# Number of chickens in Mexico

Number of chickens in Mexico was 627,299,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 627,299,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 621,072,000 |
| 2022 | 609,506,000 |
| 2021 | 604,682,000 |
| 2020 | 591,596,000 |
| 2019 | 580,829,000 |
| 2018 | 568,372,000 |
| 2017 | 556,128,000 |
| 2016 | 549,231,000 |
| 2015 | 534,693,000 |
| 2014 | 526,843,000 |
| 2013 | 524,271,000 |
| 2012 | 516,711,000 |
| 2011 | 510,133,000 |
| 2010 | 506,256,000 |
| 2009 | 500,703,000 |
| 2008 | 496,674,000 |
| 2007 | 487,250,000 |
| 2006 | 481,421,000 |
| 2005 | 458,144,000 |
| 2004 | 432,084,000 |
| 2003 | 413,915,000 |
| 2002 | 402,459,000 |
| 2001 | 391,110,000 |
| 2000 | 366,964,000 |
| 1999 | 366,081,000 |
| 1998 | 342,519,000 |
| 1997 | 348,110,000 |
| 1996 | 327,366,000 |
| 1995 | 326,521,000 |
| 1994 | 299,869,000 |
| 1993 | 301,021,000 |
| 1992 | 235,749,000 |
| 1991 | 238,493,000 |
| 1990 | 234,055,000 |
| 1989 | 238,310,000 |
| 1988 | 234,070,000 |
| 1987 | 223,915,000 |
| 1986 | 214,760,000 |
| 1985 | 218,883,000 |
| 1984 | 202,955,000 |
| 1983 | 193,505,000 |
| 1982 | 190,258,000 |
| 1981 | 185,187,000 |
| 1980 | 178,134,000 |
| 1979 | 167,484,000 |
| 1978 | 151,164,000 |
| 1977 | 149,870,000 |
| 1976 | 144,777,000 |
| 1975 | 141,095,000 |
| 1974 | 137,346,000 |
| 1973 | 136,267,000 |
| 1972 | 128,550,000 |
| 1971 | 124,175,000 |
| 1970 | 140,300,000 |
| 1969 | 137,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 132,600,000 |
| 1967 | 120,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 100,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 89,326,000 |
| 1964 | 85,072,000 |
| 1963 | 80,065,000 |
| 1962 | 64,172,000 |
| 1961 | 62,614,000 |