EU countries by number of chickens, 2020
France had the highest number of chickens of 26 EU countries in 2020, at 242,015,000 head. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 136,000 head. The median was 19,097,500 head. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
All EU countries, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 242,015,000 | +1.7% |
| 2 | Poland | 195,825,000 | +6.9% |
| 3 | Spain | 193,476,000 | |
| 4 | Germany | 159,118,000 | |
| 5 | Italy | 142,503,000 | |
| 6 | Netherlands | 101,863,000 | +0.1% |
| 7 | Romania | 73,901,000 | -0.1% |
| 8 | Belgium | 53,362,000 | +8.6% |
| 9 | Portugal | 49,307,000 | |
| 10 | Greece | 34,033,000 | -13.2% |
| 11 | Hungary | 30,874,000 | +0.7% |
| 12 | Denmark | 21,250,000 | -5.4% |
| 13 | Czechia | 21,018,000 | -3.8% |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 17,177,000 | -17.4% |
| 15 | Austria | 16,857,000 | |
| 16 | Ireland | 15,236,000 | |
| 17 | Slovakia | 13,153,000 | +2.3% |
| 18 | Finland | 12,715,000 | -5.2% |
| 19 | Croatia | 12,508,000 | +2.8% |
| 20 | Lithuania | 9,852,000 | -14.8% |
| 21 | Slovenia | 5,770,000 | +43.2% |
| 22 | Latvia | 5,643,000 | |
| 23 | Cyprus | 4,655,000 | |
| 24 | Estonia | 2,055,000 | -1.2% |
| 25 | Malta | 884,000 | |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 136,000 | +3% |
Other periods
About this ranking
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 EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
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.Citation styles
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112) (EU countries by number of chickens, 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip
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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), EU countries by number of chickens, 2020. 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/eu-countries. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112). EU countries by number of chickens, 2020. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/chicken-population/eu-countries.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Chickens, stocks, 1000 head (item 1057, element 5112), EU countries by number of chickens, 2020 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/chicken-population/eu-countries (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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Which EU country has the highest number of chickens?
France, with 242,015,000 head in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Which EU country has the lowest number of chickens?
Luxembourg, with 136,000 head in 2020.
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. 1 EU countries have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.