# Number of chickens in World

Number of chickens in World was 27,680,730,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 27,680,730,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 27,108,079,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 26,734,785,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 26,128,374,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 25,978,406,000 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 25,781,599,000 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 25,123,685,000 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 24,699,021,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 22,606,087,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 21,886,672,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 21,128,839,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 20,923,553,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 20,425,762,000 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 19,868,328,000 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 20,109,259,000 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 19,578,125,000 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 18,786,785,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 18,083,994,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 17,373,920,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 16,977,482,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 16,486,248,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 15,919,015,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 15,852,064,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 14,667,691,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 14,120,529,000 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 13,420,553,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 12,942,946,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 13,960,924,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 13,329,075,000 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 12,651,466,000 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 12,288,056,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 11,703,749,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 11,185,593,000 |
| 1991 | 10,809,018,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 10,619,453,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 10,252,032,000 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 9,930,714,000 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 9,558,960,000 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 9,058,319,000 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 8,613,401,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 8,274,055,000 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 7,958,039,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 7,747,450,000 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 7,513,200,000 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 7,217,897,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 6,923,284,000 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 6,586,930,000 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 6,258,358,000 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 6,061,004,000 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 5,892,599,000 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 5,803,304,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 5,661,733,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 5,538,232,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 5,380,488,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 5,209,083,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 4,987,904,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 4,822,623,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 4,665,949,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 4,445,126,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 4,349,174,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 4,230,748,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 4,162,664,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 4,048,266,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 3,906,216,000 (estimated) |