# Number of chickens in Pakistan

Number of chickens in Pakistan was 2,064,210,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 2,064,210,000 |
| 2023 | 1,887,000,000 |
| 2022 | 1,725,000,000 |
| 2021 | 1,578,000,000 |
| 2020 | 1,443,000,000 |
| 2019 | 1,321,000,000 |
| 2018 | 1,210,000,000 |
| 2017 | 1,108,000,000 |
| 2016 | 994,900,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 931,000,000 |
| 2014 | 855,000,000 |
| 2013 | 785,000,000 |
| 2012 | 735,700,000 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 676,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 622,400,000 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 573,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 528,600,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 486,700,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 450,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 367,300,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 359,800,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 353,200,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 336,700,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 298,400,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 287,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 283,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 281,600,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 389,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 357,100,000 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 325,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 255,100,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 186,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 159,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 150,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 79,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 79,300,000 |
| 1988 | 78,000,000 |
| 1987 | 70,700,000 |
| 1986 | 67,000,000 |
| 1985 | 66,800,000 |
| 1984 | 61,600,000 |
| 1983 | 57,000,000 |
| 1982 | 51,200,000 |
| 1981 | 48,000,000 |
| 1980 | 45,200,000 |
| 1979 | 38,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 36,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 34,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 31,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 27,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 23,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 20,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 17,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 17,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 16,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 16,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 16,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 15,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 15,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 14,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 13,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 13,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 12,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 11,500,000 (estimated) |