Number of pigs in Germany

Number of pigs in Germany was 21,292,300 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.3% from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, head21,292,300

Change on 2023+0.3%

Rank2nd of 27EU countries ranked

Series high37,342,4481987

Series low21,223,7002023

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 Germany, 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	21,292,300
2023	21,223,700
2022	21,366,300
2021	23,762,300
2020	26,069,900
2019	26,053,400
2018	26,445,400
2017	27,577,600
2016	27,376,100
2015	27,652,416
2014	28,338,990
2013	27,690,100
2012	28,131,700
2011	26,758,100
2010	26,509,000
2009	26,948,300
2008	26,686,800
2007	27,125,300
2006	26,521,300
2005	26,857,800
2004	25,659,300
2003	26,334,320
2002	26,103,040
2001	25,783,930
2000	25,633,360
1999	26,293,992
1998	24,795,244
1997	24,282,980
1996	23,736,564
1995	24,698,120
1994	26,075,150
1993	26,514,000
1992	26,063,408
1991	30,818,832
1990	34,177,504
1989	35,053,440
1988	36,172,192
1987	37,342,448
1986	37,227,600
1985	36,807,632
1984	36,506,816
1983	34,584,496
1982	35,179,008
1981	35,424,016
1980	34,505,488
1979	34,375,104
1978	33,143,264
1977	31,880,560
1976	31,306,240
1975	31,752,528
1974	31,300,880
1973	30,388,912
1972	29,980,096
1971	30,652,480
1970	28,560,304
1969	28,254,608
1968	28,286,384
1967	26,994,192
1966	26,600,688
1965	26,905,600
1964	25,931,488
1963	24,914,608
1962	26,071,296
1961	24,102,592

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, Germany, 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

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Germany, 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/germany. 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, Germany, 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/germany.

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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, Germany, 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/germany (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_pigs_germany_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, Germany, 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/germany. 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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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37,342,448 head in 1987, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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