# Number of chickens in Namibia

Number of chickens in Namibia was 4,181,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 4,181,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 4,217,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 4,249,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 4,242,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 4,292,000 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 4,263,000 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 4,283,000 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 4,659,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 4,446,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 4,055,000 |
| 2014 | 3,436,000 |
| 2013 | 5,350,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 5,300,000 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 5,250,000 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 5,100,000 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 4,900,000 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 4,900,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 4,900,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 4,800,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 4,700,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 4,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 4,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 4,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 3,800,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 3,600,000 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 3,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 2,600,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 2,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 2,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 2,200,000 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 2,100,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 2,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 1,900,000 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 1,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 1,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 1,650,000 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 1,600,000 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 1,550,000 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 1,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 1,450,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 1,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 1,350,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 1,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 1,250,000 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 1,200,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 1,150,000 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 1,100,000 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 1,050,000 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 1,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 950,000 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 900,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 850,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 800,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 750,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 700,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 650,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 600,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 550,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 500,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 450,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 350,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 289,000 |
| 1962 | 234,000 |
| 1961 | 149,000 |