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Countries by number of cattle

Brazil had the highest number of cattle of 192 countries in 2013, at 211,764,292 head. Niue had the lowest, at 113 head. The median was 1,468,000 head and the figure for the World was 1,432,327,901 head. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest211,764,292Brazil
Lowest113Niue
Median1,468,000192 countries
World1,432,327,901History

Map of countries, 2013

United Arab Emirates: 85,359 headAfghanistan: 5,235,000 headAntigua and Barbuda: 5,000 headAlbania: 498,131 headArmenia: 661,003 headAngola: 4,790,599 headArgentina: 50,996,397 headAustria: 1,955,618 headAustralia: 29,290,768 headAzerbaijan: 2,412,300 headBosnia and Herzegovina: 446,893 headBangladesh: 23,341,000 headBelgium: 2,454,704 headBurkina Faso: 8,912,532 headBulgaria: 526,112 headBurundi: 759,191 headBenin: 2,166,000 headBrunei: 800 headBolivia: 8,847,434 headBrazil: 211,764,292 headBahamas: 750 headBhutan: 349,681 headBotswana: 2,083,847 headBelarus: 4,367,000 headBelize: 113,150 headCanada: 12,240,000 headDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 946,585 headCentral African Republic: 4,300,000 headRepublic of the Congo: 337,000 headSwitzerland: 1,557,474 headCôte d’Ivoire: 1,585,585 headChile: 3,007,883 headCameroon: 5,805,297 headChina: 62,900,320 headColombia: 23,008,251 headCosta Rica: 1,300,000 headCuba: 4,092,200 headCape Verde: 22,752 headCyprus: 57,582 headCzechia: 1,352,822 headGermany: 12,587,020 headDjibouti: 298,000 headDenmark: 1,614,644 headDominican Republic: 3,000,000 headAlgeria: 1,909,455 headEcuador: 5,134,122 headEstonia: 246,000 headEgypt: 4,744,971 headEritrea: 2,080,000 headSpain: 5,696,910 headEthiopia: 55,027,080 headFinland: 911,847 headFiji: 312,000 headFaroe Islands: 1,943 headFrance: 19,095,797 headGabon: 38,000 headUnited Kingdom: 9,844,000 headGeorgia: 1,211,500 headGhana: 1,590,000 headGambia: 436,054 headGuinea: 5,789,850 headEquatorial Guinea: 5,300 headGreece: 608,964 headGuatemala: 3,419,600 headGuinea-Bissau: 670,000 headGuyana: 112,900 headHong Kong: 1,700 headHonduras: 2,774,000 headCroatia: 442,000 headHaiti: 1,465,000 headHungary: 760,000 headIndonesia: 12,686,239 headIreland: 6,902,600 headIsrael: 465,000 headIndia: 189,000,000 headIraq: 2,780,000 headIran: 7,936,000 headIceland: 68,014 headItaly: 5,846,672 headJamaica: 170,000 headJordan: 69,738 headJapan: 4,065,000 headKenya: 18,138,500 headKyrgyzstan: 1,404,168 headCambodia: 2,900,000 headNorth Korea: 576,000 headSouth Korea: 3,342,131 headKuwait: 25,112 headKazakhstan: 5,690,000 headLaos: 1,714,000 headLebanon: 80,500 headSri Lanka: 1,169,040 headLiberia: 42,000 headLesotho: 548,042 headLithuania: 729,200 headLuxembourg: 193,623 headLatvia: 393,100 headLibya: 198,500 headMorocco: 3,172,984 headMoldova: 191,200 headMontenegro: 77,486 headMadagascar: 10,030,000 headNorth Macedonia: 238,333 headMali: 9,721,328 headMyanmar: 14,992,823 headMongolia: 2,909,456 headMauritania: 1,773,543 headMauritius: 7,240 headMalawi: 1,241,744 headMexico: 32,402,461 headMalaysia: 751,629 headMozambique: 1,680,000 headNamibia: 2,634,418 headNew Caledonia: 92,000 headNiger: 10,733,314 headNigeria: 19,374,029 headNicaragua: 4,564,350 headNetherlands: 3,999,220 headNorway: 853,655 headNepal: 7,274,022 headNew Zealand: 10,182,122 headOman: 359,500 headPanama: 1,727,300 headPeru: 5,555,988 headFrench Polynesia: 7,400 headPapua New Guinea: 93,000 headPhilippines: 2,497,908 headPakistan: 38,299,000 headPoland: 5,859,540 headPuerto Rico: 259,714 headPalestine: 33,980 headPortugal: 1,471,000 headParaguay: 13,376,456 headQatar: 18,398 headRomania: 2,009,135 headSerbia: 913,144 headRussia: 19,930,354 headRwanda: 1,132,231 headSaudi Arabia: 456,371 headSolomon Islands: 15,000 headSudan: 30,010,000 headSweden: 1,496,526 headSingapore: 200 headSlovenia: 460,063 headSlovakia: 471,091 headSierra Leone: 688,127 headSenegal: 3,429,680 headSomalia: 4,870,000 headSuriname: 46,060 headSouth Sudan: 11,765,000 headEl Salvador: 893,308 headSyria: 1,113,225 headEswatini: 627,486 headChad: 22,446,000 headTogo: 443,060 headThailand: 5,147,521 headTajikistan: 2,099,075 headTimor-Leste: 176,058 headTurkmenistan: 2,254,710 headTunisia: 646,157 headTürkiye: 14,415,257 headTrinidad and Tobago: 34,500 headTaiwan: 143,009 headTanzania: 24,531,672 headUkraine: 4,645,900 headUganda: 12,985,900 headUnited States: 90,095,200 headUruguay: 11,536,000 headUzbekistan: 10,141,300 headVenezuela: 16,971,185 headVietnam: 5,156,727 headVanuatu: 173,000 headSamoa: 48,629 headYemen: 1,721,906 headSouth Africa: 13,861,194 headZambia: 4,026,658 headZimbabwe: 6,150,000 head
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head, 2013. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2013

Brazil: 211,764,292 headBrazil211,764,292India: 189,000,000 headIndia189,000,000United States: 90,095,200 headUnited States90,095,200China: 62,900,320 headChina62,900,320Ethiopia: 55,027,080 headEthiopia55,027,080Argentina: 50,996,397 headArgentina50,996,397Pakistan: 38,299,000 headPakistan38,299,000Mexico: 32,402,461 headMexico32,402,461Sudan: 30,010,000 headSudan30,010,000Australia: 29,290,768 headAustralia29,290,768Tanzania: 24,531,672 headTanzania24,531,672Bangladesh: 23,341,000 headBangladesh23,341,000Colombia: 23,008,251 headColombia23,008,251Chad: 22,446,000 headChad22,446,000Russia: 19,930,354 headRussia19,930,354Nigeria: 19,374,029 headNigeria19,374,029France: 19,095,797 headFrance19,095,797Kenya: 18,138,500 headKenya18,138,500Venezuela: 16,971,185 headVenezuela16,971,185Myanmar: 14,992,823 headMyanmar14,992,823Türkiye: 14,415,257 headTürkiye14,415,257South Africa: 13,861,194 headSouth Africa13,861,194Paraguay: 13,376,456 headParaguay13,376,456Uganda: 12,985,900 headUganda12,985,900Indonesia: 12,686,239 headIndonesia12,686,239Germany: 12,587,020 headGermany12,587,020Canada: 12,240,000 headCanada12,240,000South Sudan: 11,765,000 headSouth Sudan11,765,000Uruguay: 11,536,000 headUruguay11,536,000Niger: 10,733,314 headNiger10,733,314New Zealand: 10,182,122 headNew Zealand10,182,122Uzbekistan: 10,141,300 headUzbekistan10,141,300Madagascar: 10,030,000 headMadagascar10,030,000United Kingdom: 9,844,000 headUnited Kingdom9,844,000Mali: 9,721,328 headMali9,721,328Burkina Faso: 8,912,532 headBurkina Faso8,912,532Bolivia: 8,847,434 headBolivia8,847,434Iran: 7,936,000 headIran7,936,000Nepal: 7,274,022 headNepal7,274,022Ireland: 6,902,600 headIreland6,902,600Brazil: 211,764,292 headBrazil211,764,292India: 189,000,000 headIndia189,000,000United States: 90,095,200 headUnited States90,095,200China: 62,900,320 headChina62,900,320Ethiopia: 55,027,080 headEthiopia55,027,080Argentina: 50,996,397 headArgentina50,996,397Pakistan: 38,299,000 headPakistan38,299,000Mexico: 32,402,461 headMexico32,402,461Sudan: 30,010,000 headSudan30,010,000Australia: 29,290,768 headAustralia29,290,768Tanzania: 24,531,672 headTanzania24,531,672Bangladesh: 23,341,000 headBangladesh23,341,000Colombia: 23,008,251 headColombia23,008,251Chad: 22,446,000 headChad22,446,000Russia: 19,930,354 headRussia19,930,354Nigeria: 19,374,029 headNigeria19,374,029France: 19,095,797 headFrance19,095,797Kenya: 18,138,500 headKenya18,138,500Venezuela: 16,971,185 headVenezuela16,971,185Myanmar: 14,992,823 headMyanmar14,992,823Türkiye: 14,415,257 headTürkiye14,415,257South Africa: 13,861,194 headSouth Africa13,861,194Paraguay: 13,376,456 headParaguay13,376,456Uganda: 12,985,900 headUganda12,985,900Indonesia: 12,686,239 headIndonesia12,686,239Germany: 12,587,020 headGermany12,587,020Canada: 12,240,000 headCanada12,240,000South Sudan: 11,765,000 headSouth Sudan11,765,000Uruguay: 11,536,000 headUruguay11,536,000Niger: 10,733,314 headNiger10,733,314New Zealand: 10,182,122 headNew Zealand10,182,122Uzbekistan: 10,141,300 headUzbekistan10,141,300Madagascar: 10,030,000 headMadagascar10,030,000United Kingdom: 9,844,000 headUnited Kingdom9,844,000Mali: 9,721,328 headMali9,721,328Burkina Faso: 8,912,532 headBurkina Faso8,912,532Bolivia: 8,847,434 headBolivia8,847,434Iran: 7,936,000 headIran7,936,000Nepal: 7,274,022 headNepal7,274,022Ireland: 6,902,600 headIreland6,902,600
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2013
head		Change on 2012
1Brazil211,764,292+0.2%
2India Estimated189,000,000-1%
3United States90,095,200-1.2%
4China Estimated62,900,320-1.7%
5Ethiopia55,027,080+1.9%
6Argentina50,996,397+2.3%
7Pakistan38,299,000+3.8%
8Mexico32,402,461+1.5%
9Sudan30,010,000+0.6%
10Australia29,290,768+3.1%
11Tanzania24,531,672+7.6%
12Bangladesh23,341,000+0.6%
13Colombia23,008,251-2.7%
14Chad Estimated22,446,000+5.3%
15Russia19,930,354-0.9%
16Nigeria19,374,029+0.9%
17France19,095,797+0.5%
18Kenya18,138,500-5.2%
19Venezuela16,971,1850%
20Myanmar14,992,823+3%
21Türkiye14,415,257+3.6%
22South Africa13,861,194-0.2%
23Paraguay13,376,456+0.6%
24Uganda12,985,900+1.4%
25Indonesia12,686,239-20.6%
26Germany12,587,020+0.9%
27Canada12,240,000+0.1%
28South Sudan11,765,000+0.1%
29Uruguay11,536,000+1.1%
30Niger10,733,314+6%
31New Zealand10,182,1220%
32Uzbekistan10,141,300+5.2%
33Madagascar Estimated10,030,000-0.1%
34United Kingdom9,844,000-0.6%
35Mali9,721,328+3%
36Burkina Faso8,912,532+2%
37Bolivia8,847,434+2.6%
38Iran7,936,000+1.7%
39Nepal7,274,022+0.4%
40Ireland6,902,600+2.2%
41Zimbabwe Estimated6,150,000+0.8%
42Poland5,859,540+1.4%
43Italy5,846,672-4%
44Cameroon5,805,297+5%
45Guinea5,789,850+5.5%
46Spain5,696,910-2%
47Kazakhstan5,690,000-0.2%
48Peru5,555,988-1.9%
49Afghanistan5,235,000-0.2%
50Vietnam5,156,727-0.7%
51Thailand5,147,521-4.5%
52Ecuador5,134,122-1.9%
53Somalia Estimated4,870,0000%
54Angola4,790,599+2.2%
55Egypt4,744,971-4.1%
56Ukraine4,645,900+5%
57Nicaragua4,564,350+5.8%
58Belarus4,367,000+2.8%
59Central African Republic Estimated4,300,000+1.2%
60Cuba4,092,200+0.2%
61Japan4,065,000-2.6%
62Zambia4,026,658+2.7%
63Netherlands3,999,220+3.1%
64Senegal3,429,680+1.5%
65Guatemala3,419,600+0.9%
66South Korea3,342,131-3.9%
67Morocco3,172,984+4.7%
68Chile3,007,883-19.8%
69Dominican Republic Estimated3,000,0000%
70Mongolia2,909,456+12.6%
71Cambodia Estimated2,900,000-0.5%
72Iraq Estimated2,780,000+2.2%
73Honduras Estimated2,774,000+1.2%
74Namibia2,634,418-9.3%
75Philippines2,497,908+0.2%
76Belgium2,454,704-1.2%
77Azerbaijan2,412,300+1.4%
78Turkmenistan Estimated2,254,710+1.7%
79Benin2,166,000+2.6%
80Tajikistan2,099,075+4.2%
81Botswana2,083,847-7.3%
82Eritrea Estimated2,080,000+0.5%
83Romania2,009,135+1%
84Austria1,955,618-1.1%
85Algeria1,909,455+3.6%
86Mauritania1,773,543+1.4%
87Panama1,727,300+0.3%
88Yemen1,721,906+2.2%
89Laos1,714,000+1.3%
90Mozambique1,680,000+9%
91Denmark1,614,644+0.5%
92Ghana1,590,000+3%
93Côte d’Ivoire1,585,585+0.1%
94Switzerland1,557,474-0.5%
95Sweden1,496,526-0.3%
96Portugal1,471,000-1.8%
97Haiti Estimated1,465,0000%
98Kyrgyzstan1,404,168+2.7%
99Czechia1,352,822-0.1%
100Costa Rica Estimated1,300,0000%
101Malawi1,241,744+6.6%
102Georgia1,211,500-0%
103Sri Lanka1,169,040-5.4%
104Rwanda1,132,231-0.3%
105Syria1,113,225+0.4%
106Democratic Republic of the Congo946,585+6%
107Serbia913,144-0.8%
108Finland911,847-0.1%
109El Salvador893,308-20.5%
110Norway853,655-1%
111Hungary760,000+9%
112Burundi759,191+24.6%
113Malaysia751,629+1%
114Lithuania729,200-3.1%
115Sierra Leone688,127+10%
116Guinea-Bissau Estimated670,000+3.1%
117Armenia661,003+10.3%
118Tunisia646,157-1.2%
119Eswatini627,486-1%
120Greece608,964-2.2%
121North Korea576,0000%
122Lesotho548,042-15.7%
123Bulgaria526,112-5.7%
124Albania498,1310%
125Slovakia471,091+1.7%
126Israel465,000+6.9%
127Slovenia460,063-0.5%
128Saudi Arabia456,371-6.2%
129Bosnia and Herzegovina446,893+0.5%
130Togo443,060+3.3%
131Croatia442,000-2.2%
132Gambia436,054+17%
133Latvia393,100+3.3%
134Oman359,500+3.9%
135Bhutan349,681+2%
136Republic of the Congo Estimated337,000+0.3%
137Fiji Estimated312,000+0.6%
138Djibouti Estimated298,0000%
139Puerto Rico Estimated259,714+0.9%
140Estonia246,000+3.2%
141North Macedonia238,333-5.1%
142Libya Estimated198,500+0.3%
143Luxembourg193,623+2.7%
144Moldova191,200-6.2%
145Timor-Leste176,058+1.7%
146Vanuatu Estimated173,000+0.6%
147Jamaica Estimated170,000-1.2%
148Taiwan143,009+1.7%
149Belize113,150+10.9%
150Guyana Estimated112,9000%
151Papua New Guinea Estimated93,000-1.1%
152New Caledonia Estimated92,000+8.7%
153United Arab Emirates85,359+8.4%
154Lebanon80,500+3.2%
155Montenegro77,486-1.2%
156Jordan69,738+1.8%
157Iceland68,014-4.9%
158Cyprus57,582+1.2%
159Comoros Estimated50,0000%
160Samoa Estimated48,629+2.8%
161Suriname46,060-19.4%
162Liberia Estimated42,000+5%
163Gabon Estimated38,0000%
164Trinidad and Tobago Estimated34,500+1.5%
165Palestine33,980+0.9%
166Kuwait25,112-2.6%
167Cape Verde22,752+0.2%
168Qatar18,398+72.8%
169Micronesia Estimated16,500+3.1%
170Malta15,220-2.4%
171Solomon Islands Estimated15,000+1.4%
172Dominica Estimated14,0000%
173Tonga Estimated11,700+1.7%
174Barbados Estimated11,200+1.8%
175Saint Lucia Estimated11,0000%
176Bahrain Estimated10,500+5%
177French Polynesia Estimated7,4000%
178Mauritius7,240-0.8%
179Grenada Estimated5,822+1.5%
180Equatorial Guinea Estimated5,3000%
181Antigua and Barbuda Estimated5,0000%
182Saint Vincent and the Grenadines4,177-13%
183Saint Kitts and Nevis2,700-10%
184Faroe Islands1,943+2.3%
185Hong Kong Estimated1,7000%
186São Tomé and Príncipe1,141+8.9%
187Brunei Estimated800-1.5%
188Bahamas Estimated7500%
189Seychelles Estimated300+50%
190Cook Islands Estimated219+0.5%
191Singapore Estimated2000%
192Niue Estimated1130%

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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. 4 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Brazil, with 211,764,292 head in 2013, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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