Countries by number of chickens

China had the highest number of chickens of 194 countries in 2015, at 4,695,496,000 head. Nauru had the lowest, at 5,000 head. The median was 17,169,000 head and the figure for the World was 21,886,672,000 head. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest4,695,496,000China

Lowest5,000Nauru

Median17,169,000194 countries

World21,886,672,000History

Map of countries, 2015

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10M to 20M
20M to 50M
50M to 160M
160M and over
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head, 2015. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2015

head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2015 head	Change on 2014
1	China Estimated	4,695,496,000	+3.4%
2	Indonesia	1,968,641,000	+5.6%
3	United States Estimated	1,448,000,000	+1.7%
4	Brazil	1,326,453,000	+0.4%
5	Iran Estimated	941,837,000	+1.3%
6	Pakistan	931,000,000	+8.9%
7	India Estimated	741,105,000	+2.2%
8	Mexico	534,693,000	+1.5%
9	Russia	475,242,000	+6%
10	Myanmar	318,530,000	+23.4%
11	Türkiye	312,256,000	+6.3%
12	Japan Estimated	302,887,000	-2.5%
13	Malaysia	286,621,000	+2.3%
14	Thailand Estimated	272,202,000	+2%
15	Bangladesh	261,770,000	+2.5%
16	Vietnam	259,295,000	+5.4%
17	France	247,298,000	+1.7%
18	Bolivia	196,606,000	+2%
19	Ukraine	193,885,000	-3.5%
20	Morocco Estimated	191,140,000	+2.2%
21	Saudi Arabia Estimated	184,520,000	+0.8%
22	Spain Estimated	184,311,000	+0.6%
23	Philippines	176,469,000	+5.2%
24	Dominican Republic Estimated	172,000,000	+2.4%
25	Canada Estimated	167,587,000	+0.4%
26	South Korea	164,130,000	+4.9%
27	South Africa	162,000,000	+0.8%
28	Ecuador Estimated	161,000,000	-0.8%
29	Algeria Estimated	160,772,000	+6.2%
30	United Kingdom	157,000,000	-1.3%
31	Peru	151,001,000	+5%
32	Colombia	149,078,000	+6.5%
33	Poland	146,123,000	+12.5%
34	Egypt Estimated	145,494,000	+3.5%
35	Nigeria	142,895,000	+4.1%
36	Germany Estimated	140,037,000	+15.7%
37	Italy Estimated	137,712,000	+0.2%
38	Venezuela Estimated	123,885,000	+0.7%
39	Argentina	115,000,000	+5.5%
40	Netherlands	106,763,000	+3.6%
41	Taiwan	94,523,000	+3.8%
42	Belarus Estimated	90,687,000	+5.7%
43	Tunisia Estimated	89,556,000	+1.8%
44	Australia	88,658,000	-9.1%
45	Romania	75,447,000	-5%
46	Ghana	71,594,000	+4.5%
47	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	64,720,000	+4.4%
48	Yemen Estimated	64,252,000	+1.7%
49	Lebanon Estimated	64,175,000	+7%
50	Ethiopia	60,506,000	+6.4%
51	Senegal Estimated	59,143,000	+8.5%
52	Uzbekistan	55,600,000	+7.5%
53	Chile	52,201,000	+7.3%
54	Cameroon Estimated	51,000,000	+2%
55	Kuwait	50,238,000	+13.7%
56	Nepal	50,195,000	+4.4%
57	Sudan	47,194,000	+1.2%
58	Uganda	46,039,000	+41.7%
59	Honduras Estimated	45,373,000	+0.8%
60	Israel	45,180,000	+20.4%
61	Iraq	44,802,000	+18%
62	Burkina Faso	43,487,000	+28.8%
63	Kenya	41,472,000	-2.2%
64	Mali	38,587,000	0%
65	Zambia Estimated	38,299,000	+0.8%
66	Belgium	37,739,000	+12%
67	Madagascar	37,124,000	+2.2%
68	Uruguay	36,997,000	+94.7%
69	Moldova	36,840,000	+15.7%
70	Tanzania Estimated	36,554,000	+1.5%
71	Guatemala Estimated	35,934,000	-0.9%
72	Angola Estimated	35,700,000	+12.4%
73	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	35,394,000	+1.1%
74	Greece	34,477,000	+7.5%
75	Laos	34,422,000	+6.2%
76	Kazakhstan	33,966,000	+2.5%
77	Libya Estimated	33,784,000	-0.6%
78	Cuba	31,963,000	-1%
79	Portugal Estimated	30,656,000	+7.9%
80	Hungary	30,521,000	+3.6%
81	Jordan Estimated	30,000,000	-6.3%
82	Sweden	28,958,000	+9.8%
83	Guinea	28,411,000	+6%
84	Azerbaijan	27,559,000	-4.5%
85	Guyana Estimated	25,081,000	+2.4%
86	Costa Rica Estimated	24,004,000	+2.6%
87	Panama	23,931,000	+4.8%
88	United Arab Emirates Estimated	23,210,000	+3.2%
89	Nicaragua Estimated	23,023,000	+3.7%
90	Czechia	21,483,000	+4%
91	New Zealand	21,135,000	+4.2%
92	Democratic Republic of the Congo	20,350,000	+0.2%
93	Benin	19,380,000	+3.2%
94	Togo	19,329,000	+8%
95	Niger Estimated	18,220,000	+1.2%
96	Malawi Estimated	18,081,000	+0.4%
97	Paraguay	17,294,000	+1.2%
98	Brunei	17,044,000	+0.1%
99	Turkmenistan Estimated	17,023,000	+6.4%
100	Serbia	16,919,000	+1.9%
101	Denmark	16,887,000	-5.7%
102	Sri Lanka	16,744,000	+0.7%
103	El Salvador Estimated	16,475,000	+3%
104	Austria Estimated	16,465,000	-0.2%
105	Syria	16,160,000	-2.7%
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	15,390,000	-25.5%
107	North Korea Estimated	15,311,000	+0.1%
108	Ireland Estimated	15,202,000	+0.7%
109	South Sudan Estimated	15,000,000	0%
110	Mauritius Estimated	14,694,000	+1.3%
111	Norway	14,584,000	-12%
112	Mozambique	14,361,000	-22.6%
113	Zimbabwe Estimated	14,278,000	+7.3%
114	Jamaica Estimated	13,637,000	+1%
115	Cambodia Estimated	13,000,000	0%
116	Bulgaria	12,970,000	+11.2%
117	Sierra Leone Estimated	12,500,000	-7.4%
118	Slovakia	12,181,000	+14.9%
119	Finland	11,970,000	+5.4%
120	Afghanistan	11,863,000	+6.9%
121	Switzerland	10,753,000	+1%
122	Lithuania	10,093,000	+4.9%
123	Puerto Rico Estimated	9,955,000	-1.5%
124	Qatar Estimated	9,630,000	+18.6%
125	Croatia	9,599,000	-2.1%
126	Albania	8,555,000	-9.9%
127	Liberia Estimated	7,684,000	+1.1%
128	Central African Republic Estimated	6,726,000	+0.4%
129	Georgia	6,658,000	-1.5%
130	Palestine	6,184,000	-2.8%
131	Chad Estimated	5,900,000	-3.3%
132	Haiti Estimated	5,717,000	+0.3%
133	Tajikistan	5,143,000	-2%
134	Fiji Estimated	5,097,000	+1.9%
135	Suriname	5,019,000	-1.5%
136	Rwanda	4,837,000	-1.6%
137	Oman Estimated	4,646,000	+1%
138	Mauritania Estimated	4,593,000	-0.2%
139	Papua New Guinea Estimated	4,421,000	+0.5%
140	Latvia	4,414,000	-11.5%
141	Armenia	4,146,000	+1.1%
142	Hong Kong	4,055,000	+200.4%
142	Namibia	4,055,000	+18%
144	Kyrgyzstan	4,044,000	+5.6%
145	Barbados Estimated	3,919,000	+8.9%
146	Somalia Estimated	3,675,000	+2.1%
147	Singapore Estimated	3,542,000	+1.2%
148	Slovenia	3,281,000	+16.1%
149	Gabon Estimated	3,218,000	+0.6%
150	Cyprus Estimated	3,206,000	+0.2%
151	Bahamas Estimated	3,102,000	+3.4%
152	Republic of the Congo Estimated	2,854,000	+0.1%
153	Eswatini	2,415,000	+31.1%
154	Burundi	2,339,000	-18.6%
155	Estonia	2,285,000	+11.6%
156	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	2,021,000	+1.1%
157	North Macedonia	1,761,000	-9.2%
158	Belize Estimated	1,617,000	+1.1%
159	Gambia Estimated	1,564,000	+9.1%
160	Eritrea Estimated	1,246,000	-11%
161	Bahrain Estimated	1,200,000	+7.3%
162	Malta Estimated	1,035,000	+3.5%
163	Cape Verde Estimated	1,000,000	0%
164	Timor-Leste	929,000	+7.5%
165	Mongolia	805,000	+1.3%
166	Botswana	760,000	-25.3%
167	Macao Estimated	743,000	+3.2%
168	Vanuatu Estimated	647,000	-6.1%
169	Bhutan	639,000	+16%
170	Kiribati Estimated	616,000	+1%
171	Montenegro	597,000	+1%
172	New Caledonia Estimated	526,000	+5.2%
173	Comoros Estimated	524,000	+0.8%
174	Lesotho	522,000	-42.4%
175	Samoa	513,000	+3.8%
176	Saint Lucia Estimated	454,000	+0.9%
177	Grenada Estimated	381,000	+0.3%
178	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	362,000	+0.6%
179	Tonga Estimated	330,000	+0.3%
180	French Polynesia Estimated	309,000	+1.3%
181	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	273,000	+3%
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	250,000	0%
183	Solomon Islands Estimated	241,000	+0.4%
184	Iceland	221,000	+0.9%
185	Dominica Estimated	200,000	0%
186	Micronesia Estimated	189,000	0%
187	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	153,000	+2%
188	Seychelles Estimated	132,000	+5.6%
189	Luxembourg	114,000	-1.7%
190	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	88,000	+3.5%
191	Tuvalu Estimated	53,000	+1.9%
192	Cook Islands Estimated	36,000	0%
193	Niue Estimated	18,000	+5.9%
194	Nauru Estimated	5,000	0%

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Number of chickens present in the country, laying hens and birds raised for meat alike, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO publishes thousands of birds; Invokely multiplies by 1,000.

A count on one day of the year, while broilers live a few weeks, so it understates the number of birds raised in a year. 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 2015 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): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). 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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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), Countries by number of chickens, 2015. 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/rankings/chicken-population/countries?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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@misc{food_countries_by_number_of_2015,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112): Countries by number of chickens, 2015}},
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  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/rankings/chicken-population/countries?period=2015. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). 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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China, with 4,695,496,000 head in 2015, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Nauru, with 5,000 head in 2015.

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