# Number of chickens in Ireland

Number of chickens in Ireland was 15,236,000 head in 2020. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2020 | 15,236,000 |
| 2017 | 15,504,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 15,438,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 15,202,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 15,100,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 15,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 14,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 14,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 13,800,000 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 15,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 13,200,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 13,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 12,800,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 12,300,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 12,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 12,738,000 |
| 2002 | 12,709,000 |
| 2001 | 12,603,000 |
| 2000 | 12,725,000 |
| 1999 | 10,991,000 |
| 1998 | 11,233,000 |
| 1997 | 11,491,000 |
| 1996 | 11,221,000 |
| 1995 | 11,906,000 |
| 1994 | 10,966,000 |
| 1993 | 10,062,000 |
| 1992 | 9,920,000 |
| 1991 | 9,628,000 |
| 1990 | 8,187,000 |
| 1989 | 8,276,000 |
| 1988 | 7,446,000 |
| 1987 | 7,340,000 |
| 1986 | 7,417,000 |
| 1985 | 7,425,000 |
| 1984 | 7,387,000 |
| 1983 | 7,970,000 |
| 1982 | 8,102,000 |
| 1981 | 8,166,000 |
| 1980 | 8,567,000 |
| 1979 | 8,434,000 |
| 1978 | 8,349,000 |
| 1977 | 8,345,000 |
| 1976 | 8,294,000 |
| 1975 | 8,107,000 |
| 1974 | 9,048,000 |
| 1973 | 9,144,000 |
| 1972 | 8,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 8,178,000 |
| 1970 | 7,887,000 |
| 1969 | 7,986,000 |
| 1968 | 7,960,000 |
| 1967 | 7,847,000 |
| 1966 | 8,246,000 |
| 1965 | 8,276,000 |
| 1964 | 6,902,000 |
| 1963 | 7,050,000 |
| 1962 | 6,954,000 |
| 1961 | 7,258,000 |