# Number of chickens in Norway

Number of chickens in Norway was 16,579,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `chicken_stocks`
- Place id: `no`
- 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/norway
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=chicken_stocks&place=no

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 16,579,000 |
| 2023 | 16,484,000 |
| 2022 | 16,131,000 |
| 2021 | 16,336,000 |
| 2020 | 14,218,000 |
| 2019 | 16,096,000 |
| 2018 | 15,598,000 |
| 2017 | 15,643,000 |
| 2016 | 13,919,000 |
| 2015 | 14,584,000 |
| 2014 | 16,565,000 |
| 2013 | 15,975,000 |
| 2012 | 14,406,000 |
| 2011 | 11,782,000 |
| 2010 | 11,854,000 |
| 2009 | 13,159,000 |
| 2008 | 13,100,000 |
| 2007 | 12,606,000 |
| 2006 | 10,841,000 |
| 2005 | 8,882,000 |
| 2004 | 8,040,000 |
| 2003 | 8,108,000 |
| 2002 | 7,952,000 |
| 2001 | 3,222,000 |
| 2000 | 8,695,000 |
| 1999 | 3,181,000 |
| 1998 | 3,206,000 |
| 1997 | 3,240,000 |
| 1996 | 3,461,000 |
| 1995 | 3,656,000 |
| 1994 | 3,695,000 |
| 1993 | 3,729,000 |
| 1992 | 3,689,000 |
| 1991 | 3,785,000 |
| 1990 | 3,763,000 |
| 1989 | 3,442,000 |
| 1988 | 3,931,000 |
| 1987 | 3,981,000 |
| 1986 | 4,085,000 |
| 1985 | 4,101,000 |
| 1984 | 4,397,000 |
| 1983 | 3,682,000 |
| 1982 | 3,684,000 |
| 1981 | 3,601,000 |
| 1980 | 3,579,000 |
| 1979 | 4,034,000 |
| 1978 | 3,758,000 |
| 1977 | 3,766,000 |
| 1976 | 3,798,000 |
| 1975 | 3,822,000 |
| 1974 | 4,121,000 |
| 1973 | 3,997,000 |
| 1972 | 3,836,000 |
| 1971 | 3,804,000 |
| 1970 | 3,710,000 |
| 1969 | 3,836,000 |
| 1968 | 4,893,000 |
| 1967 | 5,112,000 |
| 1966 | 5,105,000 |
| 1965 | 4,637,000 |
| 1964 | 4,574,000 |
| 1963 | 4,612,000 |
| 1962 | 4,745,000 |
| 1961 | 4,885,000 |