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Number of chickens in Mauritania

Number of chickens in Mauritania was 4,810,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.5% from 2023. That is the 126th highest of 179 countries in 2024.

2024, head4,810,000 Estimated
Change on 2023+0.5%
Rank126th of 179Countries ranked
Series high4,810,0002024
Series low1,800,0001961

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Number of chickens in Mauritania, 1961 to 2024

1M2M3M4M5M19611971198119912001201120241961: 1,800,000 head1962: 1,850,000 head1963: 1,900,000 head1964: 1,950,000 head1965: 2,000,000 head1966: 2,100,000 head1967: 2,200,000 head1968: 2,300,000 head1969: 2,400,000 head1970: 2,500,000 head1971: 2,600,000 head1972: 2,700,000 head1973: 2,700,000 head1974: 2,700,000 head1975: 2,800,000 head1976: 2,850,000 head1977: 2,900,000 head1978: 2,950,000 head1979: 3,000,000 head1980: 3,100,000 head1981: 3,170,000 head1982: 3,200,000 head1983: 3,300,000 head1984: 3,400,000 head1985: 3,500,000 head1986: 3,500,000 head1987: 3,600,000 head1988: 3,600,000 head1989: 3,700,000 head1990: 3,800,000 head1991: 3,900,000 head1992: 3,800,000 head1993: 3,900,000 head1994: 3,900,000 head1995: 3,900,000 head1996: 3,900,000 head1997: 3,900,000 head1998: 4,000,000 head1999: 4,100,000 head2000: 4,100,000 head2001: 4,100,000 head2002: 4,200,000 head2003: 4,200,000 head2004: 4,200,000 head2005: 4,200,000 head2006: 4,300,000 head2007: 4,300,000 head2008: 4,300,000 head2009: 4,300,000 head2010: 4,300,000 head2011: 4,400,000 head2012: 4,500,000 head2013: 4,600,000 head2014: 4,600,000 head2015: 4,593,000 head2016: 4,606,000 head2017: 4,631,000 head2018: 4,656,000 head2019: 4,680,000 head2020: 4,719,000 head2021: 4,750,000 head2022: 4,763,000 head2023: 4,786,000 head2024: 4,810,000 head
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodhead
20244,810,000 Estimated
20234,786,000 Estimated
20224,763,000 Estimated
20214,750,000 Estimated
20204,719,000 Estimated
20194,680,000 Estimated
20184,656,000 Estimated
20174,631,000 Estimated
20164,606,000 Estimated
20154,593,000 Estimated
20144,600,000 Estimated
20134,600,000 Estimated
20124,500,000 Estimated
20114,400,000 Estimated
20104,300,000 Estimated
20094,300,000 Estimated
20084,300,000 Estimated
20074,300,000 Estimated
20064,300,000 Estimated
20054,200,000 Estimated
20044,200,000 Estimated
20034,200,000 Estimated
20024,200,000 Estimated
20014,100,000 Estimated
20004,100,000 Estimated
19994,100,000 Estimated
19984,000,000 Estimated
19973,900,000
19963,900,000 Estimated
19953,900,000 Estimated
19943,900,000 Estimated
19933,900,000 Estimated
19923,800,000 Estimated
19913,900,000 Estimated
19903,800,000 Estimated
19893,700,000 Estimated
19883,600,000 Estimated
19873,600,000 Estimated
19863,500,000 Estimated
19853,500,000 Estimated
19843,400,000 Estimated
19833,300,000 Estimated
19823,200,000
19813,170,000
19803,100,000
19793,000,000 Estimated
19782,950,000 Estimated
19772,900,000 Estimated
19762,850,000 Estimated
19752,800,000 Estimated
19742,700,000 Estimated
19732,700,000 Estimated
19722,700,000 Estimated
19712,600,000 Estimated
19702,500,000 Estimated
19692,400,000 Estimated
19682,300,000 Estimated
19672,200,000 Estimated
19662,100,000 Estimated
19652,000,000
19641,950,000 Estimated
19631,900,000 Estimated
19621,850,000 Estimated
19611,800,000 Estimated

Rankings

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.

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.

How to cite

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.

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APA 7

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112) (Number of chickens, Mauritania, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Number of chickens, Mauritania, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/mauritania. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Number of chickens, Mauritania, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/mauritania.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Number of chickens, Mauritania, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/mauritania (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112): Number of chickens, Mauritania, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/chicken-population/mauritania. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}
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What is the number of chickens in Mauritania?

Number of chickens in Mauritania was 4,810,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.5% from 2023. That is the 126th highest of 179 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest number of chickens in Mauritania?

4,810,000 head in 2024, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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