# Number of chickens in Netherlands

Number of chickens in Netherlands was 89,231,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 89,231,000 |
| 2023 | 93,004,000 |
| 2022 | 97,533,000 |
| 2021 | 99,887,000 |
| 2020 | 101,863,000 |
| 2019 | 101,741,000 |
| 2018 | 105,104,000 |
| 2017 | 105,184,000 |
| 2016 | 105,620,000 |
| 2015 | 106,763,000 |
| 2014 | 103,039,000 |
| 2013 | 97,719,000 |
| 2012 | 95,273,000 |
| 2011 | 96,919,000 |
| 2010 | 101,248,000 |
| 2009 | 96,860,000 |
| 2008 | 96,700,000 |
| 2007 | 92,763,000 |
| 2006 | 90,401,000 |
| 2005 | 92,914,000 |
| 2004 | 85,816,000 |
| 2003 | 79,235,000 |
| 2002 | 101,052,000 |
| 2001 | 100,334,000 |
| 2000 | 104,015,000 |
| 1999 | 104,767,000 |
| 1998 | 98,692,000 |
| 1997 | 93,106,000 |
| 1996 | 91,441,000 |
| 1995 | 89,561,000 |
| 1994 | 91,902,000 |
| 1993 | 95,919,000 |
| 1992 | 99,359,000 |
| 1991 | 93,596,000 |
| 1990 | 92,765,000 |
| 1989 | 89,788,000 |
| 1988 | 100,000,000 |
| 1987 | 96,827,000 |
| 1986 | 92,305,000 |
| 1985 | 89,887,000 |
| 1984 | 83,368,000 |
| 1983 | 82,235,000 |
| 1982 | 87,073,000 |
| 1981 | 85,051,000 |
| 1980 | 81,155,000 |
| 1979 | 78,069,000 |
| 1978 | 73,863,000 |
| 1977 | 69,875,000 |
| 1976 | 68,570,000 |
| 1975 | 68,053,000 |
| 1974 | 62,388,000 |
| 1973 | 60,328,000 |
| 1972 | 58,430,000 |
| 1971 | 60,125,000 |
| 1970 | 56,209,000 |
| 1969 | 49,091,000 |
| 1968 | 45,400,000 |
| 1967 | 44,511,000 |
| 1966 | 45,285,000 |
| 1965 | 42,279,000 |
| 1964 | 45,551,000 |
| 1963 | 44,597,000 |
| 1962 | 45,890,000 |
| 1961 | 49,917,000 |