# Number of chickens in Japan

Number of chickens in Japan was 315,635,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 315,635,000 |
| 2023 | 313,728,000 |
| 2022 | 321,891,000 |
| 2021 | 323,031,000 |
| 2020 | 319,156,000 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 323,145,000 |
| 2018 | 323,126,000 |
| 2017 | 313,823,000 |
| 2016 | 310,128,000 |
| 2015 | 302,887,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 310,553,000 |
| 2013 | 306,408,000 |
| 2012 | 177,607,000 |
| 2011 | 178,546,000 |
| 2010 | 286,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 285,349,000 |
| 2008 | 284,651,000 |
| 2007 | 288,531,000 |
| 2006 | 280,642,000 |
| 2005 | 265,200,000 |
| 2004 | 279,500,000 |
| 2003 | 283,942,000 |
| 2002 | 287,404,000 |
| 2001 | 292,437,000 |
| 2000 | 295,792,000 |
| 1999 | 296,250,000 |
| 1998 | 303,022,000 |
| 1997 | 307,351,000 |
| 1996 | 308,768,000 |
| 1995 | 313,536,000 |
| 1994 | 323,660,000 |
| 1993 | 333,814,000 |
| 1992 | 334,658,000 |
| 1991 | 331,526,000 |
| 1990 | 337,857,000 |
| 1989 | 343,618,000 |
| 1988 | 345,371,000 |
| 1987 | 342,948,000 |
| 1986 | 336,594,000 |
| 1985 | 327,692,000 |
| 1984 | 319,605,000 |
| 1983 | 307,288,000 |
| 1982 | 299,128,000 |
| 1981 | 286,284,000 |
| 1980 | 284,660,000 |
| 1979 | 282,488,000 |
| 1978 | 272,637,000 |
| 1977 | 255,261,000 |
| 1976 | 240,669,000 |
| 1975 | 242,163,000 |
| 1974 | 249,497,000 |
| 1973 | 243,689,000 |
| 1972 | 233,490,000 |
| 1971 | 236,835,000 |
| 1970 | 225,045,000 |
| 1969 | 199,708,000 |
| 1968 | 176,321,000 |
| 1967 | 158,963,000 |
| 1966 | 137,810,000 |
| 1965 | 133,716,000 |
| 1964 | 121,082,000 |
| 1963 | 99,246,000 |
| 1962 | 90,669,000 |
| 1961 | 72,213,000 |