# Countries by number of cattle, 2024

All 190 values come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for 2024, so the places are comparable. 6 countries have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `cattle_stocks`
- Unit: head
- Definition: 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.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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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| Rank | Place | head |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Brazil | 238,180,757 |
| 2 | India | 194,753,479 |
| 3 | United States | 87,157,400 |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 71,916,930 |
| 5 | China | 70,325,500 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 57,541,000 |
| 7 | Argentina | 52,783,892 |
| 8 | Chad | 39,625,902 |
| 9 | Tanzania | 39,053,013 |
| 10 | Mexico | 36,933,201 |
| 11 | Sudan | 31,256,148 |
| 12 | Australia | 30,372,537 |
| 13 | Colombia | 30,344,182 |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 25,013,000 |
| 15 | Kenya | 22,435,638 |
| 16 | Nigeria | 20,943,448 |
| 17 | Niger | 20,375,030 |
| 18 | Indonesia | 18,065,156 |
| 19 | Russia | 17,373,368 |
| 20 | Türkiye | 16,824,208 |
| 21 | France | 16,478,260 |
| 22 | Venezuela | 15,749,209 |
| 23 | Uganda | 14,723,179 |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 14,394,476 |
| 25 | South Sudan | 14,282,839 |
| 26 | Mali | 14,040,120 |
| 27 | Paraguay | 13,630,216 |
| 28 | South Africa | 12,122,027 |
| 29 | Uruguay | 11,960,556 |
| 30 | Bolivia | 11,245,622 |
| 31 | Canada | 10,985,000 |
| 32 | Myanmar | 10,800,000 |
| 33 | Germany | 10,461,290 |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 10,280,515 |
| 35 | New Zealand | 9,516,288 |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 9,411,871 |
| 37 | Guinea | 9,319,774 |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 7,976,665 |
| 39 | Madagascar | 6,957,211 |
| 40 | Ireland | 6,308,300 |
| 41 | Vietnam | 6,212,203 |
| 42 | Poland | 6,190,930 |
| 43 | Spain | 6,173,960 |
| 44 | Cameroon | 5,941,769 |
| 45 | Peru | 5,842,166 |
| 46 | Italy | 5,765,000 |
| 47 | Zimbabwe | 5,741,397 |
| 48 | Iran | 5,600,812 |
| 49 | Afghanistan | 5,555,383 |
| 50 | Angola | 5,200,294 |
| 51 | Nepal | 5,198,388 |
| 52 | Mongolia | 5,074,552 |
| 53 | Zambia | 4,887,687 |
| 54 | Central African Republic | 4,864,952 |
| 55 | Somalia | 4,788,212 |
| 56 | Guatemala | 4,343,871 |
| 57 | Thailand | 4,293,189 |
| 58 | Belarus | 4,097,900 |
| 59 | Japan | 3,985,000 |
| 60 | South Korea | 3,889,278 |
| 61 | Senegal | 3,714,834 |
| 62 | Netherlands | 3,562,000 |
| 63 | Ecuador | 3,436,276 |
| 64 | Cuba | 3,250,000 |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 3,030,340 |
| 66 | Chile | 2,962,490 |
| 67 | Namibia | 2,907,986 |
| 68 | Honduras | 2,900,458 |
| 69 | Cambodia | 2,821,807 |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 2,789,212 |
| 71 | Benin | 2,762,716 |
| 72 | Laos | 2,691,000 |
| 73 | Egypt | 2,625,729 |
| 74 | Philippines | 2,605,517 |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 2,545,439 |
| 76 | Mozambique | 2,467,082 |
| 77 | Morocco | 2,365,210 |
| 78 | Ghana | 2,362,472 |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 2,329,506 |
| 80 | Malawi | 2,307,952 |
| 81 | Eritrea | 2,156,877 |
| 82 | Ukraine | 2,156,200 |
| 83 | Belgium | 2,153,430 |
| 84 | Iraq | 2,104,351 |
| 85 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,032,019 |
| 86 | Mauritania | 1,992,320 |
| 87 | Yemen | 1,971,664 |
| 88 | Côte d’Ivoire | 1,896,358 |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,828,768 |
| 90 | Austria | 1,820,030 |
| 91 | Romania | 1,809,400 |
| 92 | Algeria | 1,782,454 |
| 93 | Costa Rica | 1,576,149 |
| 94 | Rwanda | 1,545,688 |
| 95 | Switzerland | 1,533,483 |
| 96 | Haiti | 1,524,965 |
| 97 | Portugal | 1,486,910 |
| 98 | Denmark | 1,413,860 |
| 99 | Panama | 1,401,169 |
| 100 | Czechia | 1,397,410 |
| 101 | Sweden | 1,333,820 |
| 102 | Burundi | 1,228,356 |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 1,125,450 |
| 104 | Botswana | 918,057 |
| 105 | Hungary | 869,900 |
| 106 | Norway | 852,800 |
| 107 | Georgia | 837,700 |
| 108 | Syria | 826,396 |
| 109 | El Salvador | 772,208 |
| 110 | Finland | 764,030 |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 742,836 |
| 112 | Malaysia | 730,318 |
| 113 | Serbia | 698,605 |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 682,125 |
| 115 | Eswatini | 652,513 |
| 116 | Lithuania | 599,770 |
| 117 | Greece | 595,200 |
| 118 | North Korea | 570,727 |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 558,770 |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 534,181 |
| 121 | Lesotho | 517,450 |
| 122 | Tunisia | 495,935 |
| 123 | Armenia | 491,594 |
| 124 | Israel | 477,958 |
| 125 | Togo | 477,388 |
| 126 | Slovenia | 453,890 |
| 127 | Oman | 446,988 |
| 128 | Croatia | 422,000 |
| 129 | Slovakia | 416,680 |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 383,331 |
| 131 | Latvia | 352,090 |
| 132 | Republic of the Congo | 335,224 |
| 133 | Djibouti | 317,893 |
| 134 | Gambia | 309,195 |
| 135 | Albania | 272,035 |
| 136 | Bhutan | 257,103 |
| 137 | Timor-Leste | 238,902 |
| 138 | Estonia | 232,390 |
| 139 | Puerto Rico | 218,598 |
| 140 | Libya | 208,931 |
| 141 | Luxembourg | 180,530 |
| 142 | Taiwan | 155,741 |
| 143 | Jamaica | 153,169 |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 143,953 |
| 145 | United Arab Emirates | 119,098 |
| 146 | Belize | 99,019 |
| 147 | Guyana | 98,851 |
| 148 | Moldova | 98,817 |
| 149 | Papua New Guinea | 90,889 |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 89,000 |
| 151 | Jordan | 88,819 |
| 152 | Cyprus | 82,680 |
| 153 | Fiji | 80,720 |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 77,281 |
| 155 | Iceland | 76,902 |
| 156 | Lebanon | 75,538 |
| 157 | Montenegro | 67,496 |
| 158 | Comoros | 51,420 |
| 159 | Qatar | 45,424 |
| 160 | Liberia | 43,270 |
| 161 | Gabon | 39,678 |
| 162 | Samoa | 38,349 |
| 163 | Trinidad and Tobago | 35,419 |
| 164 | Kuwait | 32,136 |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 29,779 |
| 166 | Suriname | 28,821 |
| 167 | Micronesia | 18,180 |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 15,381 |
| 169 | Dominica | 13,873 |
| 170 | Malta | 13,800 |
| 171 | Tonga | 12,196 |
| 172 | Barbados | 11,241 |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 10,486 |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 8,097 |
| 175 | Bahrain | 7,000 |
| 176 | Grenada | 6,191 |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,520 |
| 178 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4,500 |
| 179 | Mauritius | 3,500 |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,600 |
| 181 | Faroe Islands | 1,816 |
| 182 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,709 |
| 183 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,588 |
| 184 | Hong Kong | 1,570 |
| 185 | Bahamas | 743 |
| 186 | Seychelles | 557 |
| 187 | Brunei | 286 |
| 188 | Cook Islands | 233 |
| 189 | Singapore | 177 |
| 190 | Niue | 113 |