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Number of pigs in Papua New Guinea

Number of pigs in Papua New Guinea was 2,055,539 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.2% from 2023. That is the 48th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, head2,055,539 Estimated
Change on 2023+0.2%
Rank48th of 171Countries ranked
Series high2,063,1942020
Series low600,0001961

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Number of pigs in Papua New Guinea, 1961 to 2024

500K1M1.5M2M2.5M19611971198119912001201120241961: 600,000 head1962: 610,000 head1963: 620,000 head1964: 630,000 head1965: 640,000 head1966: 650,000 head1967: 660,000 head1968: 680,000 head1969: 695,000 head1970: 710,000 head1971: 725,000 head1972: 740,000 head1973: 755,000 head1974: 775,000 head1975: 790,000 head1976: 810,000 head1977: 820,000 head1978: 835,000 head1979: 860,000 head1980: 870,000 head1981: 880,000 head1982: 900,000 head1983: 910,000 head1984: 920,000 head1985: 940,000 head1986: 950,000 head1987: 960,000 head1988: 975,000 head1989: 990,000 head1990: 1,000,000 head1991: 1,000,000 head1992: 1,100,000 head1993: 1,200,000 head1994: 1,300,000 head1995: 1,400,000 head1996: 1,450,000 head1997: 1,500,000 head1998: 1,550,000 head1999: 1,550,000 head2000: 1,550,000 head2001: 1,700,000 head2002: 1,800,000 head2003: 1,800,000 head2004: 1,800,000 head2005: 1,800,000 head2006: 1,800,000 head2007: 1,850,000 head2008: 1,850,000 head2009: 1,900,000 head2010: 1,950,000 head2011: 2,000,000 head2012: 2,050,000 head2013: 2,000,000 head2014: 2,000,000 head2015: 2,005,702 head2016: 2,012,692 head2017: 2,023,838 head2018: 2,038,249 head2019: 2,053,519 head2020: 2,063,194 head2021: 2,051,253 head2022: 2,048,983 head2023: 2,052,261 head2024: 2,055,539 head500K1M1.5M2M2.5M19611983200520241961: 600,000 head1962: 610,000 head1963: 620,000 head1964: 630,000 head1965: 640,000 head1966: 650,000 head1967: 660,000 head1968: 680,000 head1969: 695,000 head1970: 710,000 head1971: 725,000 head1972: 740,000 head1973: 755,000 head1974: 775,000 head1975: 790,000 head1976: 810,000 head1977: 820,000 head1978: 835,000 head1979: 860,000 head1980: 870,000 head1981: 880,000 head1982: 900,000 head1983: 910,000 head1984: 920,000 head1985: 940,000 head1986: 950,000 head1987: 960,000 head1988: 975,000 head1989: 990,000 head1990: 1,000,000 head1991: 1,000,000 head1992: 1,100,000 head1993: 1,200,000 head1994: 1,300,000 head1995: 1,400,000 head1996: 1,450,000 head1997: 1,500,000 head1998: 1,550,000 head1999: 1,550,000 head2000: 1,550,000 head2001: 1,700,000 head2002: 1,800,000 head2003: 1,800,000 head2004: 1,800,000 head2005: 1,800,000 head2006: 1,800,000 head2007: 1,850,000 head2008: 1,850,000 head2009: 1,900,000 head2010: 1,950,000 head2011: 2,000,000 head2012: 2,050,000 head2013: 2,000,000 head2014: 2,000,000 head2015: 2,005,702 head2016: 2,012,692 head2017: 2,023,838 head2018: 2,038,249 head2019: 2,053,519 head2020: 2,063,194 head2021: 2,051,253 head2022: 2,048,983 head2023: 2,052,261 head2024: 2,055,539 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
20242,055,539 Estimated
20232,052,261 Estimated
20222,048,983 Estimated
20212,051,253 Estimated
20202,063,194 Estimated
20192,053,519 Estimated
20182,038,249 Estimated
20172,023,838 Estimated
20162,012,692 Estimated
20152,005,702 Estimated
20142,000,000 Estimated
20132,000,000 Estimated
20122,050,000 Estimated
20112,000,000 Estimated
20101,950,000 Estimated
20091,900,000 Estimated
20081,850,000 Estimated
20071,850,000 Estimated
20061,800,000 Estimated
20051,800,000 Estimated
20041,800,000 Estimated
20031,800,000
20021,800,000
20011,700,000
20001,550,000
19991,550,000
19981,550,000
19971,500,000
19961,450,000 Estimated
19951,400,000 Estimated
19941,300,000 Estimated
19931,200,000 Estimated
19921,100,000 Estimated
19911,000,000 Estimated
19901,000,000 Estimated
1989990,000 Estimated
1988975,000 Estimated
1987960,000 Estimated
1986950,000 Estimated
1985940,000 Estimated
1984920,000 Estimated
1983910,000 Estimated
1982900,000 Estimated
1981880,000 Estimated
1980870,000 Estimated
1979860,000 Estimated
1978835,000 Estimated
1977820,000 Estimated
1976810,000 Estimated
1975790,000 Estimated
1974775,000 Estimated
1973755,000 Estimated
1972740,000 Estimated
1971725,000 Estimated
1970710,000 Estimated
1969695,000 Estimated
1968680,000 Estimated
1967660,000 Estimated
1966650,000 Estimated
1965640,000 Estimated
1964630,000 Estimated
1963620,000 Estimated
1962610,000 Estimated
1961600,000 Estimated

Papua New Guinea 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. Papua New Guinea 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, Papua New Guinea, 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, Papua New Guinea, 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/papua-new-guinea. 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, Papua New Guinea, 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/papua-new-guinea.

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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, Papua New Guinea, 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/papua-new-guinea (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  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, Papua New Guinea, 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/papua-new-guinea. 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 Papua New Guinea?

Number of pigs in Papua New Guinea was 2,055,539 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.2% from 2023. That is the 48th 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.

What was the highest number of pigs in Papua New Guinea?

2,063,194 head in 2020, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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