# Number of chickens in Niger

Number of chickens in Niger was 21,024,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 21,024,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 20,854,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 20,737,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 20,764,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 20,696,000 |
| 2019 | 20,291,000 |
| 2018 | 19,893,000 |
| 2017 | 19,071,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 18,458,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 18,220,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 18,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 17,700,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 17,600,000 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 17,323,000 |
| 2010 | 17,101,000 |
| 2009 | 16,882,000 |
| 2008 | 11,200,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 11,120,000 |
| 2006 | 10,977,000 |
| 2005 | 12,196,000 |
| 2004 | 12,040,000 |
| 2003 | 11,885,000 |
| 2002 | 11,733,000 |
| 2001 | 11,582,000 |
| 2000 | 11,434,000 |
| 1999 | 11,287,000 |
| 1998 | 11,142,000 |
| 1997 | 10,999,000 |
| 1996 | 10,858,000 |
| 1995 | 10,719,000 |
| 1994 | 10,581,000 |
| 1993 | 10,445,000 |
| 1992 | 10,311,000 |
| 1991 | 10,179,000 |
| 1990 | 10,048,000 |
| 1989 | 9,919,000 |
| 1988 | 9,792,000 |
| 1987 | 9,666,000 |
| 1986 | 9,542,000 |
| 1985 | 9,420,000 |
| 1984 | 9,299,000 |
| 1983 | 9,180,000 |
| 1982 | 9,062,000 |
| 1981 | 8,946,000 |
| 1980 | 8,831,000 |
| 1979 | 8,717,000 |
| 1978 | 8,606,000 |
| 1977 | 8,495,000 |
| 1976 | 8,386,000 |
| 1975 | 8,278,000 |
| 1974 | 8,172,000 |
| 1973 | 8,067,000 |
| 1972 | 7,964,000 |
| 1971 | 7,862,000 |
| 1970 | 7,761,000 |
| 1969 | 7,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 7,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 7,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 6,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 6,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 5,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 5,000,000 |
| 1962 | 4,850,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 4,700,000 (estimated) |