Countries by number of chickens

China had the highest number of chickens of 189 countries in 2023, at 5,219,059,000 head. Nauru had the lowest, at 5,000 head. The median was 21,429,000 head and the figure for the World was 27,108,079,000 head. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest5,219,059,000China

Lowest5,000Nauru

Median21,429,000189 countries

World27,108,079,000History

Map of countries, 2023

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50M to 180M
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head, 2023. 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, 2023

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	2023 head	Change on 2022
1	China Estimated	5,219,059,000	+0.5%
2	Indonesia	3,698,598,000	+6.2%
3	Pakistan	1,887,000,000	+9.4%
4	Brazil	1,554,374,000	-0.9%
5	United States Estimated	1,539,000,000	+0.5%
6	Iran Estimated	1,018,162,000	-1.7%
7	India Estimated	845,000,000	+0.9%
8	Mexico	621,072,000	+1.9%
9	Russia Estimated	499,220,000	+2.2%
10	Vietnam	457,221,000	+2.4%
11	Türkiye	368,624,000	+2.1%
12	Bangladesh	319,689,000	+2.5%
13	Malaysia	316,185,000	+5.6%
14	Japan	313,728,000	-2.5%
15	Thailand Estimated	289,612,000	+2%
16	Egypt Estimated	257,054,000	-11.3%
17	Nigeria Estimated	234,795,000	-6.3%
18	Bolivia Estimated	230,551,000	+1.4%
19	Morocco Estimated	225,540,000	+1.7%
20	Saudi Arabia Estimated	215,700,000	+1.8%
21	France	211,370,000	-8.5%
22	Dominican Republic Estimated	209,153,000	-3.6%
23	Colombia	208,331,000	-3.2%
24	Algeria Estimated	195,862,000	+2.2%
25	Poland	195,145,000	+10.5%
26	Peru	191,696,000	+0.4%
27	Philippines	191,203,000	+3.3%
28	South Korea	182,127,000	+5.2%
29	Ecuador Estimated	178,140,000	+1.2%
30	South Africa Estimated	175,215,000	0%
31	Canada Estimated	172,634,000	+0.3%
32	United Kingdom	170,233,000	-2.3%
33	Ukraine	165,468,000	-11.3%
34	Germany	156,301,000	n/a
35	Iraq Estimated	150,905,000	-7.1%
36	Myanmar Estimated	135,000,000	+0.8%
37	Venezuela Estimated	125,614,000	+0.2%
38	Côte d’Ivoire	117,773,000	+1.1%
39	Belarus Estimated	116,799,000	+9.8%
40	Argentina	113,418,000	-2.3%
41	Australia Estimated	108,222,000	-1.1%
42	Taiwan Estimated	102,208,000	+1.1%
43	Tunisia Estimated	100,559,000	-1.2%
44	Senegal Estimated	94,322,000	+1.5%
45	Ghana Estimated	93,202,000	+15.1%
46	Netherlands	93,004,000	-4.6%
47	Uzbekistan Estimated	85,911,000	+4.8%
48	Romania	74,068,000	-5.4%
49	Lebanon Estimated	73,089,000	+0.3%
50	Uganda	71,001,000	+0.1%
51	Yemen Estimated	69,324,000	+0.8%
52	Kenya	67,043,000	+8.6%
53	Nepal	65,205,000	-2.4%
54	Mali	60,310,000	+5%
55	Kuwait Estimated	60,106,000	+1.6%
56	Sudan Estimated	52,852,000	+5.2%
57	Chile	52,345,000	-8.4%
58	Laos	51,973,000	+3.7%
59	Uruguay Estimated	49,779,000	+5%
60	Ethiopia Estimated	49,106,000	+18.8%
61	Belgium	48,754,000	-8.5%
62	Honduras Estimated	48,624,000	+0.9%
63	Israel	48,506,000	+3.8%
64	Angola Estimated	47,757,000	+4.4%
65	Guatemala Estimated	47,485,000	+1%
66	Moldova Estimated	46,855,000	+3.5%
67	Kazakhstan	44,174,000	-3.2%
68	Portugal	44,098,000	n/a
69	Cameroon Estimated	44,086,000	-10.1%
70	South Sudan Estimated	42,916,000	+21.4%
71	Madagascar Estimated	42,479,000	+2.5%
72	Jordan Estimated	42,007,000	0%
73	Zambia Estimated	41,089,000	-1.2%
74	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	41,024,000	+1.3%
75	Greece	38,508,000	-0.4%
76	Libya Estimated	38,218,000	+4.3%
77	Guinea Estimated	37,806,000	+4%
78	Togo Estimated	35,588,000	+2.9%
79	Tanzania Estimated	33,252,000	+0.6%
80	Burkina Faso	32,977,000	+1.2%
81	Qatar	32,038,000	+2.9%
82	Guyana Estimated	31,788,000	+2.1%
83	Panama	30,103,000	+5.7%
84	Azerbaijan	28,698,000	-3.7%
85	Paraguay Estimated	28,093,000	-15.6%
86	Nicaragua Estimated	28,010,000	+2%
87	Hungary	27,081,000	-15.7%
88	United Arab Emirates Estimated	26,023,000	-0.8%
89	Sweden	25,729,000	n/a
90	Sierra Leone Estimated	25,691,000	+4.7%
91	New Zealand	25,274,000	+2.1%
92	Costa Rica	23,665,000	+0.7%
93	Denmark	21,844,000	-2.5%
94	Czechia	21,794,000	-5.1%
95	Turkmenistan	21,429,000	+1.5%
96	Brunei	21,131,000	-1.3%
97	Niger Estimated	20,854,000	+0.6%
98	Mozambique	19,880,000	-26%
99	Malawi Estimated	19,748,000	+1.5%
100	Democratic Republic of the Congo	19,002,000	+0.5%
101	El Salvador Estimated	18,729,000	-2%
102	Sri Lanka	18,065,000	-20.7%
103	Austria	17,804,000	n/a
104	Benin	17,638,000	+8%
105	Zimbabwe	17,510,000	-11.8%
106	Norway	16,484,000	+2.2%
107	Mauritius Estimated	16,417,000	+0.9%
108	Syria	15,490,000	+6.6%
109	Jamaica Estimated	14,200,000	+0.2%
110	Serbia	13,913,000	-4.9%
111	Finland	13,380,000	+0.1%
112	Afghanistan Estimated	13,364,000	+0.9%
113	Switzerland	13,152,000	+0.3%
114	Cambodia Estimated	13,045,000	-0.4%
115	North Korea Estimated	12,016,000	-3.7%
116	Tajikistan	10,647,000	-5.7%
117	Croatia	10,080,000	-3.4%
118	Slovakia	9,815,000	+7.9%
119	Lithuania	9,729,000	+9.4%
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9,383,000	+0.9%
121	Georgia	8,812,000	-3.1%
122	Liberia Estimated	8,272,000	-1.2%
123	Central African Republic Estimated	6,894,000	+0.2%
124	Chad Estimated	6,151,000	+0.5%
125	Haiti Estimated	5,951,000	+0.4%
126	Latvia	5,922,000	+3.1%
127	Fiji Estimated	5,793,000	+1.5%
128	Cuba	5,590,000	-81.5%
129	Kyrgyzstan	5,554,000	+11.4%
130	Barbados Estimated	5,379,000	+1.5%
131	Oman Estimated	5,040,000	+0.8%
132	Suriname Estimated	5,022,000	-18.7%
133	Albania	4,877,000	-2.4%
134	Mauritania Estimated	4,786,000	+0.5%
135	Papua New Guinea Estimated	4,751,000	-1.1%
136	Puerto Rico Estimated	4,670,000	+4.7%
137	Cyprus	4,655,000	n/a
138	Namibia Estimated	4,217,000	-0.8%
139	Armenia	4,186,000	-13.3%
140	Slovenia	4,059,000	-19.2%
141	Hong Kong	4,023,000	+2.4%
142	Somalia Estimated	3,952,000	+0.8%
143	Gabon Estimated	3,400,000	+0.7%
144	Bahamas Estimated	3,269,000	+0.6%
145	Burundi	3,213,000	+5.3%
146	Republic of the Congo Estimated	3,002,000	-0.9%
147	Singapore Estimated	2,260,000	-9.6%
148	Rwanda Estimated	2,210,000	-14.4%
149	Estonia	2,132,000	+1.9%
150	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	2,097,000	-0.6%
151	Eswatini Estimated	1,990,000	+1.9%
152	Bahrain Estimated	1,838,000	+4.8%
153	Mongolia	1,795,000	+19.2%
154	North Macedonia	1,746,000	+11.8%
155	Belize Estimated	1,710,000	+0.8%
156	Eritrea Estimated	1,184,000	-2.6%
157	Gambia	1,138,000	+13.2%
158	Montenegro	855,000	+1.3%
159	Bhutan	819,000	-16%
160	Macao Estimated	801,000	-1%
161	Malta	790,000	n/a
162	Botswana Estimated	770,000	-4.3%
163	Cape Verde Estimated	673,000	+1.2%
164	Kiribati Estimated	666,000	+0.6%
165	Timor-Leste Estimated	657,000	-34.6%
166	Lesotho	625,000	+13.8%
167	New Caledonia Estimated	605,000	-2.1%
168	Comoros Estimated	550,000	+0.4%
169	Saint Lucia Estimated	478,000	+0.4%
170	Samoa Estimated	441,000	-0.9%
171	Grenada Estimated	401,000	+0.3%
172	Vanuatu Estimated	395,000	-4.8%
173	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	381,000	-1.3%
174	Tonga Estimated	346,000	+0.6%
175	French Polynesia Estimated	337,000	+0.9%
176	Seychelles Estimated	265,000	+6%
177	Solomon Islands Estimated	248,000	+0.4%
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	244,000	-0.4%
179	Iceland	220,000	0%
180	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	213,000	-16.1%
181	Dominica Estimated	204,000	+0.5%
182	Micronesia Estimated	193,000	+0.5%
183	Luxembourg	183,000	-1.6%
184	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	160,000	+0.6%
185	Tuvalu Estimated	57,000	+1.8%
186	Cook Islands Estimated	36,000	0%
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	32,000	-50.8%
188	Niue Estimated	19,000	0%
189	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. 9 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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, 2023. 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=2023. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  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, 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  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=2023. 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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