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Number of chickens in Nicaragua

Number of chickens in Nicaragua was 28,010,000 head in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 2% from 2022.

2023, head28,010,000 Estimated
Change on 2022+2%
Series high28,010,0002023
Series low1,981,0001961

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Number of chickens in Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023

010M20M30M196119701979198819972006201520231961: 1,981,000 head1962: 2,062,000 head1963: 2,156,000 head1964: 2,259,000 head1965: 2,375,000 head1966: 2,518,000 head1967: 2,694,000 head1968: 2,808,000 head1969: 2,811,000 head1970: 2,998,000 head1971: 3,100,000 head1972: 3,300,000 head1973: 3,500,000 head1974: 3,700,000 head1975: 3,904,000 head1976: 4,099,000 head1977: 4,288,000 head1978: 4,000,000 head1979: 3,900,000 head1980: 4,700,000 head1981: 4,900,000 head1982: 5,200,000 head1983: 5,200,000 head1984: 5,300,000 head1985: 5,300,000 head1986: 5,400,000 head1987: 5,500,000 head1988: 5,300,000 head1989: 3,650,000 head1990: 3,880,000 head1991: 4,200,000 head1992: 6,000,000 head1993: 7,300,000 head1994: 7,750,000 head1995: 8,300,000 head1996: 7,870,000 head1997: 8,600,000 head1998: 9,300,000 head1999: 10,100,000 head2000: 13,400,000 head2001: 15,200,000 head2002: 15,100,000 head2003: 16,000,000 head2004: 16,500,000 head2005: 18,000,000 head2006: 18,000,000 head2007: 18,000,000 head2008: 18,000,000 head2009: 18,500,000 head2010: 19,000,000 head2011: 19,800,000 head2012: 20,600,000 head2013: 21,100,000 head2014: 22,200,000 head2015: 23,023,000 head2016: 23,771,000 head2017: 24,413,000 head2018: 24,991,000 head2019: 25,564,000 head2020: 26,138,000 head2021: 26,924,000 head2022: 27,451,000 head2023: 28,010,000 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 63 values
Periodhead
202328,010,000 Estimated
202227,451,000 Estimated
202126,924,000 Estimated
202026,138,000 Estimated
201925,564,000 Estimated
201824,991,000 Estimated
201724,413,000 Estimated
201623,771,000 Estimated
201523,023,000 Estimated
201422,200,000 Estimated
201321,100,000 Estimated
201220,600,000 Estimated
201119,800,000 Estimated
201019,000,000 Estimated
200918,500,000 Estimated
200818,000,000 Estimated
200718,000,000 Estimated
200618,000,000 Estimated
200518,000,000 Estimated
200416,500,000 Estimated
200316,000,000 Estimated
200215,100,000 Estimated
200115,200,000 Estimated
200013,400,000 Estimated
199910,100,000 Estimated
19989,300,000 Estimated
19978,600,000 Estimated
19967,870,000 Estimated
19958,300,000 Estimated
19947,750,000 Estimated
19937,300,000 Estimated
19926,000,000 Estimated
19914,200,000 Estimated
19903,880,000 Estimated
19893,650,000 Estimated
19885,300,000 Estimated
19875,500,000
19865,400,000
19855,300,000
19845,300,000
19835,200,000
19825,200,000 Estimated
19814,900,000
19804,700,000
19793,900,000 Estimated
19784,000,000 Estimated
19774,288,000
19764,099,000
19753,904,000
19743,700,000 Estimated
19733,500,000 Estimated
19723,300,000 Estimated
19713,100,000 Estimated
19702,998,000
19692,811,000
19682,808,000
19672,694,000
19662,518,000
19652,375,000
19642,259,000
19632,156,000
19622,062,000
19611,981,000

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, Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023) [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, Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023. 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/nicaragua. 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, Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023. 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/nicaragua.

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, Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023 [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/nicaragua (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, Nicaragua, 1961 to 2023}},
  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/nicaragua. 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 Nicaragua?

Number of chickens in Nicaragua was 28,010,000 head in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 2% from 2022.

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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 Nicaragua?

28,010,000 head in 2023, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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