# Number of chickens in Sweden

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

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 25,729,000 |
| 2019 | 33,900,000 |
| 2018 | 31,756,000 |
| 2017 | 30,559,000 |
| 2016 | 29,761,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 28,958,000 |
| 2014 | 26,375,000 |
| 2013 | 27,027,000 |
| 2012 | 25,757,000 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 24,667,000 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 22,344,000 |
| 2009 | 23,078,000 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 22,494,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 21,916,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 21,310,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 24,775,000 |
| 2004 | 19,524,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 18,416,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 17,307,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 16,210,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 14,756,000 |
| 1999 | 13,709,000 |
| 1998 | 13,210,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 12,202,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 12,958,000 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 12,725,000 |
| 1994 | 10,870,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 10,007,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 8,230,000 |
| 1991 | 8,725,000 |
| 1990 | 11,300,000 |
| 1989 | 11,200,000 |
| 1988 | 10,998,000 |
| 1987 | 10,820,000 |
| 1986 | 11,422,000 |
| 1985 | 11,068,000 |
| 1984 | 13,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 13,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 12,758,000 |
| 1981 | 12,620,000 |
| 1980 | 13,192,000 |
| 1979 | 12,679,000 |
| 1978 | 11,592,000 |
| 1977 | 11,392,000 |
| 1976 | 11,109,000 |
| 1975 | 11,692,000 |
| 1974 | 12,095,000 |
| 1973 | 11,631,000 |
| 1972 | 11,909,000 |
| 1971 | 12,897,000 |
| 1970 | 11,772,000 |
| 1969 | 11,889,000 |
| 1968 | 9,898,000 |
| 1967 | 8,602,000 |
| 1966 | 8,386,000 |
| 1965 | 9,099,000 |
| 1964 | 9,997,000 |
| 1963 | 9,907,000 |
| 1962 | 10,061,000 |
| 1961 | 11,701,000 |