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Number of pigs in United States

Number of pigs in the United States was 74,905,400 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.7% from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 171 countries in 2024.

2024, head74,905,400
Change on 2023-0.7%
Rank2nd of 171Countries ranked
Series high78,227,6002019
Series low49,267,0081976

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Number of pigs in United States, 1961 to 2024

40M50M60M70M80M19611971198119912001201120241961: 55,560,000 head1962: 61,837,008 head1963: 62,726,000 head1964: 62,060,000 head1965: 56,106,000 head1966: 50,519,008 head1967: 57,125,008 head1968: 58,818,000 head1969: 60,829,008 head1970: 57,046,000 head1971: 67,285,008 head1972: 62,412,000 head1973: 59,017,008 head1974: 60,614,000 head1975: 54,693,008 head1976: 49,267,008 head1977: 54,934,000 head1978: 56,539,008 head1979: 60,356,000 head1980: 67,318,000 head1981: 64,462,000 head1982: 58,698,000 head1983: 54,534,000 head1984: 56,694,000 head1985: 54,073,008 head1986: 52,314,000 head1987: 50,920,000 head1988: 54,384,000 head1989: 55,466,000 head1990: 53,788,000 head1991: 57,649,000 head1992: 58,202,000 head1993: 57,939,600 head1994: 59,737,500 head1995: 58,200,500 head1996: 56,123,800 head1997: 61,157,700 head1998: 62,203,500 head1999: 59,335,300 head2000: 59,110,300 head2001: 59,721,600 head2002: 59,554,200 head2003: 60,453,200 head2004: 60,443,700 head2005: 60,975,000 head2006: 61,448,900 head2007: 62,515,800 head2008: 68,176,800 head2009: 64,887,200 head2010: 64,925,000 head2011: 66,360,800 head2012: 66,224,000 head2013: 64,774,600 head2014: 67,776,300 head2015: 68,919,300 head2016: 71,345,400 head2017: 73,144,900 head2018: 75,070,200 head2019: 78,227,600 head2020: 77,312,000 head2021: 74,606,100 head2022: 74,955,500 head2023: 75,461,300 head2024: 74,905,400 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
202474,905,400
202375,461,300
202274,955,500
202174,606,100
202077,312,000
201978,227,600
201875,070,200
201773,144,900
201671,345,400
201568,919,300
201467,776,300
201364,774,600
201266,224,000
201166,360,800
201064,925,000
200964,887,200
200868,176,800
200762,515,800
200661,448,900
200560,975,000
200460,443,700
200360,453,200
200259,554,200
200159,721,600
200059,110,300
199959,335,300
199862,203,500
199761,157,700
199656,123,800
199558,200,500
199459,737,500
199357,939,600
199258,202,000
199157,649,000
199053,788,000
198955,466,000
198854,384,000
198750,920,000
198652,314,000
198554,073,008
198456,694,000
198354,534,000
198258,698,000
198164,462,000
198067,318,000
197960,356,000
197856,539,008
197754,934,000
197649,267,008
197554,693,008
197460,614,000
197359,017,008
197262,412,000
197167,285,008
197057,046,000
196960,829,008
196858,818,000
196757,125,008
196650,519,008
196556,106,000
196462,060,000
196362,726,000
196261,837,008
196155,560,000

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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, United States, 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 States, 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-states. 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 States, 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-states.

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 States, 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-states (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 States, 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-states. 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 States?

Number of pigs in the United States was 74,905,400 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.7% from 2023. That is the 2nd 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 States?

78,227,600 head in 2019, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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