# Number of chickens in Zambia

Number of chickens in Zambia was 41,553,000 head in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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

| Period | head |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 41,553,000 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 41,089,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 41,570,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 41,208,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 40,579,000 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 40,095,000 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 39,614,000 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 39,147,000 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 38,716,000 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 38,299,000 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 38,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 38,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 36,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 36,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 35,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 33,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 31,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 30,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 30,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 32,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 31,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 31,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 31,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 30,000,000 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 29,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 28,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 27,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 25,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 23,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 21,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 20,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 20,900,000 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 19,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 17,400,000 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 15,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 15,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 14,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 13,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 13,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 13,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 12,053,000 |
| 1983 | 14,190,000 |
| 1982 | 15,613,000 |
| 1981 | 15,784,000 |
| 1980 | 20,638,000 |
| 1979 | 18,593,000 |
| 1978 | 18,532,000 |
| 1977 | 19,366,000 |
| 1976 | 20,829,000 |
| 1975 | 18,017,000 |
| 1974 | 14,328,000 |
| 1973 | 11,834,000 |
| 1972 | 10,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 9,600,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 8,970,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 8,160,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 7,410,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 6,160,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 5,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 4,930,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 4,420,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 4,350,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 4,200,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 4,100,000 (estimated) |