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Countries by number of chickens

China had the highest number of chickens of 184 countries in 2022, at 5,194,411,000 head. Nauru had the lowest, at 5,000 head. The median was 22,861,000 head and the figure for the World was 26,734,785,000 head. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest5,194,411,000China
Lowest5,000Nauru
Median22,861,000184 countries
World26,734,785,000History

Map of countries, 2022

United Arab Emirates: 26,234,000 headAfghanistan: 13,248,000 headAntigua and Barbuda: 159,000 headAlbania: 4,999,000 headArmenia: 4,827,000 headAngola: 45,755,000 headArgentina: 116,089,000 headAustralia: 109,397,000 headAzerbaijan: 29,795,000 headBosnia and Herzegovina: 9,299,000 headBangladesh: 311,800,000 headBelgium: 53,283,000 headBurkina Faso: 32,587,000 headBurundi: 3,050,000 headBenin: 16,333,000 headBrunei: 21,416,000 headBolivia: 227,414,000 headBrazil: 1,568,518,000 headBahamas: 3,249,000 headBhutan: 975,000 headBotswana: 805,000 headBelarus: 106,342,000 headBelize: 1,697,000 headCanada: 172,104,000 headDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 18,912,000 headCentral African Republic: 6,877,000 headRepublic of the Congo: 3,030,000 headSwitzerland: 13,109,000 headCôte d’Ivoire: 116,549,000 headChile: 57,142,000 headCameroon: 49,041,000 headChina: 5,194,411,000 headColombia: 215,218,000 headCosta Rica: 23,508,000 headCuba: 30,155,000 headCape Verde: 665,000 headCzechia: 22,955,000 headDenmark: 22,412,000 headDominican Republic: 217,034,000 headAlgeria: 191,602,000 headEcuador: 175,984,000 headEstonia: 2,092,000 headEgypt: 289,799,000 headEritrea: 1,215,000 headEthiopia: 41,351,000 headFinland: 13,364,000 headFiji: 5,709,000 headFrance: 231,096,000 headGabon: 3,377,000 headUnited Kingdom: 174,193,000 headGeorgia: 9,092,000 headGhana: 80,972,000 headGambia: 1,005,000 headGuinea: 36,358,000 headEquatorial Guinea: 386,000 headGreece: 38,649,000 headGuatemala: 47,000,000 headGuinea-Bissau: 2,109,000 headGuyana: 31,134,000 headHong Kong: 3,929,000 headHonduras: 48,212,000 headCroatia: 10,436,000 headHaiti: 5,926,000 headHungary: 32,114,000 headIndonesia: 3,482,427,000 headIsrael: 46,716,000 headIndia: 837,061,000 headIraq: 162,496,000 headIran: 1,035,986,000 headIceland: 220,000 headJamaica: 14,165,000 headJordan: 42,000,000 headJapan: 321,891,000 headKenya: 61,708,000 headKyrgyzstan: 4,984,000 headCambodia: 13,095,000 headKiribati: 662,000 headNorth Korea: 12,478,000 headSouth Korea: 173,136,000 headKuwait: 59,175,000 headKazakhstan: 45,653,000 headLaos: 50,118,000 headLebanon: 72,887,000 headSri Lanka: 22,767,000 headLiberia: 8,369,000 headLesotho: 549,000 headLithuania: 8,897,000 headLuxembourg: 186,000 headLatvia: 5,744,000 headLibya: 36,644,000 headMorocco: 221,822,000 headMoldova: 45,259,000 headMontenegro: 844,000 headMadagascar: 41,454,000 headNorth Macedonia: 1,562,000 headMali: 57,439,000 headMyanmar: 133,911,000 headMongolia: 1,506,000 headMauritania: 4,763,000 headMauritius: 16,277,000 headMalawi: 19,453,000 headMexico: 609,506,000 headMalaysia: 299,423,000 headMozambique: 26,877,000 headNamibia: 4,249,000 headNew Caledonia: 618,000 headNiger: 20,737,000 headNigeria: 250,620,000 headNicaragua: 27,451,000 headNetherlands: 97,533,000 headNorway: 16,131,000 headNepal: 66,803,000 headNew Zealand: 24,756,000 headOman: 5,002,000 headPanama: 28,481,000 headPeru: 190,882,000 headFrench Polynesia: 334,000 headPapua New Guinea: 4,803,000 headPhilippines: 185,102,000 headPakistan: 1,725,000,000 headPoland: 176,580,000 headPuerto Rico: 4,459,000 headPalestine: 5,684,000 headParaguay: 33,286,000 headQatar: 31,120,000 headRomania: 78,268,000 headSerbia: 14,624,000 headRussia: 488,236,000 headRwanda: 2,583,000 headSaudi Arabia: 211,965,000 headSolomon Islands: 247,000 headSudan: 50,260,000 headSingapore: 2,500,000 headSlovenia: 5,023,000 headSlovakia: 9,096,000 headSierra Leone: 24,541,000 headSenegal: 92,891,000 headSomalia: 3,919,000 headSuriname: 6,179,000 headSouth Sudan: 35,362,000 headEl Salvador: 19,115,000 headSyria: 14,526,000 headEswatini: 1,952,000 headChad: 6,121,000 headTogo: 34,592,000 headThailand: 283,989,000 headTajikistan: 11,286,000 headTimor-Leste: 1,004,000 headTurkmenistan: 21,108,000 headTunisia: 101,753,000 headTürkiye: 361,096,000 headTrinidad and Tobago: 40,505,000 headTaiwan: 101,080,000 headTanzania: 33,047,000 headUkraine: 186,623,000 headUganda: 70,907,000 headUnited States: 1,532,000,000 headUruguay: 47,399,000 headUzbekistan: 81,965,000 headVenezuela: 125,383,000 headVietnam: 446,540,000 headVanuatu: 415,000 headSamoa: 445,000 headYemen: 68,741,000 headSouth Africa: 175,203,000 headZambia: 41,570,000 headZimbabwe: 19,855,000 head
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head, 2022. 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, 2022

China: 5,194,411,000 headChina5,194,411,000Indonesia: 3,482,427,000 headIndonesia3,482,427,000Pakistan: 1,725,000,000 headPakistan1,725,000,000Brazil: 1,568,518,000 headBrazil1,568,518,000United States: 1,532,000,000 headUnited States1,532,000,000Iran: 1,035,986,000 headIran1,035,986,000India: 837,061,000 headIndia837,061,000Mexico: 609,506,000 headMexico609,506,000Russia: 488,236,000 headRussia488,236,000Vietnam: 446,540,000 headVietnam446,540,000Türkiye: 361,096,000 headTürkiye361,096,000Japan: 321,891,000 headJapan321,891,000Bangladesh: 311,800,000 headBangladesh311,800,000Malaysia: 299,423,000 headMalaysia299,423,000Egypt: 289,799,000 headEgypt289,799,000Thailand: 283,989,000 headThailand283,989,000Nigeria: 250,620,000 headNigeria250,620,000France: 231,096,000 headFrance231,096,000Bolivia: 227,414,000 headBolivia227,414,000Morocco: 221,822,000 headMorocco221,822,000Dominican Republic: 217,034,000 headDominican Republic217,034,000Colombia: 215,218,000 headColombia215,218,000Saudi Arabia: 211,965,000 headSaudi Arabia211,965,000Algeria: 191,602,000 headAlgeria191,602,000Peru: 190,882,000 headPeru190,882,000Ukraine: 186,623,000 headUkraine186,623,000Philippines: 185,102,000 headPhilippines185,102,000Poland: 176,580,000 headPoland176,580,000Ecuador: 175,984,000 headEcuador175,984,000South Africa: 175,203,000 headSouth Africa175,203,000United Kingdom: 174,193,000 headUnited Kingdom174,193,000South Korea: 173,136,000 headSouth Korea173,136,000Canada: 172,104,000 headCanada172,104,000Iraq: 162,496,000 headIraq162,496,000Myanmar: 133,911,000 headMyanmar133,911,000Venezuela: 125,383,000 headVenezuela125,383,000Côte d’Ivoire: 116,549,000 headCôte d’Ivoire116,549,000Argentina: 116,089,000 headArgentina116,089,000Australia: 109,397,000 headAustralia109,397,000Belarus: 106,342,000 headBelarus106,342,000China: 5,194,411,000 headChina5,194,411,000Indonesia: 3,482,427,000 headIndonesia3,482,427,000Pakistan: 1,725,000,000 headPakistan1,725,000,000Brazil: 1,568,518,000 headBrazil1,568,518,000United States: 1,532,000,000 headUnited States1,532,000,000Iran: 1,035,986,000 headIran1,035,986,000India: 837,061,000 headIndia837,061,000Mexico: 609,506,000 headMexico609,506,000Russia: 488,236,000 headRussia488,236,000Vietnam: 446,540,000 headVietnam446,540,000Türkiye: 361,096,000 headTürkiye361,096,000Japan: 321,891,000 headJapan321,891,000Bangladesh: 311,800,000 headBangladesh311,800,000Malaysia: 299,423,000 headMalaysia299,423,000Egypt: 289,799,000 headEgypt289,799,000Thailand: 283,989,000 headThailand283,989,000Nigeria: 250,620,000 headNigeria250,620,000France: 231,096,000 headFrance231,096,000Bolivia: 227,414,000 headBolivia227,414,000Morocco: 221,822,000 headMorocco221,822,000Dominican Republic: 217,034,000 headDominican Republic217,034,000Colombia: 215,218,000 headColombia215,218,000Saudi Arabia: 211,965,000 headSaudi Arabia211,965,000Algeria: 191,602,000 headAlgeria191,602,000Peru: 190,882,000 headPeru190,882,000Ukraine: 186,623,000 headUkraine186,623,000Philippines: 185,102,000 headPhilippines185,102,000Poland: 176,580,000 headPoland176,580,000Ecuador: 175,984,000 headEcuador175,984,000South Africa: 175,203,000 headSouth Africa175,203,000United Kingdom: 174,193,000 headUnited Kingdom174,193,000South Korea: 173,136,000 headSouth Korea173,136,000Canada: 172,104,000 headCanada172,104,000Iraq: 162,496,000 headIraq162,496,000Myanmar: 133,911,000 headMyanmar133,911,000Venezuela: 125,383,000 headVenezuela125,383,000Côte d’Ivoire: 116,549,000 headCôte d’Ivoire116,549,000Argentina: 116,089,000 headArgentina116,089,000Australia: 109,397,000 headAustralia109,397,000Belarus: 106,342,000 headBelarus106,342,000
head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2022
head		Change on 2021
1China Estimated5,194,411,000-0.4%
2Indonesia3,482,427,000+9%
3Pakistan1,725,000,000+9.3%
4Brazil1,568,518,000+2.6%
5United States Estimated1,532,000,000+0.7%
6Iran Estimated1,035,986,000+0.9%
7India Estimated837,061,000+1%
8Mexico609,506,000+0.8%
9Russia488,236,000+3.3%
10Vietnam446,540,000+4.6%
11Türkiye361,096,000-7.7%
12Japan321,891,000-0.4%
13Bangladesh311,800,000+2.5%
14Malaysia299,423,000+4.9%
15Egypt Estimated289,799,000+7.3%
16Thailand Estimated283,989,000+1.8%
17Nigeria Estimated250,620,000+4.2%
18France231,096,000-3.6%
19Bolivia Estimated227,414,000+1.1%
20Morocco Estimated221,822,000+1.3%
21Dominican Republic Estimated217,034,000+2%
22Colombia215,218,000-3.1%
23Saudi Arabia Estimated211,965,000+0.6%
24Algeria Estimated191,602,000-3.3%
25Peru190,882,000+0.8%
26Ukraine186,623,000+1.7%
27Philippines185,102,000+4.7%
28Poland176,580,000+4.7%
29Ecuador Estimated175,984,000-0.5%
30South Africa Estimated175,203,000-1.3%
31United Kingdom174,193,000-3.2%
32South Korea173,136,000-2.3%
33Canada Estimated172,104,000+0.2%
34Iraq162,496,000+12.3%
35Myanmar133,911,000+14.2%
36Venezuela Estimated125,383,000-0.6%
37Côte d’Ivoire116,549,000+12%
38Argentina116,089,000+0.5%
39Australia Estimated109,397,000-1.6%
40Belarus Estimated106,342,000+1.3%
41Tunisia Estimated101,753,000+0.1%
42Taiwan101,080,000+0.8%
43Netherlands97,533,000-2.4%
44Senegal92,891,000+0.1%
45Uzbekistan Estimated81,965,000+5.2%
46Ghana Estimated80,972,000-0.6%
47Romania78,268,000+1.5%
48Lebanon Estimated72,887,000-1%
49Uganda70,907,000+0.1%
50Yemen Estimated68,741,000+0.7%
51Nepal66,803,000-9%
52Kenya61,708,000+4.6%
53Kuwait Estimated59,175,000+3.1%
54Mali57,439,000+5%
55Chile57,142,000-0.6%
56Belgium53,283,000+0.2%
57Sudan Estimated50,260,000-2.4%
58Laos50,118,000+4.3%
59Cameroon Estimated49,041,000-1.9%
60Honduras Estimated48,212,000+0.6%
61Uruguay Estimated47,399,000+8.5%
62Guatemala Estimated47,000,0000%
63Israel46,716,000-0.8%
64Angola Estimated45,755,000+4.9%
65Kazakhstan45,653,000-1.1%
66Moldova Estimated45,259,000+4.5%
67Jordan Estimated42,000,000+2.4%
68Zambia Estimated41,570,000+0.9%
69Madagascar Estimated41,454,000+2.4%
70Ethiopia41,351,000-22.1%
71Trinidad and Tobago Estimated40,505,000+0.6%
72Greece38,649,000+5.6%
73Libya Estimated36,644,000+1.3%
74Guinea Estimated36,358,000+4.3%
75South Sudan Estimated35,362,000+1%
76Togo34,592,000+8.1%
77Paraguay33,286,000+26.9%
78Tanzania Estimated33,047,000-1.8%
79Burkina Faso32,587,000+1.2%
80Hungary32,114,000+11.2%
81Guyana Estimated31,134,000+2%
82Qatar31,120,000+41.1%
83Cuba30,155,000+0.9%
84Azerbaijan29,795,000+0.6%
85Panama28,481,000+2.6%
86Nicaragua Estimated27,451,000+2%
87Mozambique26,877,000+12.5%
88United Arab Emirates Estimated26,234,000+5.1%
89New Zealand24,756,000-3.6%
90Sierra Leone Estimated24,541,000+4.4%
91Costa Rica23,508,000-3.2%
92Czechia22,955,000n/a
93Sri Lanka22,767,000-6.4%
94Denmark22,412,000+4.5%
95Brunei21,416,000-0.8%
96Turkmenistan21,108,000+2.1%
97Niger Estimated20,737,000-0.1%
98Zimbabwe19,855,000+10.1%
99Malawi Estimated19,453,000-1.5%
100El Salvador Estimated19,115,000+1.4%
101Democratic Republic of the Congo18,912,000+0.6%
102Benin16,333,000+2%
103Mauritius Estimated16,277,000+0.5%
104Norway16,131,000-1.3%
105Serbia14,624,000-3.3%
106Syria14,526,000-12.9%
107Jamaica Estimated14,165,000-0.5%
108Finland13,364,000+5.2%
109Afghanistan Estimated13,248,000-1.5%
110Switzerland13,109,000+4.3%
111Cambodia Estimated13,095,000-0.9%
112North Korea Estimated12,478,000-27.3%
113Tajikistan11,286,000+1.5%
114Croatia10,436,000-10.3%
115Bosnia and Herzegovina9,299,000+6.6%
116Slovakia9,096,000-10.3%
117Georgia9,092,000-8.9%
118Lithuania8,897,000+9.5%
119Liberia Estimated8,369,000+1.1%
120Central African Republic Estimated6,877,000+0.2%
121Suriname Estimated6,179,000-1.6%
122Chad Estimated6,121,000+0.1%
123Haiti Estimated5,926,000-0.2%
124Latvia5,744,000-1.9%
125Fiji Estimated5,709,000+1.2%
126Palestine Estimated5,684,000-13.1%
127Barbados Estimated5,299,000+2.9%
128Slovenia5,023,000+7.5%
129Oman Estimated5,002,000+3.2%
130Albania4,999,000-4.8%
131Kyrgyzstan4,984,000+8.5%
132Armenia4,827,000+14.8%
133Papua New Guinea Estimated4,803,000+0.8%
134Mauritania Estimated4,763,000+0.3%
135Puerto Rico4,459,000-25.7%
136Namibia Estimated4,249,000+0.2%
137Hong Kong3,929,000-9.4%
138Somalia Estimated3,919,000-0.2%
139Gabon Estimated3,377,000+0.7%
140Bahamas Estimated3,249,000-1.7%
141Burundi3,050,000+4.7%
142Republic of the Congo Estimated3,030,000-0.2%
143Rwanda2,583,000-28.1%
144Singapore Estimated2,500,000-15.1%
145Guinea-Bissau Estimated2,109,000+2.8%
146Estonia2,092,000+3%
147Eswatini Estimated1,952,000+4.3%
148Bahrain Estimated1,754,000+16.7%
149Belize Estimated1,697,000+0.2%
150North Macedonia1,562,000+5.3%
151Mongolia1,506,000+31%
152Eritrea Estimated1,215,000-2.5%
153Gambia1,005,000+1.1%
154Timor-Leste Estimated1,004,000+17.3%
155Bhutan975,000-29.6%
156Montenegro844,000+43.8%
157Macao Estimated809,000-0.2%
158Botswana Estimated805,000-2.3%
159Cape Verde Estimated665,000-3.6%
160Kiribati Estimated662,000+0.5%
161New Caledonia Estimated618,000+1%
162Lesotho549,000-27%
163Comoros Estimated548,0000%
164Saint Lucia Estimated476,000-0.4%
165Samoa Estimated445,000+4.5%
166Vanuatu415,000-11.1%
167Grenada Estimated400,000+14.3%
168Equatorial Guinea Estimated386,000+1%
169Tonga Estimated344,0000%
170French Polynesia Estimated334,0000%
171São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated254,000-9%
172Seychelles Estimated250,000+8.7%
173Solomon Islands Estimated247,0000%
174Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated245,000-0.4%
175Iceland220,0000%
176Dominica Estimated203,0000%
177Micronesia Estimated192,0000%
178Luxembourg186,000+8.8%
179Antigua and Barbuda Estimated159,0000%
180Saint Kitts and Nevis65,000+225%
181Tuvalu Estimated56,000+1.8%
182Cook Islands Estimated36,000+2.9%
183Niue Estimated19,0000%
184Nauru 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. 14 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): 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 5,194,411,000 head in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which country has the lowest number of chickens?

Nauru, with 5,000 head in 2022.

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. 14 countries have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.

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