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Number of pigs in Iceland

Number of pigs in Iceland was 26,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 138th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, head26,000
Change on 20230%
Rank138th of 171Countries ranked
Series high46,7762008
Series low1,1981961

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Number of pigs in Iceland, 1961 to 2024

010K20K30K40K50K19611971198119912001201120241961: 1,198 head1962: 1,484 head1963: 1,347 head1964: 1,544 head1965: 2,137 head1966: 3,023 head1967: 3,458 head1968: 3,500 head1969: 3,912 head1970: 3,075 head1971: 4,111 head1972: 4,802 head1973: 5,962 head1974: 5,835 head1975: 6,959 head1976: 6,777 head1977: 7,073 head1978: 8,387 head1979: 10,281 head1980: 11,376 head1981: 11,500 head1982: 10,200 head1983: 11,700 head1984: 18,000 head1985: 20,000 head1986: 28,000 head1987: 35,000 head1988: 36,000 head1989: 34,000 head1990: 37,000 head1991: 38,000 head1992: 40,000 head1993: 40,000 head1994: 41,000 head1995: 42,000 head1996: 43,000 head1997: 43,000 head1998: 43,000 head1999: 44,000 head2000: 44,000 head2001: 44,000 head2002: 37,326 head2003: 43,599 head2004: 35,671 head2005: 41,152 head2006: 42,180 head2007: 41,470 head2008: 46,776 head2009: 43,286 head2010: 40,016 head2011: 34,300 head2012: 36,300 head2013: 26,033 head2014: 28,600 head2015: 28,700 head2016: 28,500 head2017: 28,700 head2018: 29,000 head2019: 28,000 head2020: 27,000 head2021: 26,000 head2022: 26,000 head2023: 26,000 head2024: 26,000 head020K40K60K19611983200520241961: 1,198 head1962: 1,484 head1963: 1,347 head1964: 1,544 head1965: 2,137 head1966: 3,023 head1967: 3,458 head1968: 3,500 head1969: 3,912 head1970: 3,075 head1971: 4,111 head1972: 4,802 head1973: 5,962 head1974: 5,835 head1975: 6,959 head1976: 6,777 head1977: 7,073 head1978: 8,387 head1979: 10,281 head1980: 11,376 head1981: 11,500 head1982: 10,200 head1983: 11,700 head1984: 18,000 head1985: 20,000 head1986: 28,000 head1987: 35,000 head1988: 36,000 head1989: 34,000 head1990: 37,000 head1991: 38,000 head1992: 40,000 head1993: 40,000 head1994: 41,000 head1995: 42,000 head1996: 43,000 head1997: 43,000 head1998: 43,000 head1999: 44,000 head2000: 44,000 head2001: 44,000 head2002: 37,326 head2003: 43,599 head2004: 35,671 head2005: 41,152 head2006: 42,180 head2007: 41,470 head2008: 46,776 head2009: 43,286 head2010: 40,016 head2011: 34,300 head2012: 36,300 head2013: 26,033 head2014: 28,600 head2015: 28,700 head2016: 28,500 head2017: 28,700 head2018: 29,000 head2019: 28,000 head2020: 27,000 head2021: 26,000 head2022: 26,000 head2023: 26,000 head2024: 26,000 head
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
Periodhead
202426,000
202326,000
202226,000
202126,000
202027,000
201928,000
201829,000
201728,700
201628,500
201528,700
201428,600
201326,033
201236,300
201134,300
201040,016
200943,286
200846,776
200741,470
200642,180
200541,152
200435,671
200343,599
200237,326
200144,000 Estimated
200044,000 Estimated
199944,000 Estimated
199843,000 Estimated
199743,000 Estimated
199643,000 Estimated
199542,000 Estimated
199441,000 Estimated
199340,000 Estimated
199240,000 Estimated
199138,000 Estimated
199037,000 Estimated
198934,000 Estimated
198836,000 Estimated
198735,000 Estimated
198628,000 Estimated
198520,000 Estimated
198418,000 Estimated
198311,700 Estimated
198210,200 Estimated
198111,500 Estimated
198011,376
197910,281
19788,387
19777,073
19766,777
19756,959
19745,835
19735,962
19724,802
19714,111
19703,075
19693,912
19683,500
19673,458
19663,023
19652,137
19641,544
19631,347
19621,484
19611,198

Iceland compared with nearby places

Antigua and Barbuda: 4,984 headAlbania: 104,042 headArmenia: 186,951 headAngola: 3,188,105 headArgentina: 6,115,215 headAustria: 2,534,440 headAustralia: 2,497,379 headAzerbaijan: 5,304 headBosnia and Herzegovina: 447,474 headBelgium: 5,375,200 headBurkina Faso: 1,525,188 headBulgaria: 700,780 headBurundi: 1,540,229 headBenin: 1,104,012 headBrunei: 553 headBolivia: 3,143,989 headBrazil: 43,914,785 headBahamas: 5,021 headBhutan: 34,059 headBotswana: 7,083 headBelarus: 2,197,300 headBelize: 13,892 headCanada: 13,985,000 headDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 1,016,111 headCentral African Republic: 1,121,182 headRepublic of the Congo: 103,498 headSwitzerland: 1,274,949 headCôte d’Ivoire: 472,572 headChile: 2,777,625 headCameroon: 2,255,581 headChina: 427,430,000 headColombia: 10,668,276 headCosta Rica: 559,743 headCuba: 117,000 headCape Verde: 73,057 headCyprus: 309,790 headCzechia: 1,421,820 headGermany: 21,292,300 headDenmark: 11,583,000 headDominican Republic: 520,076 headAlgeria: 4,808 headEcuador: 896,457 headEstonia: 283,550 headEgypt: 20,688 headSpain: 34,565,280 headEthiopia: 37,330 headFinland: 974,130 headFiji: 120,000 headFrance: 11,714,940 headGabon: 225,991 headUnited Kingdom: 4,715,669 headGeorgia: 141,600 headGhana: 951,401 headGambia: 25,243 headGuinea: 183,169 headEquatorial Guinea: 7,548 headGreece: 786,200 headGuatemala: 3,044,525 headGuinea-Bissau: 434,193 headGuyana: 9,566 headHong Kong: 114,358 headHonduras: 453,773 headCroatia: 873,000 headHaiti: 1,024,619 headHungary: 2,802,400 headIndonesia: 5,767,595 headIreland: 1,473,750 headIsrael: 135,796 headIndia: 8,299,528 headIceland: 26,000 headItaly: 7,820,490 headJamaica: 220,979 headJapan: 8,798,000 headKenya: 949,807 headKyrgyzstan: 26,647 headCambodia: 2,014,037 headKiribati: 15,592 headNorth Korea: 2,462,814 headSouth Korea: 10,845,848 headKazakhstan: 479,662 headLaos: 4,767,000 headLebanon: 7,474 headSri Lanka: 109,660 headLiberia: 273,192 headLesotho: 35,490 headLithuania: 496,790 headLuxembourg: 64,810 headLatvia: 300,060 headMorocco: 7,782 headMoldova: 379,619 headMontenegro: 29,270 headMadagascar: 2,124,304 headNorth Macedonia: 179,682 headMali: 91,478 headMyanmar: 7,800,000 headMongolia: 21,258 headMauritius: 23,712 headMalawi: 12,140,948 headMexico: 19,856,591 headMalaysia: 1,234,242 headMozambique: 1,755,399 headNamibia: 87,256 headNew Caledonia: 36,916 headNiger: 42,943 headNigeria: 9,958,091 headNetherlands: 10,192,000 headNorway: 709,600 headNepal: 1,497,411 headNew Zealand: 243,588 headPanama: 508,934 headPeru: 3,519,668 headFrench Polynesia: 29,124 headPapua New Guinea: 2,055,539 headPhilippines: 9,566,230 headPoland: 9,078,250 headPuerto Rico: 40,725 headPortugal: 2,192,680 headParaguay: 1,674,266 headRomania: 3,257,500 headSerbia: 2,349,176 headRussia: 29,015,221 headRwanda: 1,062,978 headSolomon Islands: 55,519 headSweden: 1,360,460 headSlovenia: 232,350 headSlovakia: 412,310 headSierra Leone: 307,970 headSenegal: 503,379 headSomalia: 3,734 headSuriname: 33,632 headEl Salvador: 245,241 headSyria: 13 headEswatini: 55,271 headChad: 115,004 headTogo: 1,167,893 headThailand: 7,867,214 headTajikistan: 400 headTimor-Leste: 385,128 headTurkmenistan: 7,890 headTunisia: 5,449 headTürkiye: 1,724 headTrinidad and Tobago: 31,010 headTaiwan: 5,104,923 headTanzania: 539,088 headUkraine: 4,521,100 headUganda: 7,053,559 headUnited States: 74,905,400 headUruguay: 147,258 headUzbekistan: 39,817 headVenezuela: 2,311,261 headVietnam: 26,519,409 headVanuatu: 76,165 headSamoa: 91,647 headSouth Africa: 1,315,727 headZambia: 1,501,285 headZimbabwe: 301,747 head
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Number of pigs, 2024, head. Iceland is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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.

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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, Iceland, 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, Iceland, 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/iceland. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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, Iceland, 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/iceland.

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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, Iceland, 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/iceland (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{food_number_of_pigs_iceland_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, Iceland, 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/iceland. 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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What is the number of pigs in Iceland?

Number of pigs in Iceland was 26,000 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 138th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

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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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46,776 head in 2008, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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