# Number of chickens in Sri Lanka

Number of chickens in Sri Lanka was 18,716,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 18,716,000 |
| 2023 | 18,065,000 |
| 2022 | 22,767,000 |
| 2021 | 24,311,000 |
| 2020 | 24,278,000 |
| 2019 | 20,411,000 |
| 2018 | 20,531,000 |
| 2017 | 21,276,000 |
| 2016 | 21,056,000 |
| 2015 | 16,744,000 |
| 2014 | 16,630,000 |
| 2013 | 16,646,000 |
| 2012 | 14,038,000 |
| 2011 | 14,199,000 |
| 2010 | 14,018,000 |
| 2009 | 13,615,000 |
| 2008 | 14,331,000 |
| 2007 | 13,779,000 |
| 2006 | 13,313,000 |
| 2005 | 11,636,000 |
| 2004 | 11,042,000 |
| 2003 | 9,774,000 |
| 2002 | 11,564,000 |
| 2001 | 10,655,000 |
| 2000 | 10,622,000 |
| 1999 | 9,923,000 |
| 1998 | 9,566,000 |
| 1997 | 9,243,000 |
| 1996 | 9,136,000 |
| 1995 | 9,504,000 |
| 1994 | 9,466,000 |
| 1993 | 9,261,000 |
| 1992 | 8,746,000 |
| 1991 | 8,261,000 |
| 1990 | 8,796,000 |
| 1989 | 8,833,000 |
| 1988 | 8,645,000 |
| 1987 | 8,588,000 |
| 1986 | 7,637,000 |
| 1985 | 7,098,000 |
| 1984 | 6,614,000 |
| 1983 | 6,457,000 |
| 1982 | 6,249,000 |
| 1981 | 6,296,000 |
| 1980 | 6,341,000 |
| 1979 | 5,882,000 |
| 1978 | 4,912,000 |
| 1977 | 5,833,000 |
| 1976 | 5,700,000 |
| 1975 | 5,685,000 |
| 1974 | 6,521,000 |
| 1973 | 7,528,000 |
| 1972 | 7,227,000 |
| 1971 | 7,593,000 |
| 1970 | 6,856,000 |
| 1969 | 6,578,000 |
| 1968 | 6,748,000 |
| 1967 | 6,256,000 |
| 1966 | 6,500,000 |
| 1965 | 6,090,000 |
| 1964 | 6,279,000 |
| 1963 | 6,129,000 |
| 1962 | 3,765,000 |
| 1961 | 3,841,000 |