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Countries by number of chickens

China had the highest number of chickens of 185 countries in 2018, at 5,128,792,000 head. Nauru had the lowest, at 5,000 head. The median was 21,280,000 head and the figure for the World was 25,123,685,000 head. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest5,128,792,000China
Lowest5,000Nauru
Median21,280,000185 countries
World25,123,685,000History

Map of countries, 2018

United Arab Emirates: 24,130,000 headAfghanistan: 12,565,000 headAntigua and Barbuda: 155,000 headAlbania: 7,272,000 headArmenia: 4,406,000 headAngola: 37,486,000 headArgentina: 113,604,000 headAustralia: 99,784,000 headAzerbaijan: 30,498,000 headBosnia and Herzegovina: 16,229,000 headBangladesh: 282,145,000 headBelgium: 47,469,000 headBurkina Faso: 37,988,000 headBulgaria: 18,830,000 headBurundi: 3,215,000 headBenin: 21,304,000 headBrunei: 18,397,000 headBolivia: 212,425,000 headBrazil: 1,465,647,000 headBahamas: 3,236,000 headBhutan: 1,145,000 headBotswana: 846,000 headBelarus: 101,376,000 headBelize: 1,642,000 headCanada: 169,149,000 headDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 18,443,000 headCentral African Republic: 6,822,000 headRepublic of the Congo: 2,905,000 headSwitzerland: 11,535,000 headCôte d’Ivoire: 76,397,000 headChile: 56,641,000 headCameroon: 46,191,000 headChina: 5,128,792,000 headColombia: 173,488,000 headCosta Rica: 25,249,000 headCuba: 25,614,000 headCape Verde: 500,000 headCzechia: 22,428,000 headDenmark: 19,351,000 headDominican Republic: 183,116,000 headAlgeria: 190,837,000 headEcuador: 158,473,000 headEstonia: 2,059,000 headEgypt: 161,066,000 headEritrea: 1,298,000 headEthiopia: 59,420,000 headFinland: 13,190,000 headFiji: 5,348,000 headFrance: 239,290,000 headGabon: 3,276,000 headUnited Kingdom: 178,000,000 headGeorgia: 8,220,000 headGhana: 81,955,000 headGambia: 1,043,000 headGuinea: 33,489,000 headEquatorial Guinea: 369,000 headGreece: 37,300,000 headGuatemala: 37,945,000 headGuinea-Bissau: 2,000,000 headGuyana: 27,973,000 headHong Kong: 4,256,000 headHonduras: 45,785,000 headCroatia: 10,881,000 headHaiti: 5,796,000 headHungary: 31,844,000 headIndonesia: 3,700,618,000 headIsrael: 45,752,000 headIndia: 790,877,000 headIraq: 54,161,000 headIran: 977,326,000 headIceland: 228,000 headJamaica: 13,890,000 headJordan: 36,000,000 headJapan: 323,126,000 headKenya: 49,889,000 headKyrgyzstan: 4,567,000 headCambodia: 13,200,000 headKiribati: 640,000 headNorth Korea: 15,121,000 headSouth Korea: 172,993,000 headKuwait: 53,012,000 headKazakhstan: 42,782,000 headLaos: 39,218,000 headLebanon: 69,766,000 headSri Lanka: 20,531,000 headLiberia: 7,977,000 headLesotho: 419,000 headLithuania: 10,204,000 headLuxembourg: 123,000 headLibya: 36,170,000 headMorocco: 204,337,000 headMoldova: 40,000,000 headMontenegro: 651,000 headMadagascar: 39,488,000 headNorth Macedonia: 1,828,000 headMali: 47,255,000 headMyanmar: 76,565,000 headMongolia: 878,000 headMauritania: 4,656,000 headMauritius: 15,525,000 headMalawi: 18,846,000 headMexico: 568,372,000 headMalaysia: 260,826,000 headMozambique: 15,885,000 headNamibia: 4,283,000 headNew Caledonia: 560,000 headNiger: 19,893,000 headNigeria: 192,525,000 headNicaragua: 24,991,000 headNetherlands: 105,104,000 headNorway: 15,598,000 headNepal: 72,245,000 headNew Zealand: 24,162,000 headOman: 4,860,000 headPanama: 26,278,000 headPeru: 160,659,000 headFrench Polynesia: 325,000 headPapua New Guinea: 4,587,000 headPhilippines: 175,772,000 headPakistan: 1,210,000,000 headPoland: 182,200,000 headPuerto Rico: 8,970,000 headPalestine: 10,838,000 headParaguay: 21,280,000 headQatar: 25,000,000 headRomania: 73,289,000 headSerbia: 15,685,000 headRussia: 507,050,000 headRwanda: 5,442,000 headSaudi Arabia: 195,009,000 headSolomon Islands: 244,000 headSudan: 49,294,000 headSweden: 31,756,000 headSingapore: 3,737,000 headSlovenia: 3,866,000 headSlovakia: 13,030,000 headSierra Leone: 22,599,000 headSenegal: 72,523,000 headSomalia: 3,779,000 headSuriname: 6,362,000 headSouth Sudan: 34,226,000 headEl Salvador: 17,589,000 headSyria: 16,477,000 headEswatini: 1,758,000 headChad: 5,893,000 headTogo: 29,934,000 headThailand: 272,699,000 headTajikistan: 6,636,000 headTimor-Leste: 938,000 headTurkmenistan: 19,630,000 headTunisia: 94,983,000 headTürkiye: 353,561,000 headTrinidad and Tobago: 37,666,000 headTaiwan: 96,001,000 headTanzania: 38,121,000 headUkraine: 186,737,000 headUganda: 48,901,000 headUnited States: 1,506,000,000 headUruguay: 31,678,000 headUzbekistan: 65,670,000 headVenezuela: 127,450,000 headVietnam: 316,916,000 headVanuatu: 538,000 headSamoa: 441,000 headYemen: 66,214,000 headSouth Africa: 171,063,000 headZambia: 39,614,000 headZimbabwe: 14,893,000 head
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head, 2018. 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, 2018

China: 5,128,792,000 headChina5,128,792,000Indonesia: 3,700,618,000 headIndonesia3,700,618,000United States: 1,506,000,000 headUnited States1,506,000,000Brazil: 1,465,647,000 headBrazil1,465,647,000Pakistan: 1,210,000,000 headPakistan1,210,000,000Iran: 977,326,000 headIran977,326,000India: 790,877,000 headIndia790,877,000Mexico: 568,372,000 headMexico568,372,000Russia: 507,050,000 headRussia507,050,000Türkiye: 353,561,000 headTürkiye353,561,000Japan: 323,126,000 headJapan323,126,000Vietnam: 316,916,000 headVietnam316,916,000Bangladesh: 282,145,000 headBangladesh282,145,000Thailand: 272,699,000 headThailand272,699,000Malaysia: 260,826,000 headMalaysia260,826,000France: 239,290,000 headFrance239,290,000Bolivia: 212,425,000 headBolivia212,425,000Morocco: 204,337,000 headMorocco204,337,000Saudi Arabia: 195,009,000 headSaudi Arabia195,009,000Nigeria: 192,525,000 headNigeria192,525,000Algeria: 190,837,000 headAlgeria190,837,000Ukraine: 186,737,000 headUkraine186,737,000Dominican Republic: 183,116,000 headDominican Republic183,116,000Poland: 182,200,000 headPoland182,200,000United Kingdom: 178,000,000 headUnited Kingdom178,000,000Philippines: 175,772,000 headPhilippines175,772,000Colombia: 173,488,000 headColombia173,488,000South Korea: 172,993,000 headSouth Korea172,993,000South Africa: 171,063,000 headSouth Africa171,063,000Canada: 169,149,000 headCanada169,149,000Egypt: 161,066,000 headEgypt161,066,000Peru: 160,659,000 headPeru160,659,000Ecuador: 158,473,000 headEcuador158,473,000Venezuela: 127,450,000 headVenezuela127,450,000Argentina: 113,604,000 headArgentina113,604,000Netherlands: 105,104,000 headNetherlands105,104,000Belarus: 101,376,000 headBelarus101,376,000Australia: 99,784,000 headAustralia99,784,000Taiwan: 96,001,000 headTaiwan96,001,000Tunisia: 94,983,000 headTunisia94,983,000China: 5,128,792,000 headChina5,128,792,000Indonesia: 3,700,618,000 headIndonesia3,700,618,000United States: 1,506,000,000 headUnited States1,506,000,000Brazil: 1,465,647,000 headBrazil1,465,647,000Pakistan: 1,210,000,000 headPakistan1,210,000,000Iran: 977,326,000 headIran977,326,000India: 790,877,000 headIndia790,877,000Mexico: 568,372,000 headMexico568,372,000Russia: 507,050,000 headRussia507,050,000Türkiye: 353,561,000 headTürkiye353,561,000Japan: 323,126,000 headJapan323,126,000Vietnam: 316,916,000 headVietnam316,916,000Bangladesh: 282,145,000 headBangladesh282,145,000Thailand: 272,699,000 headThailand272,699,000Malaysia: 260,826,000 headMalaysia260,826,000France: 239,290,000 headFrance239,290,000Bolivia: 212,425,000 headBolivia212,425,000Morocco: 204,337,000 headMorocco204,337,000Saudi Arabia: 195,009,000 headSaudi Arabia195,009,000Nigeria: 192,525,000 headNigeria192,525,000Algeria: 190,837,000 headAlgeria190,837,000Ukraine: 186,737,000 headUkraine186,737,000Dominican Republic: 183,116,000 headDominican Republic183,116,000Poland: 182,200,000 headPoland182,200,000United Kingdom: 178,000,000 headUnited Kingdom178,000,000Philippines: 175,772,000 headPhilippines175,772,000Colombia: 173,488,000 headColombia173,488,000South Korea: 172,993,000 headSouth Korea172,993,000South Africa: 171,063,000 headSouth Africa171,063,000Canada: 169,149,000 headCanada169,149,000Egypt: 161,066,000 headEgypt161,066,000Peru: 160,659,000 headPeru160,659,000Ecuador: 158,473,000 headEcuador158,473,000Venezuela: 127,450,000 headVenezuela127,450,000Argentina: 113,604,000 headArgentina113,604,000Netherlands: 105,104,000 headNetherlands105,104,000Belarus: 101,376,000 headBelarus101,376,000Australia: 99,784,000 headAustralia99,784,000Taiwan: 96,001,000 headTaiwan96,001,000Tunisia: 94,983,000 headTunisia94,983,000
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2018
head		Change on 2017
1China Estimated5,128,792,000+1.9%
2Indonesia3,700,618,000+6.3%
3United States Estimated1,506,000,000+1.3%
4Brazil1,465,647,000+2.7%
5Pakistan1,210,000,000+9.2%
6Iran Estimated977,326,000+1.1%
7India Estimated790,877,000+2.2%
8Mexico568,372,000+2.2%
9Russia507,050,000+0.3%
10Türkiye353,561,000+3.1%
11Japan323,126,000+3%
12Vietnam316,916,000+7.4%
13Bangladesh282,145,000+2.5%
14Thailand Estimated272,699,000+0.6%
15Malaysia260,826,000-11.1%
16France239,290,000-2.2%
17Bolivia Estimated212,425,000+2.5%
18Morocco Estimated204,337,000+2%
19Saudi Arabia Estimated195,009,000+2.3%
20Nigeria Estimated192,525,000+6.9%
21Algeria Estimated190,837,000+4.2%
22Ukraine186,737,000+1.3%
23Dominican Republic Estimated183,116,000-0.5%
24Poland182,200,000+2.6%
25United Kingdom178,000,000+4.1%
26Philippines175,772,000+0.3%
27Colombia173,488,000+5.9%
28South Korea172,993,000+1.4%
29South Africa Estimated171,063,000+2.4%
30Canada Estimated169,149,000+0.3%
31Egypt Estimated161,066,000+3.4%
32Peru160,659,000+2.6%
33Ecuador158,473,000-1.3%
34Venezuela Estimated127,450,000+0.4%
35Argentina113,604,000-4%
36Netherlands105,104,000-0.1%
37Belarus Estimated101,376,000+1.4%
38Australia99,784,000+5%
39Taiwan96,001,000+1.4%
40Tunisia Estimated94,983,000+2.1%
41Ghana81,955,000+8.7%
42Myanmar76,565,000-78.1%
43Côte d’Ivoire76,397,000+5.2%
44Romania73,289,000-3.2%
45Senegal72,523,000+6.9%
46Nepal72,245,000+3.2%
47Lebanon Estimated69,766,000+1.3%
48Yemen Estimated66,214,000+1.9%
49Uzbekistan Estimated65,670,000+4.2%
50Ethiopia59,420,000+6%
51Chile56,641,000+3.4%
52Iraq54,161,000+8.2%
53Kuwait53,012,0000%
54Kenya49,889,000+3.7%
55Sudan49,294,000+1.5%
56Uganda48,901,000+2.8%
57Belgium47,469,000+18.1%
58Mali47,255,000+5%
59Cameroon Estimated46,191,000-9.6%
60Honduras Estimated45,785,000+0.1%
61Israel45,752,000-1.2%
62Kazakhstan42,782,000+11.5%
63Moldova Estimated40,000,000+5.8%
64Zambia Estimated39,614,000+1.2%
65Madagascar39,488,000+2%
66Laos39,218,000+6.1%
67Tanzania Estimated38,121,000+1.5%
68Burkina Faso37,988,000+3%
69Guatemala Estimated37,945,000+2.7%
70Trinidad and Tobago Estimated37,666,000+2.5%
71Angola Estimated37,486,000+2.7%
72Greece37,300,000+0.1%
73Libya36,170,000+4%
74Jordan Estimated36,000,000-2.7%
75South Sudan Estimated34,226,000+13.2%
76Guinea Estimated33,489,000+5.3%
77Hungary31,844,000-0.6%
78Sweden31,756,000+3.9%
79Uruguay31,678,000-3.4%
80Azerbaijan30,498,000+0.1%
81Togo29,934,000+32.8%
82Guyana Estimated27,973,000+3.1%
83Panama26,278,000+3.2%
84Cuba25,614,000-0.1%
85Costa Rica Estimated25,249,000+1.5%
86Qatar Estimated25,000,000+66.7%
87Nicaragua Estimated24,991,000+2.4%
88New Zealand24,162,000+1.7%
89United Arab Emirates24,130,000+1.2%
90Sierra Leone22,599,000+5%
91Czechia22,428,000+8.9%
92Benin21,304,000+3.2%
93Paraguay21,280,000-4.6%
94Sri Lanka20,531,000-3.5%
95Niger19,893,000+4.3%
96Turkmenistan19,630,000+4.5%
97Denmark19,351,000-6.7%
98Malawi Estimated18,846,000+1.7%
99Bulgaria18,830,000+6.2%
100Democratic Republic of the Congo18,443,000+0.3%
101Brunei18,397,000+7.9%
102El Salvador Estimated17,589,000+1.9%
103Syria16,477,000+6%
104Bosnia and Herzegovina16,229,000-0.3%
105Mozambique15,885,000-9.4%
106Serbia15,685,000-4%
107Norway15,598,000-0.3%
108Mauritius Estimated15,525,000+2%
109North Korea15,121,000-1.8%
110Zimbabwe Estimated14,893,000-4.2%
111Jamaica Estimated13,890,000+0.4%
112Cambodia Estimated13,200,000-0%
113Finland13,190,000+7.5%
114Slovakia13,030,000+10.4%
115Afghanistan Estimated12,565,000-7.4%
116Switzerland11,535,000+1.1%
117Croatia10,881,000+10.6%
118Palestine10,838,000+48.4%
119Lithuania10,204,000+2.9%
120Puerto Rico8,970,000-7%
121Georgia8,220,000+2.2%
122Liberia Estimated7,977,000+1.3%
123Albania7,272,000-7.2%
124Central African Republic Estimated6,822,000+0.5%
125Tajikistan6,636,000+27.2%
126Suriname6,362,000+5.6%
127Chad Estimated5,893,000+0.5%
128Haiti Estimated5,796,000+0.4%
129Rwanda5,442,000+3.2%
130Fiji Estimated5,348,000+1.7%
131Barbados Estimated5,008,000+4.9%
132Oman4,860,000+3.2%
133Mauritania Estimated4,656,000+0.5%
134Papua New Guinea Estimated4,587,000+1.4%
135Kyrgyzstan4,567,000+3.4%
136Armenia4,406,000+15.5%
137Namibia Estimated4,283,000-8.1%
138Hong Kong4,256,000+1.4%
139Slovenia3,866,000+6.2%
140Somalia Estimated3,779,000+0.7%
141Singapore Estimated3,737,000+1.9%
142Gabon Estimated3,276,000+0.6%
143Bahamas Estimated3,236,000+2.3%
144Burundi3,215,000+20.3%
145Republic of the Congo Estimated2,905,000+0.8%
146Estonia2,059,000-6.2%
147Guinea-Bissau Estimated2,000,000-0.4%
148North Macedonia1,828,000-0.7%
149Eswatini1,758,000+14.5%
150Belize Estimated1,642,000+0.4%
151Bahrain Estimated1,482,000+8.9%
152Eritrea Estimated1,298,000-1.3%
153Bhutan1,145,000+7.2%
154Gambia Estimated1,043,000-0.6%
155Timor-Leste Estimated938,000-1.3%
156Mongolia878,000+26.3%
157Botswana Estimated846,000+19.2%
158Macao Estimated773,000+0.8%
159Montenegro651,000-9.8%
160Kiribati Estimated640,000+1.3%
161New Caledonia Estimated560,000+2.4%
162Comoros Estimated539,000+0.7%
163Vanuatu Estimated538,000+3.7%
164Cape Verde Estimated500,000-50%
165Saint Lucia Estimated465,000+0.6%
166Samoa Estimated441,000-4.5%
167Lesotho419,000-3.2%
168Grenada Estimated386,000+0.5%
169Equatorial Guinea Estimated369,000+0.8%
170Tonga Estimated335,000+0.6%
171French Polynesia Estimated325,000+1.2%
172São Tomé and Príncipe319,000+12.3%
173Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated249,000-0.4%
174Solomon Islands Estimated244,000+0.4%
175Iceland228,000-0.9%
176Dominica Estimated201,000+0.5%
177Micronesia Estimated191,000+0.5%
178Antigua and Barbuda Estimated155,000-1.3%
179Seychelles Estimated134,000+3.1%
180Luxembourg123,0000%
181Tuvalu Estimated54,000+1.9%
182Cook Islands Estimated35,0000%
183Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated20,000+33.3%
184Niue Estimated18,0000%
185Nauru Estimated5,0000%

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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. 13 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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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Nauru, with 5,000 head in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 13 countries have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.

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