Countries by number of cattle, 2024

Brazil had the highest number of cattle of 190 countries in 2024, at 238,180,757 head. Niue had the lowest, at 113 head. The median was 1,529,224 head and the figure for the World was 1,578,614,149 head. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest238,180,757Brazil

Lowest113Niue

Median1,529,224190 countries

World1,578,614,149History

Top 40 countries, 2024

head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2024 head	Change on 2023
1	Brazil	238,180,757	-0.2%
2	India Estimated	194,753,479	+0.1%
3	United States	87,157,400	-1.9%
4	Ethiopia Estimated	71,916,930	+3.7%
5	China Estimated	70,325,500	-4.4%
6	Pakistan	57,541,000	+3.8%
7	Argentina	52,783,892	-2.7%
8	Chad Estimated	39,625,902	+5.3%
9	Tanzania Estimated	39,053,013	+3%
10	Mexico Estimated	36,933,201	+0.9%
11	Sudan Estimated	31,256,148	+1.8%
12	Australia	30,372,537	+1.7%
13	Colombia	30,344,182	+3.9%
14	Bangladesh	25,013,000	+0.6%
15	Kenya	22,435,638	+2.5%
16	Nigeria Estimated	20,943,448	+0.2%
17	Niger	20,375,030	+6%
18	Indonesia Estimated	18,065,156	+2.8%
19	Russia Estimated	17,373,368	-0.7%
20	Türkiye	16,824,208	+2.5%
21	France	16,478,260	-2%
22	Venezuela Estimated	15,749,209	-2.8%
23	Uganda Estimated	14,723,179	+0.7%
24	Uzbekistan	14,394,476	+1.8%
25	South Sudan Estimated	14,282,839	+1%
26	Mali	14,040,120	+3%
27	Paraguay Estimated	13,630,216	+3.9%
28	South Africa	12,122,027	-0.6%
29	Uruguay Estimated	11,960,556	+0.7%
30	Bolivia	11,245,622	+1.3%
31	Canada	10,985,000	-2.3%
32	Myanmar Estimated	10,800,000	0%
33	Germany	10,461,290	-3.5%
34	Burkina Faso Estimated	10,280,515	+1.4%
35	New Zealand	9,516,288	-0.2%
36	United Kingdom	9,411,871	-1.5%
37	Guinea Estimated	9,319,774	-5.1%
38	Kazakhstan	7,976,665	+20.6%
39	Madagascar Estimated	6,957,211	-7.5%
40	Ireland	6,308,300	-3.3%
41	Vietnam	6,212,203	-1.9%
42	Poland	6,190,930	-1.2%
43	Spain	6,173,960	-1.9%
44	Cameroon Estimated	5,941,769	+0.3%
45	Peru	5,842,166	-0.6%
46	Italy	5,765,000	-3.9%
47	Zimbabwe	5,741,397	-0.2%
48	Iran Estimated	5,600,812	+0.9%
49	Afghanistan Estimated	5,555,383	+1.6%
50	Angola Estimated	5,200,294	+0.7%
51	Nepal	5,198,388	+9.4%
52	Mongolia	5,074,552	-5.2%
53	Zambia Estimated	4,887,687	-4.5%
54	Central African Republic Estimated	4,864,952	+1.1%
55	Somalia Estimated	4,788,212	0%
56	Guatemala Estimated	4,343,871	+1.6%
57	Thailand Estimated	4,293,189	-2.5%
58	Belarus	4,097,900	-2.4%
59	Japan	3,985,000	-1.4%
60	South Korea	3,889,278	-3.6%
61	Senegal Estimated	3,714,834	-3%
62	Netherlands	3,562,000	-4.7%
63	Ecuador	3,436,276	-7.7%
64	Cuba Estimated	3,250,000	-0.1%
65	Dominican Republic Estimated	3,030,340	+0.2%
66	Chile Estimated	2,962,490	-0.6%
67	Namibia Estimated	2,907,986	-3.6%
68	Honduras Estimated	2,900,458	+0.4%
69	Cambodia Estimated	2,821,807	-0.2%
70	Tajikistan	2,789,212	+3.8%
71	Benin	2,762,716	+9.3%
72	Laos	2,691,000	+5.1%
73	Egypt Estimated	2,625,729	-7.2%
74	Philippines	2,605,517	+0.9%
75	Turkmenistan	2,545,439	+0.1%
76	Mozambique	2,467,082	+2.5%
77	Morocco	2,365,210	-18%
78	Ghana Estimated	2,362,472	+3.1%
79	Azerbaijan Estimated	2,329,506	-2.9%
80	Malawi Estimated	2,307,952	+5.5%
81	Eritrea Estimated	2,156,877	+0.2%
82	Ukraine	2,156,200	-6.5%
83	Belgium	2,153,430	-4.1%
84	Iraq Estimated	2,104,351	-2%
85	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,032,019	+10.9%
86	Mauritania Estimated	1,992,320	+1.2%
87	Yemen Estimated	1,971,664	-0%
88	Côte d’Ivoire	1,896,358	+1.6%
89	Kyrgyzstan	1,828,768	+1.5%
90	Austria	1,820,030	-0.8%
91	Romania	1,809,400	-0.3%
92	Algeria Estimated	1,782,454	-1.3%
93	Costa Rica	1,576,149	+1.7%
94	Rwanda Estimated	1,545,688	+6.4%
95	Switzerland	1,533,483	+0.3%
96	Haiti Estimated	1,524,965	+0.2%
97	Portugal	1,486,910	-2.7%
98	Denmark	1,413,860	-1.5%
99	Panama	1,401,169	-7.7%
100	Czechia	1,397,410	+2%
101	Sweden	1,333,820	-2.6%
102	Burundi Estimated	1,228,356	+0.3%
103	Sri Lanka	1,125,450	+0.3%
104	Botswana Estimated	918,057	-8.2%
105	Hungary	869,900	0%
106	Norway	852,800	-2.4%
107	Georgia	837,700	-1.9%
108	Syria	826,396	-1.8%
109	El Salvador Estimated	772,208	+3.2%
110	Finland	764,030	-4.3%
111	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	742,836	+1%
112	Malaysia	730,318	+0.6%
113	Serbia	698,605	-3.7%
114	Sierra Leone Estimated	682,125	+2.2%
115	Eswatini	652,513	+6.4%
116	Lithuania	599,770	-3.8%
117	Greece	595,200	-6.8%
118	North Korea Estimated	570,727	-0.2%
119	Bulgaria	558,770	-2.7%
120	Saudi Arabia Estimated	534,181	+6.4%
121	Lesotho Estimated	517,450	-22.8%
122	Tunisia Estimated	495,935	-4.6%
123	Armenia	491,594	-2%
124	Israel	477,958	-17.6%
125	Togo Estimated	477,388	-0.1%
126	Slovenia	453,890	-0.5%
127	Oman	446,988	+2%
128	Croatia	422,000	+1.7%
129	Slovakia	416,680	-3%
130	Bosnia and Herzegovina	383,331	+16.1%
131	Latvia	352,090	-4.3%
132	Republic of the Congo Estimated	335,224	-0.1%
133	Djibouti Estimated	317,893	+0.5%
134	Gambia	309,195	+2.4%
135	Albania	272,035	+3.3%
136	Bhutan	257,103	-1.3%
137	Timor-Leste Estimated	238,902	-1%
138	Estonia	232,390	-3.7%
139	Puerto Rico Estimated	218,598	-1.6%
140	Libya Estimated	208,931	-1.1%
141	Luxembourg	180,530	-1.7%
142	Taiwan Estimated	155,741	-0.8%
143	Jamaica Estimated	153,169	-0.6%
144	North Macedonia	143,953	-3.2%
145	United Arab Emirates Estimated	119,098	+2.1%
146	Belize Estimated	99,019	-0.3%
147	Guyana Estimated	98,851	-0.9%
148	Moldova	98,817	-2.2%
149	Papua New Guinea Estimated	90,889	-0.3%
150	Vanuatu Estimated	89,000	+0.2%
151	Jordan	88,819	-1.6%
152	Cyprus	82,680	+0.5%
153	Fiji	80,720	+6.3%
154	New Caledonia Estimated	77,281	-1.1%
155	Iceland	76,902	-2.3%
156	Lebanon Estimated	75,538	+1.3%
157	Montenegro	67,496	-1.3%
158	Comoros Estimated	51,420	+0.2%
159	Qatar Estimated	45,424	+3.3%
160	Liberia Estimated	43,270	+0.3%
161	Gabon Estimated	39,678	+0.3%
162	Samoa Estimated	38,349	+0.8%
163	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	35,419	+0.9%
164	Kuwait Estimated	32,136	+0.5%
165	Cape Verde	29,779	+0.2%
166	Suriname Estimated	28,821	-10.5%
167	Micronesia Estimated	18,180	+2%
168	Solomon Islands Estimated	15,381	+0.3%
169	Dominica Estimated	13,873	-0%
170	Malta	13,800	-3%
171	Tonga Estimated	12,196	+0.2%
172	Barbados Estimated	11,241	-1.2%
173	Saint Lucia Estimated	10,486	-0.2%
174	French Polynesia Estimated	8,097	-4.7%
175	Bahrain	7,000	0%
176	Grenada Estimated	6,191	+11.6%
177	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	5,520	+0.4%
178	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	4,500	+10.6%
179	Mauritius Estimated	3,500	+2.6%
180	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	2,600	-7.1%
181	Faroe Islands	1,816	+3.3%
182	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	1,709	-1.7%
183	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,588	+3%
184	Hong Kong Estimated	1,570	-0.1%
185	Bahamas Estimated	743	-0.1%
186	Seychelles Estimated	557	+7.7%
187	Brunei	286	-8.9%
188	Cook Islands Estimated	233	+0.9%
189	Singapore Estimated	177	0%
190	Niue Estimated	113	0%

Other periods

About this ranking

Number of cattle (domestic cattle, not buffaloes) 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 6 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2024 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, 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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