# Number of chickens in United Kingdom

Number of chickens in United Kingdom was 166,986,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 166,986,000 |
| 2023 | 170,233,000 |
| 2022 | 174,193,000 |
| 2021 | 180,000,000 |
| 2020 | 172,000,000 |
| 2019 | 176,000,000 |
| 2018 | 178,000,000 |
| 2017 | 171,000,000 |
| 2016 | 161,000,000 |
| 2015 | 157,000,000 |
| 2014 | 159,000,000 |
| 2013 | 152,000,000 |
| 2012 | 149,000,000 |
| 2011 | 151,000,000 |
| 2010 | 152,000,000 |
| 2009 | 159,288,000 |
| 2008 | 154,180,000 |
| 2007 | 157,513,000 |
| 2006 | 158,202,000 |
| 2005 | 160,528,000 |
| 2004 | 165,931,000 |
| 2003 | 165,324,000 |
| 2002 | 155,005,000 |
| 2001 | 163,876,000 |
| 2000 | 154,504,000 |
| 1999 | 140,300,000 |
| 1998 | 137,750,000 |
| 1997 | 150,400,000 |
| 1996 | 120,300,000 |
| 1995 | 119,500,000 |
| 1994 | 118,800,000 |
| 1993 | 122,900,000 |
| 1992 | 116,300,000 |
| 1991 | 127,241,000 |
| 1990 | 124,636,000 |
| 1989 | 120,351,000 |
| 1988 | 127,984,000 |
| 1987 | 126,840,000 |
| 1986 | 111,782,000 |
| 1985 | 110,315,000 |
| 1984 | 111,144,000 |
| 1983 | 112,234,000 |
| 1982 | 114,862,000 |
| 1981 | 109,900,000 |
| 1980 | 116,000,000 |
| 1979 | 122,000,000 |
| 1978 | 120,100,000 |
| 1977 | 123,900,000 |
| 1976 | 134,917,000 |
| 1975 | 130,471,000 |
| 1974 | 132,258,000 |
| 1973 | 136,164,000 |
| 1972 | 133,458,000 |
| 1971 | 133,168,000 |
| 1970 | 137,444,000 |
| 1969 | 120,849,000 |
| 1968 | 121,971,000 |
| 1967 | 120,401,000 |
| 1966 | 113,754,000 |
| 1965 | 112,348,000 |
| 1964 | 113,162,000 |
| 1963 | 107,076,000 |
| 1962 | 104,288,000 |
| 1961 | 108,646,000 |