# Number of chickens in Laos

Number of chickens in Laos was 54,773,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 54,773,000 |
| 2023 | 51,973,000 |
| 2022 | 50,118,000 |
| 2021 | 48,052,000 |
| 2020 | 46,624,000 |
| 2019 | 43,600,000 |
| 2018 | 39,218,000 |
| 2017 | 36,960,000 |
| 2016 | 35,150,000 |
| 2015 | 34,422,000 |
| 2014 | 32,408,000 |
| 2013 | 30,727,000 |
| 2012 | 28,779,000 |
| 2011 | 26,852,000 |
| 2010 | 25,105,000 |
| 2009 | 22,529,000 |
| 2008 | 21,214,000 |
| 2007 | 20,453,000 |
| 2006 | 20,803,000 |
| 2005 | 19,801,000 |
| 2004 | 19,591,000 |
| 2003 | 19,474,000 |
| 2002 | 18,321,000 |
| 2001 | 14,063,000 |
| 2000 | 13,095,000 |
| 1999 | 12,353,000 |
| 1998 | 12,176,000 |
| 1997 | 11,947,000 |
| 1996 | 11,656,000 |
| 1995 | 11,338,000 |
| 1994 | 10,697,000 |
| 1993 | 10,091,000 |
| 1992 | 8,906,000 |
| 1991 | 8,029,000 |
| 1990 | 7,884,000 |
| 1989 | 8,250,000 |
| 1988 | 6,869,000 |
| 1987 | 7,962,000 |
| 1986 | 6,360,000 |
| 1985 | 6,471,000 |
| 1984 | 7,202,000 |
| 1983 | 6,704,000 |
| 1982 | 5,760,000 |
| 1981 | 5,538,000 |
| 1980 | 4,621,000 |
| 1979 | 4,633,000 |
| 1978 | 4,507,000 |
| 1977 | 4,259,000 |
| 1976 | 4,076,000 |
| 1975 | 4,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 5,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 6,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 8,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 10,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 11,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 11,600,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 12,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 11,573,000 |
| 1966 | 10,104,000 |
| 1965 | 8,420,000 |
| 1964 | 7,654,000 |
| 1963 | 6,000,000 |
| 1962 | 6,000,000 |
| 1961 | 5,300,000 (estimated) |