Number of pigs in Australia

Number of pigs in Australia was 2,497,379 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 1.2% from 2023. That is the 40th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, head2,497,379 Estimated

Change on 2023+1.2%

Rank40th of 171Countries ranked

Series high3,259,0001973

Series low1,439,9911963

Next release: Thursday, 31 December 2026, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Number of pigs in Australia, 1961 to 2024

head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	head
2024	2,497,379 Estimated
2023	2,466,890 Estimated
2022	2,552,808 Estimated
2021	2,577,597
2020	2,258,046
2019	2,319,033
2018	2,534,030
2017	2,485,699
2016	2,294,245
2015	2,272,164
2014	2,308,000
2013	2,098,147
2012	2,137,921
2011	2,285,214
2010	2,289,292
2009	2,301,714
2008	2,411,454
2007	2,604,681
2006	2,733,000
2005	2,538,000
2004	2,547,788
2003	2,658,000
2002	2,940,000
2001	2,748,000
2000	2,511,000
1999	2,626,000
1998	2,768,000
1997	2,555,000
1996	2,526,412
1995	2,652,810
1994	2,775,280
1993	2,646,058
1992	2,792,386
1991	2,531,468
1990	2,647,572
1989	2,670,795
1988	2,706,169
1987	2,610,891
1986	2,553,494
1985	2,511,571
1984	2,526,500
1983	2,490,360
1982	2,372,627
1981	2,429,535
1980	2,517,586
1979	2,301,280
1978	2,217,025
1977	2,229,166
1976	2,172,762
1975	2,197,219
1974	2,505,418
1973	3,259,000
1972	3,198,683
1971	2,590,000
1970	2,398,364
1969	2,253,034
1968	2,055,669
1967	1,803,600
1966	1,746,551
1965	1,660,012
1964	1,467,511
1963	1,439,991
1962	1,652,323
1961	1,615,303

Rankings

Countries by number of pigs 178 places
EU countries by number of pigs 27 places

Definition

Number of pigs (swine) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

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.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). 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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111) (Number of pigs, Australia, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Australia, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/australia. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Number of pigs, Australia, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/australia.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Australia, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/australia (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_pigs_australia_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111): Number of pigs, Australia, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/australia. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). 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.},
}

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3,259,000 head in 1973, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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