# Number of chickens in Iran

Number of chickens in Iran was 1,032,877,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,032,877,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 1,018,162,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 1,035,986,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 1,026,412,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 994,227,000 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 986,269,000 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 977,326,000 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 966,962,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 955,047,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 941,837,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 930,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 927,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 925,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 900,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 880,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 873,704,000 |
| 2008 | 710,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 650,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 640,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 620,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 590,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 410,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 350,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 280,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 250,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 220,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 230,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 210,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 202,140,000 |
| 1995 | 186,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 186,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 176,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 170,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 165,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 160,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 160,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 150,512,000 |
| 1987 | 150,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 140,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 110,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 110,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 105,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 100,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 95,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 90,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 90,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 86,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 80,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 70,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 66,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 66,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 63,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 62,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 58,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 54,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 50,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 47,511,000 |
| 1967 | 37,088,000 |
| 1966 | 26,660,000 |
| 1965 | 26,660,000 |
| 1964 | 26,660,000 |
| 1963 | 26,000,000 |
| 1962 | 24,382,000 |
| 1961 | 24,382,000 |