# Number of chickens in South Korea

Number of chickens in South Korea was 178,474,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 178,474,000 |
| 2023 | 182,127,000 |
| 2022 | 173,136,000 |
| 2021 | 177,194,000 |
| 2020 | 178,528,000 |
| 2019 | 172,920,000 |
| 2018 | 172,993,000 |
| 2017 | 170,551,000 |
| 2016 | 170,147,000 |
| 2015 | 164,130,000 |
| 2014 | 156,410,000 |
| 2013 | 151,337,000 |
| 2012 | 146,836,000 |
| 2011 | 149,511,000 |
| 2010 | 149,200,000 |
| 2009 | 138,768,000 |
| 2008 | 119,784,000 |
| 2007 | 119,365,000 |
| 2006 | 119,181,000 |
| 2005 | 109,628,000 |
| 2004 | 106,736,000 |
| 2003 | 99,019,000 |
| 2002 | 101,693,000 |
| 2001 | 102,393,000 |
| 2000 | 102,547,000 |
| 1999 | 94,587,000 |
| 1998 | 85,848,000 |
| 1997 | 88,251,000 |
| 1996 | 82,829,000 |
| 1995 | 85,800,000 |
| 1994 | 80,569,000 |
| 1993 | 72,946,000 |
| 1992 | 73,324,000 |
| 1991 | 74,855,000 |
| 1990 | 74,463,000 |
| 1989 | 61,689,000 |
| 1988 | 58,467,000 |
| 1987 | 59,324,000 |
| 1986 | 56,095,000 |
| 1985 | 51,081,000 |
| 1984 | 46,483,000 |
| 1983 | 47,239,000 |
| 1982 | 46,592,000 |
| 1981 | 42,999,000 |
| 1980 | 40,130,000 |
| 1979 | 41,121,000 |
| 1978 | 40,753,000 |
| 1977 | 34,200,000 |
| 1976 | 30,224,000 |
| 1975 | 26,325,000 |
| 1974 | 23,939,000 |
| 1973 | 18,814,000 |
| 1972 | 23,071,000 |
| 1971 | 24,537,000 |
| 1970 | 25,903,000 |
| 1969 | 23,477,000 |
| 1968 | 22,651,000 |
| 1967 | 25,968,000 |
| 1966 | 17,079,000 |
| 1965 | 14,008,000 |
| 1964 | 10,282,000 |
| 1963 | 11,907,000 |
| 1962 | 13,047,000 |
| 1961 | 11,218,000 |