# Number of chickens in New Zealand

Number of chickens in New Zealand was 24,574,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 24,574,000 |
| 2023 | 25,274,000 |
| 2022 | 24,756,000 |
| 2021 | 25,675,000 |
| 2020 | 24,849,000 |
| 2019 | 24,721,000 |
| 2018 | 24,162,000 |
| 2017 | 23,763,000 |
| 2016 | 22,744,000 |
| 2015 | 21,135,000 |
| 2014 | 20,278,000 |
| 2013 | 19,094,000 |
| 2012 | 19,097,000 |
| 2011 | 18,622,000 |
| 2010 | 18,525,000 |
| 2009 | 18,065,000 |
| 2008 | 19,733,000 |
| 2007 | 19,660,000 |
| 2006 | 17,243,000 |
| 2005 | 19,056,000 |
| 2004 | 18,677,000 |
| 2003 | 20,166,000 |
| 2002 | 20,908,000 |
| 2001 | 13,000,000 |
| 2000 | 13,000,000 |
| 1999 | 12,700,000 |
| 1998 | 12,000,000 |
| 1997 | 12,000,000 |
| 1996 | 12,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 12,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 12,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 9,900,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 9,600,000 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 9,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 9,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 8,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 8,594,000 |
| 1987 | 8,480,000 |
| 1986 | 8,200,000 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 8,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 7,339,000 |
| 1983 | 6,987,000 |
| 1982 | 7,491,000 |
| 1981 | 7,233,000 |
| 1980 | 6,424,000 |
| 1979 | 6,416,000 |
| 1978 | 7,266,000 |
| 1977 | 7,591,000 |
| 1976 | 7,105,000 |
| 1975 | 7,139,000 |
| 1974 | 6,632,000 |
| 1973 | 5,941,000 |
| 1972 | 4,350,000 |
| 1971 | 4,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 5,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 5,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 5,250,000 |
| 1967 | 4,947,000 |
| 1966 | 5,296,000 |
| 1965 | 5,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 4,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 4,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 4,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 4,184,000 |