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Number of chickens in North Korea

Number of chickens in North Korea was 12,015,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 107th highest of 179 countries in 2024.

2024, head12,015,000 Estimated
Change on 2023-0%
Rank107th of 179Countries ranked
Series high21,742,0001991
Series low7,904,0001997

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Number of chickens in North Korea, 1961 to 2024

5M10M15M20M25M19611971198119912001201120241961: 11,500,000 head1962: 11,500,000 head1963: 11,500,000 head1964: 12,500,000 head1965: 12,500,000 head1966: 12,500,000 head1967: 13,200,000 head1968: 13,200,000 head1969: 14,000,000 head1970: 14,500,000 head1971: 15,000,000 head1972: 15,500,000 head1973: 16,000,000 head1974: 16,500,000 head1975: 17,000,000 head1976: 17,316,000 head1977: 17,632,000 head1978: 17,750,000 head1979: 17,850,000 head1980: 17,950,000 head1981: 18,050,000 head1982: 18,100,000 head1983: 18,150,000 head1984: 18,300,000 head1985: 18,450,000 head1986: 18,600,000 head1987: 19,000,000 head1988: 19,500,000 head1989: 20,000,000 head1990: 21,000,000 head1991: 21,742,000 head1992: 17,000,000 head1993: 14,000,000 head1994: 10,627,000 head1995: 8,871,000 head1996: 9,425,000 head1997: 7,904,000 head1998: 9,427,000 head1999: 11,200,000 head2000: 15,733,000 head2001: 16,894,000 head2002: 18,506,000 head2003: 19,958,000 head2004: 20,309,000 head2005: 19,000,000 head2006: 16,000,000 head2007: 15,000,000 head2008: 15,548,000 head2009: 15,214,000 head2010: 16,569,000 head2011: 17,500,000 head2012: 16,847,000 head2013: 15,309,000 head2014: 15,300,000 head2015: 15,311,000 head2016: 15,322,000 head2017: 15,393,000 head2018: 15,121,000 head2019: 15,770,000 head2020: 16,683,000 head2021: 17,152,000 head2022: 12,478,000 head2023: 12,016,000 head2024: 12,015,000 head5M10M15M20M25M19611983200520241961: 11,500,000 head1962: 11,500,000 head1963: 11,500,000 head1964: 12,500,000 head1965: 12,500,000 head1966: 12,500,000 head1967: 13,200,000 head1968: 13,200,000 head1969: 14,000,000 head1970: 14,500,000 head1971: 15,000,000 head1972: 15,500,000 head1973: 16,000,000 head1974: 16,500,000 head1975: 17,000,000 head1976: 17,316,000 head1977: 17,632,000 head1978: 17,750,000 head1979: 17,850,000 head1980: 17,950,000 head1981: 18,050,000 head1982: 18,100,000 head1983: 18,150,000 head1984: 18,300,000 head1985: 18,450,000 head1986: 18,600,000 head1987: 19,000,000 head1988: 19,500,000 head1989: 20,000,000 head1990: 21,000,000 head1991: 21,742,000 head1992: 17,000,000 head1993: 14,000,000 head1994: 10,627,000 head1995: 8,871,000 head1996: 9,425,000 head1997: 7,904,000 head1998: 9,427,000 head1999: 11,200,000 head2000: 15,733,000 head2001: 16,894,000 head2002: 18,506,000 head2003: 19,958,000 head2004: 20,309,000 head2005: 19,000,000 head2006: 16,000,000 head2007: 15,000,000 head2008: 15,548,000 head2009: 15,214,000 head2010: 16,569,000 head2011: 17,500,000 head2012: 16,847,000 head2013: 15,309,000 head2014: 15,300,000 head2015: 15,311,000 head2016: 15,322,000 head2017: 15,393,000 head2018: 15,121,000 head2019: 15,770,000 head2020: 16,683,000 head2021: 17,152,000 head2022: 12,478,000 head2023: 12,016,000 head2024: 12,015,000 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 64 values
Periodhead
202412,015,000 Estimated
202312,016,000 Estimated
202212,478,000 Estimated
202117,152,000 Estimated
202016,683,000
201915,770,000
201815,121,000
201715,393,000
201615,322,000
201515,311,000 Estimated
201415,300,000 Estimated
201315,309,000
201216,847,000
201117,500,000
201016,569,000
200915,214,000
200815,548,000
200715,000,000 Estimated
200616,000,000 Estimated
200519,000,000 Estimated
200420,309,000
200319,958,000
200218,506,000
200116,894,000
200015,733,000
199911,200,000
19989,427,000
19977,904,000
19969,425,000
19958,871,000
199410,627,000
199314,000,000 Estimated
199217,000,000 Estimated
199121,742,000
199021,000,000 Estimated
198920,000,000 Estimated
198819,500,000 Estimated
198719,000,000 Estimated
198618,600,000 Estimated
198518,450,000 Estimated
198418,300,000 Estimated
198318,150,000 Estimated
198218,100,000 Estimated
198118,050,000 Estimated
198017,950,000 Estimated
197917,850,000 Estimated
197817,750,000 Estimated
197717,632,000 Estimated
197617,316,000 Estimated
197517,000,000 Estimated
197416,500,000 Estimated
197316,000,000 Estimated
197215,500,000 Estimated
197115,000,000 Estimated
197014,500,000 Estimated
196914,000,000 Estimated
196813,200,000 Estimated
196713,200,000 Estimated
196612,500,000 Estimated
196512,500,000 Estimated
196412,500,000 Estimated
196311,500,000 Estimated
196211,500,000 Estimated
196111,500,000 Estimated

North Korea compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 26,388,000 headAfghanistan: 13,480,000 headAntigua and Barbuda: 160,000 headAlbania: 4,557,000 headArmenia: 4,427,000 headAngola: 49,758,000 headArgentina: 114,329,000 headAustralia: 108,508,000 headAzerbaijan: 29,372,000 headBosnia and Herzegovina: 11,523,000 headBangladesh: 327,777,000 headBurkina Faso: 36,043,000 headBurundi: 3,374,000 headBenin: 19,049,000 headBrunei: 21,381,000 headBolivia: 233,689,000 headBrazil: 1,581,216,000 headBahamas: 3,289,000 headBhutan: 924,000 headBotswana: 805,000 headBelarus: 120,516,000 headBelize: 1,723,000 headCanada: 173,164,000 headDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 19,092,000 headCentral African Republic: 6,910,000 headRepublic of the Congo: 3,030,000 headSwitzerland: 13,168,000 headCôte d’Ivoire: 143,483,000 headChile: 52,384,000 headCameroon: 45,575,000 headChina: 5,243,707,000 headColombia: 216,109,000 headCosta Rica: 23,865,000 headCuba: 5,590,000 headCape Verde: 681,000 headCzechia: 24,917,000 headDenmark: 20,718,000 headDominican Republic: 211,723,000 headAlgeria: 203,572,000 headEcuador: 180,296,000 headEstonia: 2,274,000 headEgypt: 272,284,000 headEritrea: 1,155,000 headEthiopia: 52,280,000 headFinland: 14,425,000 headFiji: 5,876,000 headFrance: 229,317,000 headGabon: 3,424,000 headUnited Kingdom: 166,986,000 headGeorgia: 7,475,000 headGhana: 94,284,000 headGambia: 1,310,000 headGuinea: 39,252,000 headEquatorial Guinea: 385,000 headGuatemala: 47,162,000 headGuinea-Bissau: 2,117,000 headGuyana: 41,500,000 headHong Kong: 4,096,000 headHonduras: 49,036,000 headCroatia: 10,936,000 headHaiti: 5,977,000 headHungary: 28,733,000 headIndonesia: 3,709,617,000 headIsrael: 48,824,000 headIndia: 852,885,000 headIraq: 140,000,000 headIran: 1,032,877,000 headIceland: 230,000 headJamaica: 14,235,000 headJordan: 41,062,000 headJapan: 315,635,000 headKenya: 71,223,000 headKyrgyzstan: 6,166,000 headCambodia: 12,995,000 headKiribati: 671,000 headNorth Korea: 12,015,000 headSouth Korea: 178,474,000 headKuwait: 59,418,000 headKazakhstan: 45,651,000 headLaos: 54,773,000 headLebanon: 73,653,000 headSri Lanka: 18,716,000 headLiberia: 8,370,000 headLesotho: 534,000 headLithuania: 10,476,000 headLuxembourg: 186,000 headLatvia: 5,985,000 headLibya: 38,034,000 headMorocco: 233,000,000 headMoldova: 48,451,000 headMontenegro: 1,070,000 headMadagascar: 43,553,000 headNorth Macedonia: 2,573,000 headMali: 63,326,000 headMyanmar: 135,000,000 headMongolia: 1,830,000 headMauritania: 4,810,000 headMauritius: 16,557,000 headMalawi: 20,039,000 headMexico: 627,299,000 headMalaysia: 326,057,000 headMozambique: 19,881,000 headNamibia: 4,181,000 headNew Caledonia: 618,000 headNiger: 21,024,000 headNigeria: 241,700,000 headNetherlands: 89,231,000 headNorway: 16,579,000 headNepal: 56,916,000 headNew Zealand: 24,574,000 headOman: 5,084,000 headPanama: 33,596,000 headPeru: 194,759,000 headFrench Polynesia: 339,000 headPapua New Guinea: 4,803,000 headPhilippines: 199,831,000 headPakistan: 2,064,210,000 headPoland: 244,680,000 headPuerto Rico: 6,165,000 headParaguay: 29,392,000 headQatar: 34,191,000 headSerbia: 14,417,000 headRussia: 507,994,000 headRwanda: 3,697,000 headSaudi Arabia: 212,409,000 headSolomon Islands: 248,000 headSudan: 50,207,000 headSingapore: 3,056,000 headSlovenia: 5,054,000 headSlovakia: 9,593,000 headSierra Leone: 26,940,000 headSenegal: 105,490,000 headSomalia: 3,926,000 headSuriname: 4,524,000 headSouth Sudan: 43,167,000 headEl Salvador: 19,093,000 headSyria: 19,501,000 headEswatini: 1,967,000 headChad: 6,182,000 headTogo: 35,471,000 headThailand: 295,445,000 headTajikistan: 11,877,000 headTimor-Leste: 571,000 headTurkmenistan: 21,489,000 headTunisia: 102,062,000 headTürkiye: 379,627,000 headTrinidad and Tobago: 41,544,000 headTaiwan: 104,881,000 headTanzania: 33,458,000 headUkraine: 173,725,000 headUganda: 69,540,000 headUnited States: 1,555,000,000 headUruguay: 46,951,000 headUzbekistan: 89,856,000 headVenezuela: 125,706,000 headVietnam: 481,033,000 headVanuatu: 436,000 headSamoa: 438,000 headYemen: 68,724,000 headSouth Africa: 175,199,000 headZambia: 41,553,000 headZimbabwe: 18,096,000 head
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Number of chickens, 2024, head. North Korea is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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.

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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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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, North Korea, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Number of chickens, North Korea, 1961 to 2024. 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/north-korea. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, North Korea, 1961 to 2024. 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/north-korea.

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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, North Korea, 1961 to 2024 [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/north-korea (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112): Number of chickens, North Korea, 1961 to 2024}},
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}
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What is the number of chickens in North Korea?

Number of chickens in North Korea was 12,015,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 107th highest of 179 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

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 North Korea?

21,742,000 head in 1991, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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