# Number of chickens in Iraq

Number of chickens in Iraq was 140,000,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 140,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 150,905,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 162,496,000 |
| 2021 | 144,702,000 |
| 2020 | 78,534,000 |
| 2019 | 74,302,000 |
| 2018 | 54,161,000 |
| 2017 | 50,073,000 |
| 2016 | 44,753,000 |
| 2015 | 44,802,000 |
| 2014 | 37,968,000 |
| 2013 | 51,198,000 |
| 2012 | 38,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 38,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 34,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 27,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 27,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 45,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 40,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 37,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 30,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 24,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 32,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 28,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 23,000,000 |
| 1999 | 22,000,000 |
| 1998 | 20,000,000 |
| 1997 | 19,000,000 |
| 1996 | 17,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 16,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 15,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 10,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 11,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 3,600,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 80,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 105,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 76,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 75,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 70,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 65,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 55,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 50,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 70,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 30,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 27,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 22,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 20,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 15,395,000 |
| 1976 | 15,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 15,404,000 |
| 1974 | 14,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 13,900,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 13,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 12,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 11,861,000 |
| 1969 | 10,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 8,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 7,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 5,394,000 |
| 1965 | 5,290,000 |
| 1964 | 7,900,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 7,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 7,100,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 6,500,000 (estimated) |