# Number of chickens in Vietnam

Number of chickens in Vietnam was 481,033,000 head in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 481,033,000 |
| 2023 | 457,221,000 |
| 2022 | 446,540,000 |
| 2021 | 427,059,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 409,500,000 |
| 2019 | 382,597,000 |
| 2018 | 316,916,000 |
| 2017 | 295,209,000 |
| 2016 | 277,189,000 |
| 2015 | 259,295,000 |
| 2014 | 245,978,000 |
| 2013 | 234,509,000 |
| 2012 | 223,746,000 |
| 2011 | 225,820,000 |
| 2010 | 218,201,000 |
| 2009 | 200,000,000 |
| 2008 | 173,110,000 |
| 2007 | 158,200,000 |
| 2006 | 150,220,000 |
| 2005 | 153,937,000 |
| 2004 | 152,706,000 |
| 2003 | 178,227,000 |
| 2002 | 163,100,000 |
| 2001 | 159,451,000 |
| 2000 | 152,310,000 |
| 1999 | 125,500,000 |
| 1998 | 126,361,000 |
| 1997 | 120,567,000 |
| 1996 | 112,774,000 |
| 1995 | 99,500,000 |
| 1994 | 96,500,000 |
| 1993 | 93,400,000 |
| 1992 | 87,200,000 |
| 1991 | 76,300,000 |
| 1990 | 75,200,000 |
| 1989 | 73,400,000 |
| 1988 | 67,400,000 |
| 1987 | 67,200,000 |
| 1986 | 69,900,000 |
| 1985 | 63,800,000 |
| 1984 | 62,500,000 |
| 1983 | 57,800,000 |
| 1982 | 53,800,000 |
| 1981 | 48,900,000 |
| 1980 | 45,200,000 |
| 1979 | 41,400,000 |
| 1978 | 39,800,000 |
| 1977 | 39,000,000 |
| 1976 | 42,600,000 |
| 1975 | 41,200,000 |
| 1974 | 59,400,000 |
| 1973 | 56,700,000 |
| 1972 | 52,600,000 |
| 1971 | 45,100,000 |
| 1970 | 44,900,000 |
| 1969 | 44,400,000 |
| 1968 | 44,500,000 |
| 1967 | 42,900,000 |
| 1966 | 42,800,000 |
| 1965 | 46,000,000 |
| 1964 | 41,100,000 |
| 1963 | 47,300,000 |
| 1962 | 37,100,000 |
| 1961 | 34,700,000 |