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Number of chickens in Romania

Number of chickens in Romania was 74,068,000 head in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 5.4% from 2022.

2023, head74,068,000
Change on 2022-5.4%
Series high127,561,0001989
Series low29,170,0001963

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Number of chickens in Romania, 1961 to 2023

20M40M60M80M100M120M140M196119701979198819972006201520231961: 38,000,000 head1962: 38,192,000 head1963: 29,170,000 head1964: 32,798,000 head1965: 34,110,000 head1966: 34,233,000 head1967: 37,372,000 head1968: 39,612,000 head1969: 41,519,000 head1970: 46,172,000 head1971: 54,333,000 head1972: 53,792,000 head1973: 56,147,000 head1974: 58,111,000 head1975: 58,972,000 head1976: 71,026,000 head1977: 82,103,000 head1978: 80,119,000 head1979: 90,224,000 head1980: 87,517,000 head1981: 97,800,000 head1982: 99,000,000 head1983: 101,053,000 head1984: 108,506,000 head1985: 123,961,000 head1986: 120,149,000 head1987: 125,322,000 head1988: 127,304,000 head1989: 127,561,000 head1990: 113,968,000 head1991: 121,379,000 head1992: 106,032,000 head1993: 87,725,000 head1994: 76,532,000 head1995: 70,157,000 head1996: 80,524,000 head1997: 78,478,000 head1998: 66,620,000 head1999: 69,480,000 head2000: 69,143,000 head2001: 70,076,000 head2002: 71,413,000 head2003: 77,379,000 head2004: 76,616,000 head2005: 87,014,000 head2006: 86,552,000 head2007: 84,991,000 head2008: 82,036,000 head2009: 84,373,000 head2010: 83,843,000 head2011: 80,845,000 head2012: 79,842,000 head2013: 80,136,000 head2014: 79,440,000 head2015: 75,447,000 head2016: 78,648,000 head2017: 75,690,000 head2018: 73,289,000 head2019: 73,993,000 head2020: 73,901,000 head2021: 77,148,000 head2022: 78,268,000 head2023: 74,068,000 head25M50M75M100M125M150M19611982200320231961: 38,000,000 head1962: 38,192,000 head1963: 29,170,000 head1964: 32,798,000 head1965: 34,110,000 head1966: 34,233,000 head1967: 37,372,000 head1968: 39,612,000 head1969: 41,519,000 head1970: 46,172,000 head1971: 54,333,000 head1972: 53,792,000 head1973: 56,147,000 head1974: 58,111,000 head1975: 58,972,000 head1976: 71,026,000 head1977: 82,103,000 head1978: 80,119,000 head1979: 90,224,000 head1980: 87,517,000 head1981: 97,800,000 head1982: 99,000,000 head1983: 101,053,000 head1984: 108,506,000 head1985: 123,961,000 head1986: 120,149,000 head1987: 125,322,000 head1988: 127,304,000 head1989: 127,561,000 head1990: 113,968,000 head1991: 121,379,000 head1992: 106,032,000 head1993: 87,725,000 head1994: 76,532,000 head1995: 70,157,000 head1996: 80,524,000 head1997: 78,478,000 head1998: 66,620,000 head1999: 69,480,000 head2000: 69,143,000 head2001: 70,076,000 head2002: 71,413,000 head2003: 77,379,000 head2004: 76,616,000 head2005: 87,014,000 head2006: 86,552,000 head2007: 84,991,000 head2008: 82,036,000 head2009: 84,373,000 head2010: 83,843,000 head2011: 80,845,000 head2012: 79,842,000 head2013: 80,136,000 head2014: 79,440,000 head2015: 75,447,000 head2016: 78,648,000 head2017: 75,690,000 head2018: 73,289,000 head2019: 73,993,000 head2020: 73,901,000 head2021: 77,148,000 head2022: 78,268,000 head2023: 74,068,000 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
202374,068,000
202278,268,000
202177,148,000
202073,901,000
201973,993,000
201873,289,000
201775,690,000
201678,648,000
201575,447,000
201479,440,000
201380,136,000
201279,842,000
201180,845,000
201083,843,000
200984,373,000
200882,036,000
200784,991,000
200686,552,000
200587,014,000
200476,616,000
200377,379,000
200271,413,000
200170,076,000
200069,143,000
199969,480,000
199866,620,000
199778,478,000
199680,524,000
199570,157,000
199476,532,000
199387,725,000
1992106,032,000
1991121,379,000
1990113,968,000
1989127,561,000
1988127,304,000
1987125,322,000
1986120,149,000
1985123,961,000
1984108,506,000
1983101,053,000
198299,000,000
198197,800,000
198087,517,000
197990,224,000
197880,119,000
197782,103,000
197671,026,000
197558,972,000
197458,111,000
197356,147,000
197253,792,000
197154,333,000
197046,172,000
196941,519,000
196839,612,000
196737,372,000
196634,233,000
196534,110,000
196432,798,000
196329,170,000
196238,192,000
196138,000,000

Romania compared with nearby places

Austria: 17,804,000 headBelgium: 48,754,000 headCyprus: 4,655,000 headCzechia: 21,794,000 headGermany: 156,301,000 headDenmark: 21,844,000 headEstonia: 2,132,000 headFinland: 13,380,000 headFrance: 211,370,000 headGreece: 38,508,000 headCroatia: 10,080,000 headHungary: 27,081,000 headLithuania: 9,729,000 headLuxembourg: 183,000 headLatvia: 5,922,000 headMalta: 790,000 headNetherlands: 93,004,000 headPoland: 195,145,000 headPortugal: 44,098,000 headRomania: 74,068,000 headSweden: 25,729,000 headSlovenia: 4,059,000 headSlovakia: 9,815,000 head
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  • 26M to 64M
  • 64M and over
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Number of chickens, 2023, head. Romania 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, Romania, 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

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Number of chickens, Romania, 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/romania. 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, Romania, 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/romania.

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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, Romania, 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/romania (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, Romania, 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/romania. 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 Romania?

Number of chickens in Romania was 74,068,000 head in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 5.4% from 2022.

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 Romania?

127,561,000 head in 1989, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

Number of chickens elsewhere in European Union (27)

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