,733,000
Change on 2023+6.1%
Series high66,324,0001971
Series low25,473,0001961

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Number of chickens in Hungary, 1961 to 2024

20M30M40M50M60M70M19611971198119912001201120241961: 25,473,000 head1962: 26,245,000 head1963: 35,345,000 head1964: 45,592,000 head1965: 45,863,000 head1966: 47,556,000 head1967: 53,378,000 head1968: 53,482,000 head1969: 46,204,000 head1970: 58,121,000 head1971: 66,324,000 head1972: 55,029,000 head1973: 47,371,000 head1974: 52,261,000 head1975: 54,329,000 head1976: 53,390,000 head1977: 60,498,000 head1978: 61,116,000 head1979: 62,857,000 head1980: 61,269,000 head1981: 61,347,000 head1982: 63,629,000 head1983: 63,058,000 head1984: 59,155,000 head1985: 57,756,000 head1986: 56,686,000 head1987: 62,070,000 head1988: 60,804,000 head1989: 56,719,000 head1990: 52,821,000 head1991: 44,948,000 head1992: 35,556,000 head1993: 36,419,000 head1994: 30,813,000 head1995: 33,906,000 head1996: 31,458,000 head1997: 27,692,000 head1998: 30,983,000 head1999: 30,557,000 head2000: 25,890,000 head2001: 30,716,000 head2002: 34,343,000 head2003: 32,206,000 head2004: 37,502,000 head2005: 32,814,000 head2006: 31,902,000 head2007: 30,303,000 head2008: 29,866,000 head2009: 31,165,000 head2010: 32,128,000 head2011: 31,848,000 head2012: 32,860,000 head2013: 30,075,000 head2014: 29,474,000 head2015: 30,521,000 head2016: 32,432,000 head2017: 32,027,000 head2018: 31,844,000 head2019: 30,658,000 head2020: 30,874,000 head2021: 28,888,000 head2022: 32,114,000 head2023: 27,081,000 head2024: 28,733,000 head20M40M60M80M19611983200520241961: 25,473,000 head1962: 26,245,000 head1963: 35,345,000 head1964: 45,592,000 head1965: 45,863,000 head1966: 47,556,000 head1967: 53,378,000 head1968: 53,482,000 head1969: 46,204,000 head1970: 58,121,000 head1971: 66,324,000 head1972: 55,029,000 head1973: 47,371,000 head1974: 52,261,000 head1975: 54,329,000 head1976: 53,390,000 head1977: 60,498,000 head1978: 61,116,000 head1979: 62,857,000 head1980: 61,269,000 head1981: 61,347,000 head1982: 63,629,000 head1983: 63,058,000 head1984: 59,155,000 head1985: 57,756,000 head1986: 56,686,000 head1987: 62,070,000 head1988: 60,804,000 head1989: 56,719,000 head1990: 52,821,000 head1991: 44,948,000 head1992: 35,556,000 head1993: 36,419,000 head1994: 30,813,000 head1995: 33,906,000 head1996: 31,458,000 head1997: 27,692,000 head1998: 30,983,000 head1999: 30,557,000 head2000: 25,890,000 head2001: 30,716,000 head2002: 34,343,000 head2003: 32,206,000 head2004: 37,502,000 head2005: 32,814,000 head2006: 31,902,000 head2007: 30,303,000 head2008: 29,866,000 head2009: 31,165,000 head2010: 32,128,000 head2011: 31,848,000 head2012: 32,860,000 head2013: 30,075,000 head2014: 29,474,000 head2015: 30,521,000 head2016: 32,432,000 head2017: 32,027,000 head2018: 31,844,000 head2019: 30,658,000 head2020: 30,874,000 head2021: 28,888,000 head2022: 32,114,000 head2023: 27,081,000 head2024: 28,733,000 head
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodhead
202428,733,000
202327,081,000
202232,114,000
202128,888,000
202030,874,000
201930,658,000
201831,844,000
201732,027,000
201632,432,000
201530,521,000
201429,474,000
201330,075,000
201232,860,000
201131,848,000
201032,128,000
200931,165,000
200829,866,000
200730,303,000
200631,902,000
200532,814,000
200437,502,000
200332,206,000
200234,343,000
200130,716,000
200025,890,000
199930,557,000
199830,983,000
199727,692,000
199631,458,000
199533,906,000
199430,813,000
199336,419,000
199235,556,000
199144,948,000
199052,821,000
198956,719,000
198860,804,000
198762,070,000
198656,686,000
198557,756,000
198459,155,000
198363,058,000
198263,629,000
198161,347,000
198061,269,000
197962,857,000
197861,116,000
197760,498,000
197653,390,000
197554,329,000
197452,261,000
197347,371,000
197255,029,000
197166,324,000
197058,121,000
196946,204,000
196853,482,000
196753,378,000
196647,556,000
196545,863,000
196445,592,000
196335,345,000
196226,245,000
196125,473,000

Hungary compared with nearby places

Czechia: 24,917,000 headDenmark: 20,718,000 headEstonia: 2,274,000 headFinland: 14,425,000 headFrance: 229,317,000 headCroatia: 10,936,000 headHungary: 28,733,000 headLithuania: 10,476,000 headLuxembourg: 186,000 headLatvia: 5,985,000 headNetherlands: 89,231,000 headPoland: 244,680,000 headSlovenia: 5,054,000 headSlovakia: 9,593,000 head
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  • 6M to 11M
  • 11M to 19M
  • 19M to 53M
  • 53M and over
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Number of chickens, 2024, head. Hungary is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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.

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.

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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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112) (Number of chickens, Hungary, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Number of chickens, Hungary, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/hungary. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Number of chickens, Hungary, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/hungary.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Number of chickens, Hungary, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/hungary (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112): Number of chickens, Hungary, 1961 to 2024}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/hungary. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
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What is the number of chickens in Hungary?

Number of chickens in Hungary was 28,733,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 6.1% from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest number of chickens in Hungary?

66,324,000 head in 1971, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

Number of chickens elsewhere in European Union (27)

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