# Number of chickens in Malta

Number of chickens in Malta was 790,000 head in 2023. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 790,000 |
| 2020 | 884,000 |
| 2017 | 1,004,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 1,024,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 1,035,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 918,000 |
| 2012 | 970,000 |
| 2011 | 920,000 |
| 2010 | 970,000 |
| 2009 | 1,075,000 |
| 2008 | 1,184,000 |
| 2007 | 1,114,000 |
| 2006 | 1,006,000 |
| 2005 | 1,044,000 |
| 2004 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 1,358,000 |
| 2002 | 1,000,000 |
| 2001 | 1,559,000 |
| 2000 | 820,000 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 820,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 820,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 820,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 820,000 |
| 1995 | 810,000 |
| 1994 | 900,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 900,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 900,000 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 900,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 850,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 850,000 |
| 1988 | 900,000 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 900,000 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 1,063,000 |
| 1982 | 1,192,000 |
| 1981 | 1,364,000 |
| 1980 | 1,095,000 |
| 1979 | 1,394,000 |
| 1978 | 1,142,000 |
| 1977 | 1,074,000 |
| 1976 | 1,002,000 |
| 1975 | 921,000 |
| 1974 | 814,000 |
| 1973 | 1,036,000 |
| 1972 | 1,118,000 |
| 1971 | 1,253,000 |
| 1970 | 989,000 |
| 1969 | 936,000 |
| 1968 | 974,000 |
| 1967 | 535,000 |
| 1966 | 473,000 |
| 1965 | 617,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 548,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 520,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 526,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 505,000 (estimated) |