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Number of chickens in Sweden

Number of chickens in Sweden was 25,729,000 head in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

2023, head25,729,000
Series high33,900,0002019
Series low8,230,0001992

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Number of chickens in Sweden, 1961 to 2023

010M20M30M40M19611970197919881997200620231961: 11,701,000 head1962: 10,061,000 head1963: 9,907,000 head1964: 9,997,000 head1965: 9,099,000 head1966: 8,386,000 head1967: 8,602,000 head1968: 9,898,000 head1969: 11,889,000 head1970: 11,772,000 head1971: 12,897,000 head1972: 11,909,000 head1973: 11,631,000 head1974: 12,095,000 head1975: 11,692,000 head1976: 11,109,000 head1977: 11,392,000 head1978: 11,592,000 head1979: 12,679,000 head1980: 13,192,000 head1981: 12,620,000 head1982: 12,758,000 head1983: 13,000,000 head1984: 13,000,000 head1985: 11,068,000 head1986: 11,422,000 head1987: 10,820,000 head1988: 10,998,000 head1989: 11,200,000 head1990: 11,300,000 head1991: 8,725,000 head1992: 8,230,000 head1993: 10,007,000 head1994: 10,870,000 head1995: 12,725,000 head1996: 12,958,000 head1997: 12,202,000 head1998: 13,210,000 head1999: 13,709,000 head2000: 14,756,000 head2001: 16,210,000 head2002: 17,307,000 head2003: 18,416,000 head2004: 19,524,000 head2005: 24,775,000 head2006: 21,310,000 head2007: 21,916,000 head2008: 22,494,000 head2009: 23,078,000 head2010: 22,344,000 head2011: 24,667,000 head2012: 25,757,000 head2013: 27,027,000 head2014: 26,375,000 head2015: 28,958,000 head2016: 29,761,000 head2017: 30,559,000 head2018: 31,756,000 head2019: 33,900,000 head2023: 25,729,000 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 60 values
Periodhead
202325,729,000
201933,900,000
201831,756,000
201730,559,000
201629,761,000 Estimated
201528,958,000
201426,375,000
201327,027,000
201225,757,000 Estimated
201124,667,000 Estimated
201022,344,000
200923,078,000 Estimated
200822,494,000 Estimated
200721,916,000 Estimated
200621,310,000 Estimated
200524,775,000
200419,524,000 Estimated
200318,416,000 Estimated
200217,307,000 Estimated
200116,210,000 Estimated
200014,756,000
199913,709,000
199813,210,000 Estimated
199712,202,000 Estimated
199612,958,000 Estimated
199512,725,000
199410,870,000 Estimated
199310,007,000 Estimated
19928,230,000
19918,725,000
199011,300,000
198911,200,000
198810,998,000
198710,820,000
198611,422,000
198511,068,000
198413,000,000 Estimated
198313,000,000 Estimated
198212,758,000
198112,620,000
198013,192,000
197912,679,000
197811,592,000
197711,392,000
197611,109,000
197511,692,000
197412,095,000
197311,631,000
197211,909,000
197112,897,000
197011,772,000
196911,889,000
19689,898,000
19678,602,000
19668,386,000
19659,099,000
19649,997,000
19639,907,000
196210,061,000
196111,701,000

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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.

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.

How to cite

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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APA 7

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, Sweden, 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

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Number of chickens, Sweden, 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/sweden. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, Sweden, 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/sweden.

Harvard

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, Sweden, 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/sweden (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{food_number_of_chickens_sweden_2023,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112): Number of chickens, Sweden, 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/sweden. 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 Sweden?

Number of chickens in Sweden was 25,729,000 head in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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 Sweden?

33,900,000 head in 2019, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

Number of chickens elsewhere in European Union (27)

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