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Number of pigs in United Kingdom

Number of pigs in the United Kingdom was 4,715,669 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.7% from 2023. That is the 30th highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, head4,715,669
Change on 2023+0.7%
Rank30th of 171Countries ranked
Series high8,986,7821973
Series low4,441,0002011

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Number of pigs in United Kingdom, 1961 to 2024

4M5M6M7M8M9M19611971198119912001201120241961: 6,052,190 head1962: 6,731,795 head1963: 6,866,630 head1964: 7,386,952 head1965: 7,987,076 head1966: 7,339,349 head1967: 7,013,046 head1968: 7,392,729 head1969: 7,789,304 head1970: 8,094,144 head1971: 8,731,079 head1972: 8,626,783 head1973: 8,986,782 head1974: 8,551,322 head1975: 7,539,800 head1976: 7,947,000 head1977: 8,171,000 head1978: 7,753,000 head1979: 7,986,000 head1980: 7,813,000 head1981: 7,770,000 head1982: 8,023,000 head1983: 8,174,000 head1984: 7,689,000 head1985: 7,865,000 head1986: 7,937,000 head1987: 7,943,000 head1988: 7,982,000 head1989: 7,509,000 head1990: 7,450,000 head1991: 7,597,000 head1992: 7,707,000 head1993: 7,853,000 head1994: 7,892,000 head1995: 7,627,000 head1996: 7,590,000 head1997: 8,072,000 head1998: 8,146,000 head1999: 7,284,000 head2000: 6,482,000 head2001: 5,845,000 head2002: 5,588,000 head2003: 5,046,800 head2004: 5,160,600 head2005: 4,863,600 head2006: 4,933,000 head2007: 4,834,000 head2008: 4,714,000 head2009: 4,540,000 head2010: 4,460,000 head2011: 4,441,000 head2012: 4,481,000 head2013: 4,885,000 head2014: 4,815,000 head2015: 4,739,000 head2016: 4,866,000 head2017: 4,969,000 head2018: 5,055,000 head2019: 5,078,000 head2020: 5,055,000 head2021: 5,323,000 head2022: 5,220,443 head2023: 4,683,319 head2024: 4,715,669 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
20244,715,669
20234,683,319
20225,220,443
20215,323,000
20205,055,000
20195,078,000
20185,055,000
20174,969,000
20164,866,000
20154,739,000
20144,815,000
20134,885,000
20124,481,000
20114,441,000
20104,460,000
20094,540,000
20084,714,000
20074,834,000
20064,933,000
20054,863,600
20045,160,600
20035,046,800
20025,588,000
20015,845,000
20006,482,000
19997,284,000
19988,146,000
19978,072,000
19967,590,000
19957,627,000
19947,892,000
19937,853,000
19927,707,000
19917,597,000
19907,450,000
19897,509,000
19887,982,000
19877,943,000
19867,937,000
19857,865,000
19847,689,000
19838,174,000
19828,023,000
19817,770,000
19807,813,000
19797,986,000
19787,753,000
19778,171,000
19767,947,000
19757,539,800
19748,551,322
19738,986,782
19728,626,783
19718,731,079
19708,094,144
19697,789,304
19687,392,729
19677,013,046
19667,339,349
19657,987,076
19647,386,952
19636,866,630
19626,731,795
19616,052,190

Rankings

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, United Kingdom, 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, United Kingdom, 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/united-kingdom. 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, United Kingdom, 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/united-kingdom.

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, United Kingdom, 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/united-kingdom (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{food_number_of_pigs_united_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, United Kingdom, 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/united-kingdom. 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 United Kingdom?

Number of pigs in the United Kingdom was 4,715,669 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 0.7% from 2023. That is the 30th 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 United Kingdom?

8,986,782 head in 1973, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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