# Number of chickens in India

Number of chickens in India was 852,885,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 852,885,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 845,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 837,061,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 828,366,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 821,108,000 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 807,894,000 |
| 2018 | 790,877,000 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 774,010,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 757,404,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 741,105,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 725,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 709,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 692,646,000 |
| 2011 | 679,000,000 |
| 2010 | 663,300,000 |
| 2009 | 647,740,000 |
| 2008 | 632,560,000 |
| 2007 | 617,734,000 |
| 2006 | 572,996,000 |
| 2005 | 531,536,000 |
| 2004 | 493,076,000 |
| 2003 | 457,399,000 |
| 2002 | 419,000,000 |
| 2001 | 396,000,000 |
| 2000 | 374,000,000 |
| 1999 | 353,000,000 |
| 1998 | 334,000,000 |
| 1997 | 315,428,000 |
| 1996 | 314,000,000 |
| 1995 | 306,000,000 |
| 1994 | 298,000,000 |
| 1993 | 291,000,000 |
| 1992 | 284,025,000 |
| 1991 | 274,000,000 |
| 1990 | 268,000,000 |
| 1989 | 262,000,000 |
| 1988 | 256,500,000 |
| 1987 | 251,000,000 |
| 1986 | 260,200,000 |
| 1985 | 246,000,000 |
| 1984 | 232,500,000 |
| 1983 | 219,800,000 |
| 1982 | 180,500,000 |
| 1981 | 197,000,000 |
| 1980 | 186,800,000 |
| 1979 | 177,100,000 |
| 1978 | 167,900,000 |
| 1977 | 149,300,000 |
| 1976 | 142,000,000 |
| 1975 | 141,000,000 |
| 1974 | 140,000,000 |
| 1973 | 139,000,000 |
| 1972 | 129,500,000 |
| 1971 | 132,000,000 |
| 1970 | 127,000,000 |
| 1969 | 123,000,000 |
| 1968 | 120,000,000 |
| 1967 | 117,000,000 |
| 1966 | 105,700,000 |
| 1965 | 106,100,000 |
| 1964 | 106,500,000 |
| 1963 | 106,800,000 |
| 1962 | 107,200,000 |
| 1961 | 107,600,000 |