# Number of chickens in Uganda

Number of chickens in Uganda was 69,540,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 69,540,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 71,001,000 |
| 2022 | 70,907,000 |
| 2021 | 70,840,000 |
| 2020 | 44,199,000 |
| 2019 | 43,121,000 |
| 2018 | 48,901,000 |
| 2017 | 47,578,000 |
| 2016 | 46,291,000 |
| 2015 | 46,039,000 |
| 2014 | 32,485,000 |
| 2013 | 31,680,000 |
| 2012 | 37,572,000 |
| 2011 | 34,660,000 |
| 2010 | 34,680,000 |
| 2009 | 31,500,000 |
| 2008 | 27,508,000 |
| 2007 | 26,950,000 |
| 2006 | 22,849,000 |
| 2005 | 32,600,000 |
| 2004 | 31,622,000 |
| 2003 | 35,903,000 |
| 2002 | 32,638,000 |
| 2001 | 29,671,000 |
| 2000 | 26,974,000 |
| 1999 | 22,622,000 |
| 1998 | 22,293,000 |
| 1997 | 22,271,000 |
| 1996 | 22,050,000 |
| 1995 | 21,832,000 |
| 1994 | 21,404,000 |
| 1993 | 21,214,000 |
| 1992 | 20,576,000 |
| 1991 | 20,020,000 |
| 1990 | 18,960,000 |
| 1989 | 17,960,000 |
| 1988 | 17,020,000 |
| 1987 | 16,120,000 |
| 1986 | 18,000,000 |
| 1985 | 16,500,000 |
| 1984 | 15,500,000 |
| 1983 | 15,500,000 |
| 1982 | 14,500,000 |
| 1981 | 13,400,000 |
| 1980 | 13,200,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 13,100,000 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 13,000,000 |
| 1977 | 15,000,000 |
| 1976 | 12,000,000 |
| 1975 | 10,000,000 |
| 1974 | 9,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 9,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 8,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 8,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 8,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 8,100,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 7,900,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 7,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 7,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 7,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 7,100,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 6,900,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 6,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 6,500,000 (estimated) |