# Number of chickens in Switzerland

Number of chickens in Switzerland was 13,168,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 13,168,000 |
| 2023 | 13,152,000 |
| 2022 | 13,109,000 |
| 2021 | 12,568,000 |
| 2020 | 12,429,000 |
| 2019 | 11,829,000 |
| 2018 | 11,535,000 |
| 2017 | 11,409,000 |
| 2016 | 10,893,000 |
| 2015 | 10,753,000 |
| 2014 | 10,644,000 |
| 2013 | 10,003,000 |
| 2012 | 9,878,000 |
| 2011 | 9,391,000 |
| 2010 | 8,944,000 |
| 2009 | 8,741,000 |
| 2008 | 8,474,000 |
| 2007 | 8,101,000 |
| 2006 | 7,517,000 |
| 2005 | 8,116,000 |
| 2004 | 7,913,000 |
| 2003 | 7,445,000 |
| 2002 | 7,206,000 |
| 2001 | 6,808,000 |
| 2000 | 6,790,000 |
| 1999 | 6,731,000 |
| 1998 | 6,566,000 |
| 1997 | 6,352,000 |
| 1996 | 6,251,000 |
| 1995 | 6,064,000 |
| 1994 | 6,227,000 |
| 1993 | 6,227,000 |
| 1992 | 5,341,000 |
| 1991 | 5,508,000 |
| 1990 | 5,964,000 |
| 1989 | 6,041,000 |
| 1988 | 6,356,000 |
| 1987 | 5,679,000 |
| 1986 | 5,691,000 |
| 1985 | 5,722,000 |
| 1984 | 5,943,000 |
| 1983 | 6,082,000 |
| 1982 | 5,961,000 |
| 1981 | 5,956,000 |
| 1980 | 6,146,000 |
| 1979 | 6,337,000 |
| 1978 | 6,688,000 |
| 1977 | 6,053,000 |
| 1976 | 6,138,000 |
| 1975 | 6,121,000 |
| 1974 | 6,536,000 |
| 1973 | 6,698,000 |
| 1972 | 6,021,000 |
| 1971 | 5,963,000 |
| 1970 | 5,919,000 |
| 1969 | 6,345,000 |
| 1968 | 6,211,000 |
| 1967 | 6,657,000 |
| 1966 | 6,586,000 |
| 1965 | 6,331,000 |
| 1964 | 5,800,000 |
| 1963 | 5,750,000 |
| 1962 | 5,880,000 |
| 1961 | 5,975,000 |