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Number of pigs in Portugal

Number of pigs in Portugal was 2,192,680 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.5% from 2023. That is the 12th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, head2,192,680
Change on 2023+0.5%
Rank12th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high3,600,0001981
Series low1,527,0001961

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Number of pigs in Portugal, 1961 to 2024

1.5M2M2.5M3M3.5M4M19611971198119912001201120241961: 1,527,000 head1962: 1,559,000 head1963: 1,590,000 head1964: 1,624,000 head1965: 1,565,000 head1966: 1,676,300 head1967: 1,810,600 head1968: 1,593,052 head1969: 1,778,000 head1970: 1,828,600 head1971: 1,899,300 head1972: 2,045,550 head1973: 2,075,492 head1974: 2,182,200 head1975: 1,833,200 head1976: 1,683,000 head1977: 2,120,000 head1978: 2,270,000 head1979: 3,000,000 head1980: 3,500,000 head1981: 3,600,000 head1982: 3,500,000 head1983: 3,590,000 head1984: 3,000,000 head1985: 3,127,000 head1986: 3,092,000 head1987: 2,454,000 head1988: 2,455,000 head1989: 2,315,000 head1990: 2,618,000 head1991: 2,675,000 head1992: 2,588,000 head1993: 2,574,000 head1994: 2,690,000 head1995: 2,444,000 head1996: 2,430,000 head1997: 2,375,000 head1998: 2,394,000 head1999: 2,385,000 head2000: 2,350,000 head2001: 2,014,000 head2002: 1,964,000 head2003: 1,886,000 head2004: 1,967,000 head2005: 1,955,000 head2006: 1,917,000 head2007: 1,978,000 head2008: 1,955,000 head2009: 1,945,000 head2010: 1,917,000 head2011: 1,985,000 head2012: 2,024,000 head2013: 2,014,000 head2014: 2,127,000 head2015: 2,247,000 head2016: 2,151,000 head2017: 2,165,000 head2018: 2,205,050 head2019: 2,255,870 head2020: 2,251,970 head2021: 2,221,020 head2022: 2,183,320 head2023: 2,181,040 head2024: 2,192,680 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
20242,192,680
20232,181,040
20222,183,320
20212,221,020
20202,251,970
20192,255,870
20182,205,050
20172,165,000
20162,151,000
20152,247,000
20142,127,000
20132,014,000
20122,024,000
20111,985,000
20101,917,000
20091,945,000
20081,955,000
20071,978,000
20061,917,000
20051,955,000
20041,967,000
20031,886,000
20021,964,000
20012,014,000
20002,350,000
19992,385,000
19982,394,000
19972,375,000
19962,430,000
19952,444,000
19942,690,000
19932,574,000
19922,588,000
19912,675,000
19902,618,000
19892,315,000
19882,455,000
19872,454,000
19863,092,000
19853,127,000
19843,000,000
19833,590,000
19823,500,000
19813,600,000
19803,500,000
19793,000,000
19782,270,000
19772,120,000
19761,683,000
19751,833,200
19742,182,200
19732,075,492
19722,045,550
19711,899,300
19701,828,600
19691,778,000 Estimated
19681,593,052
19671,810,600 Estimated
19661,676,300
19651,565,000
19641,624,000
19631,590,000 Estimated
19621,559,000 Estimated
19611,527,000 Estimated

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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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APA 7

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, Portugal, 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, Portugal, 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/portugal. 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, Portugal, 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/portugal.

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, Portugal, 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/portugal (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111): Number of pigs, Portugal, 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/portugal. 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 Portugal?

Number of pigs in Portugal was 2,192,680 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.5% from 2023. That is the 12th highest of 27 EU 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 Portugal?

3,600,000 head in 1981, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

Number of pigs elsewhere in European Union (27)

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