Countries by number of cattle

Brazil had the highest number of cattle of 192 countries in 2022, at 234,851,536 head. Niue had the lowest, at 113 head. The median was 1,517,730 head and the figure for the World was 1,555,410,381 head. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest234,851,536Brazil

Lowest113Niue

Median1,517,730192 countries

World1,555,410,381History

Map of countries, 2022

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head, 2022. 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, 2022

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2022 head	Change on 2021
1	Brazil	234,851,536	+4.6%
2	India Estimated	194,202,718	+0.4%
3	United States	91,788,700	-1.9%
4	China Estimated	71,510,950	+4.1%
5	Ethiopia	66,260,987	-2.7%
6	Pakistan	53,436,000	+3.8%
7	Argentina	53,416,435	-0.2%
8	Tanzania	36,584,883	+3.8%
9	Mexico	36,339,884	+0.9%
10	Chad	35,749,982	+7.4%
11	Sudan	30,100,000	-3%
12	Colombia	29,642,539	+1.2%
13	Bangladesh	24,700,000	+0.6%
14	Australia	24,398,826	-0.1%
15	Nigeria Estimated	20,862,418	+0.5%
16	Kenya	20,830,134	-8.9%
17	Niger	18,133,707	+6%
18	Russia	17,649,619	-2.1%
19	Indonesia	17,602,538	-2.1%
20	Venezuela	17,446,122	+4.7%
21	France	16,986,190	-2%
22	Türkiye	16,851,956	-5.6%
23	Uganda	14,530,855	+0.2%
24	Uzbekistan	13,853,517	+2.3%
25	South Sudan Estimated	13,645,892	+0.2%
26	Paraguay	13,241,944	-4.9%
27	Mali	13,234,157	+3%
28	South Africa	12,196,802	-0.3%
29	Uruguay	11,572,000	-2.8%
30	Canada	11,515,000	0%
31	Germany	10,996,960	-0.4%
32	Myanmar	10,810,000	+1.4%
33	Bolivia	10,739,448	+3.4%
34	Burkina Faso	9,939,785	+2%
35	New Zealand	9,751,189	-3.9%
36	United Kingdom	9,631,892	+0.3%
37	Guinea	9,310,926	+5.5%
38	Nepal	7,413,197	-0.7%
39	Ireland	6,551,830	-1.5%
40	Kazakhstan	6,536,282	-2.5%
41	Spain	6,455,130	-1.8%
42	Poland	6,448,290	+1.1%
43	Vietnam	6,353,079	+0.3%
44	Madagascar	6,320,500	-10.1%
45	Italy	6,049,000	-3.7%
46	Cameroon Estimated	5,905,938	0%
47	Peru	5,862,305	+0.1%
48	Iran	5,625,000	-0.1%
49	Zimbabwe	5,533,727	+1%
50	Nicaragua Estimated	5,524,787	+2.2%
51	Mongolia	5,512,839	+9.8%
52	Afghanistan Estimated	5,386,042	+2.2%
53	Angola Estimated	5,130,157	-0.2%
54	Somalia Estimated	4,789,395	0%
55	Central African Republic Estimated	4,746,586	+1.7%
56	Zambia	4,698,972	+14.2%
57	Thailand Estimated	4,503,210	+1.3%
58	Guatemala Estimated	4,210,482	+1.7%
59	Belarus	4,209,300	-0.5%
60	South Korea	4,116,407	+3.2%
61	Japan	3,985,000	+0.6%
62	Ecuador	3,860,493	-5.1%
63	Senegal	3,765,797	+2.4%
64	Netherlands	3,751,000	+1.2%
65	Cuba	3,516,400	-3.9%
66	Namibia	3,115,974	+20.3%
67	Morocco	3,100,909	-2.5%
68	Egypt	3,091,000	+9.9%
69	Dominican Republic Estimated	3,018,158	-0.1%
70	Chile Estimated	2,999,458	-0.7%
71	Honduras Estimated	2,880,208	+0.3%
72	Cambodia Estimated	2,834,061	-0.5%
73	Ukraine	2,644,000	-8%
74	Philippines	2,577,506	-1.1%
75	Tajikistan	2,554,000	+3.5%
76	Turkmenistan	2,522,407	+0.3%
77	Azerbaijan	2,498,179	-0.9%
78	Laos	2,428,000	+5.6%
79	Mozambique	2,320,248	+4.5%
80	Benin	2,313,666	+9.3%
81	Belgium	2,286,110	-1.1%
82	Ghana Estimated	2,223,553	+2.3%
83	Eritrea Estimated	2,147,162	-0.6%
84	Iraq	2,104,057	+2.1%
85	Malawi	2,054,208	+4.9%
86	Mauritania Estimated	1,943,115	-1.7%
87	Yemen	1,909,204	+2%
88	Austria	1,861,070	-0.5%
89	Côte d’Ivoire	1,835,661	+1.6%
90	Romania	1,833,700	+0.4%
91	Kyrgyzstan	1,783,469	+1.9%
92	Algeria Estimated	1,734,460	-0%
93	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,652,514	+10.9%
94	Portugal	1,579,140	-3.7%
95	Switzerland	1,525,270	+0.8%
96	Haiti Estimated	1,518,685	-0.4%
97	Panama	1,516,774	+0.5%
98	Costa Rica	1,495,343	-30.3%
99	Denmark	1,466,000	-0.9%
100	Rwanda	1,424,180	-5%
101	Sweden	1,390,550	0%
102	Czechia	1,390,490	+2.3%
103	Burundi	1,170,181	+4.7%
104	Sri Lanka	1,127,630	-0.3%
105	Botswana Estimated	1,100,000	+11.1%
106	Georgia	928,600	+0.3%
107	Norway	898,800	-0.2%
108	Hungary	894,000	-1.7%
109	Syria	852,719	-2.2%
110	Finland	821,970	-1%
111	Serbia	799,844	-6.9%
112	El Salvador	757,942	-4.2%
113	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	741,627	+0.7%
114	Malaysia	728,107	+1.5%
115	Sierra Leone Estimated	646,230	-11.8%
116	Lithuania	641,920	+2.1%
117	Lesotho	593,664	+105.7%
118	Greece	581,600	-5.3%
119	Israel	581,535	+4.7%
120	Bulgaria	579,860	-5.1%
121	North Korea Estimated	569,064	-1.6%
122	Eswatini	560,036	+1%
123	Armenia	559,627	-8.8%
124	Tunisia Estimated	495,566	-7.6%
125	Togo	473,632	+1%
126	Slovenia	464,910	-3.7%
127	Slovakia	433,180	-0.2%
128	Oman	429,632	+1.8%
129	Croatia	422,000	-1.4%
130	Latvia	391,350	-0.5%
131	Bhutan	384,026	+11%
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	339,169	-0.8%
133	Republic of the Congo Estimated	336,021	-0.5%
134	Djibouti Estimated	314,719	+0.3%
135	Saudi Arabia	312,060	-31.2%
136	Albania	297,656	-11.6%
137	Gambia	281,430	-0.7%
138	Timor-Leste Estimated	252,449	+13.3%
139	Estonia	249,620	-0.5%
140	Libya Estimated	215,920	+8.2%
141	Puerto Rico	202,621	-3.6%
142	Luxembourg	186,130	-0.6%
143	North Macedonia	164,751	-7.2%
144	Taiwan	158,235	-0.6%
145	Jamaica Estimated	153,880	-3%
146	United Arab Emirates	110,698	-1.5%
147	Moldova	102,368	-1.6%
148	Guyana Estimated	100,695	+1.1%
149	Belize Estimated	99,522	-1%
150	Papua New Guinea Estimated	91,355	-0.3%
151	Vanuatu	89,131	-0.3%
152	Jordan	81,466	+3.8%
153	Cyprus	81,440	-3.7%
154	Lebanon	80,198	-9.5%
155	Iceland	79,306	-1.6%
156	New Caledonia Estimated	78,923	-0.8%
157	Fiji	71,608	-23.4%
158	Montenegro	69,320	-1.3%
159	Comoros Estimated	51,254	-0.2%
160	Liberia Estimated	43,028	+0.3%
161	Palestine Estimated	41,590	-38.6%
162	Qatar	41,575	-18%
163	Gabon Estimated	39,411	+0.4%
164	Samoa Estimated	38,804	-3.8%
165	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	34,848	+0.1%
166	Suriname	33,990	-4.5%
167	Kuwait Estimated	32,928	+3.6%
168	Cape Verde	29,649	+0.2%
169	Micronesia Estimated	17,501	+1.7%
170	Solomon Islands Estimated	15,296	+0.2%
171	Malta	14,200	+1.3%
172	Dominica Estimated	13,876	-0%
173	Tonga Estimated	12,148	-0.1%
174	Barbados Estimated	11,322	+0.8%
175	Saint Lucia Estimated	10,524	+0.1%
176	French Polynesia Estimated	10,000	+12.4%
177	Bahrain	7,200	-4%
178	Grenada Estimated	5,720	-2.9%
179	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	5,478	+0.3%
180	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	4,126	-1.5%
181	Mauritius	3,512	-5.9%
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	3,120	+4%
183	Faroe Islands	2,050	+10.2%
184	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	1,831	-3.2%
185	Hong Kong Estimated	1,574	+0.1%
186	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	1,496	+3%
187	Bahamas Estimated	744	+0.1%
188	Seychelles Estimated	631	+5.2%
189	Brunei	367	+4%
190	Cook Islands Estimated	229	+0.9%
191	Singapore Estimated	178	+0.6%
192	Niue Estimated	113	0%

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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 2022 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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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Cattle, stocks, head (item 866, element 5111): Countries by number of cattle, 2022}},
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}

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Niue, with 113 head in 2022.

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