# Number of chickens in South Sudan

Number of chickens in South Sudan was 43,167,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 43,167,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 42,916,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 35,362,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 35,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 35,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 40,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 34,226,000 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 30,237,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 25,579,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 15,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 15,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 15,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 15,000,000 (estimated) |