# Number of chickens in Italy

Number of chickens in Italy was 142,503,000 head in 2020. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2020 | 142,503,000 |
| 2017 | 146,948,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 142,265,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 137,712,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 137,400,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 136,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 140,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 138,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 130,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 120,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 115,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 100,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 95,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 100,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 100,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 100,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 100,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 100,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 100,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 106,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 119,521,000 |
| 1997 | 108,345,000 |
| 1996 | 164,549,000 |
| 1995 | 113,429,000 |
| 1994 | 124,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 127,628,000 |
| 1992 | 135,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 133,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 149,034,000 |
| 1989 | 132,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 134,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 124,350,000 |
| 1986 | 125,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 125,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 131,100,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 134,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 138,200,000 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 138,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 139,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 137,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 133,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 128,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 127,900,000 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 127,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 133,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 129,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 117,200,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 108,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 112,000,000 |
| 1969 | 105,000,000 |
| 1968 | 108,200,000 |
| 1967 | 110,000,000 |
| 1966 | 110,000,000 |
| 1965 | 110,000,000 |
| 1964 | 105,000,000 |
| 1963 | 100,000,000 |
| 1962 | 93,000,000 |
| 1961 | 90,000,000 |