# Number of chickens in Iceland

Number of chickens in Iceland was 230,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 230,000 |
| 2023 | 220,000 |
| 2022 | 220,000 |
| 2021 | 220,000 |
| 2020 | 222,000 |
| 2019 | 227,000 |
| 2018 | 228,000 |
| 2017 | 230,000 |
| 2016 | 226,000 |
| 2015 | 221,000 |
| 2014 | 219,000 |
| 2013 | 217,000 |
| 2012 | 320,000 |
| 2011 | 370,000 |
| 2010 | 218,000 |
| 2009 | 261,000 |
| 2008 | 217,000 |
| 2007 | 209,000 |
| 2006 | 210,000 |
| 2005 | 213,000 |
| 2004 | 192,000 |
| 2003 | 214,000 |
| 2002 | 202,000 |
| 2001 | 157,000 |
| 2000 | 210,000 |
| 1999 | 191,000 |
| 1998 | 202,000 |
| 1997 | 179,000 |
| 1996 | 187,000 |
| 1995 | 186,000 |
| 1994 | 196,000 |
| 1993 | 239,000 |
| 1992 | 400,000 |
| 1991 | 430,000 |
| 1990 | 506,000 |
| 1989 | 415,000 |
| 1988 | 416,000 |
| 1987 | 420,000 |
| 1986 | 569,000 |
| 1985 | 681,000 |
| 1984 | 489,000 |
| 1983 | 466,000 |
| 1982 | 412,000 |
| 1981 | 311,000 |
| 1980 | 394,000 |
| 1979 | 369,000 |
| 1978 | 278,000 |
| 1977 | 296,000 |
| 1976 | 210,000 |
| 1975 | 234,000 |
| 1974 | 229,000 |
| 1973 | 200,000 |
| 1972 | 172,000 |
| 1971 | 135,000 |
| 1970 | 136,000 |
| 1969 | 144,000 |
| 1968 | 109,000 |
| 1967 | 120,000 |
| 1966 | 94,000 |
| 1965 | 97,000 |
| 1964 | 107,000 |
| 1963 | 107,000 |
| 1962 | 95,000 |
| 1961 | 96,000 |