Number of pigs by country
Countries reporting
179
Highest
427.43 million animals
China
Lowest
0 animals
Iran
Median
385,128 animals
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
10,401
What the numbers show
Number of pigs is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 427.43 million animals in China; the lowest is 0 animals in Iran.
The median across all reporting countries is 385,128 animals, and the mean is 5.80 million animals.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Malawi (up 347.7%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 92.9%).
Number of pigs: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 427.43 million animals | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 2 | USSR | 75.43 million animals | 1991 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 74.91 million animals | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 43.91 million animals | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 5 | Spain | 34.57 million animals | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Russia | 29.02 million animals | 2024 | up 52.1% | flat |
| 7 | Vietnam | 26.52 million animals | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 21.29 million animals | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 9 | Mexico | 19.86 million animals | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 10 | Canada | 13.98 million animals | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 11 | Malawi | 12.14 million animals | 2024 | up 347.7% | volatile |
| 12 | France | 11.71 million animals | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 11.58 million animals | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 14 | South Korea | 10.85 million animals | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Colombia | 10.67 million animals | 2024 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Netherlands | 10.19 million animals | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 17 | Nigeria | 9.96 million animals | 2024 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Philippines | 9.57 million animals | 2024 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 19 | Poland | 9.08 million animals | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 20 | Japan | 8.80 million animals | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 21 | India | 8.30 million animals | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 22 | Thailand | 7.87 million animals | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 23 | Italy | 7.82 million animals | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 24 | Myanmar | 7.80 million animals | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Uganda | 7.05 million animals | 2024 | up 189.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Argentina | 6.12 million animals | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 27 | Indonesia | 5.77 million animals | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 28 | Belgium | 5.38 million animals | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 29 | Taiwan | 5.10 million animals | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 30 | Laos | 4.77 million animals | 2024 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 4.72 million animals | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 32 | Ukraine | 4.52 million animals | 2024 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 33 | Peru | 3.52 million animals | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 34 | Romania | 3.26 million animals | 2024 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 35 | Angola | 3.19 million animals | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Bolivia | 3.14 million animals | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 37 | Guatemala | 3.04 million animals | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Hungary | 2.80 million animals | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 39 | Chile | 2.78 million animals | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 40 | Austria | 2.53 million animals | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 41 | Australia | 2.50 million animals | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 42 | North Korea | 2.46 million animals | 2024 | up 17.3% | flat |
| 43 | Serbia | 2.35 million animals | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 44 | Venezuela | 2.31 million animals | 2024 | down 39.3% | rising |
| 45 | Cameroon | 2.26 million animals | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Belarus | 2.20 million animals | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 47 | Portugal | 2.19 million animals | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 48 | Madagascar | 2.12 million animals | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 2.06 million animals | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 50 | Cambodia | 2.01 million animals | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 51 | Mozambique | 1.76 million animals | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Paraguay | 1.67 million animals | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 53 | Burundi | 1.54 million animals | 2024 | up 172.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 1.53 million animals | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Zambia | 1.50 million animals | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Nepal | 1.50 million animals | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Ireland | 1.47 million animals | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 58 | Czechia | 1.42 million animals | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 59 | Sweden | 1.36 million animals | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 60 | South Africa | 1.32 million animals | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 61 | Switzerland | 1.27 million animals | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 62 | Malaysia | 1.23 million animals | 2024 | down 43.6% | rising |
| 63 | Togo | 1.17 million animals | 2024 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 1.12 million animals | 2024 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Benin | 1.10 million animals | 2024 | up 156.2% | rising |
| 66 | Rwanda | 1.06 million animals | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Haiti | 1.02 million animals | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 68 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.02 million animals | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 69 | Finland | 974,130 animals | 2024 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 70 | Ghana | 951,401 animals | 2024 | up 39.5% | rising |
| 71 | Kenya | 949,807 animals | 2024 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Ecuador | 896,457 animals | 2024 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 73 | Croatia | 873,000 animals | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 74 | Greece | 786,200 animals | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 75 | Norway | 709,600 animals | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 76 | Nicaragua | 703,835 animals | 2023 | up 41.0% | flat |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 700,780 animals | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 559,743 animals | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 79 | Tanzania | 539,088 animals | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 520,076 animals | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 81 | Panama | 508,934 animals | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 82 | Senegal | 503,379 animals | 2024 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Lithuania | 496,790 animals | 2024 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 479,662 animals | 2024 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 85 | Cote d'Ivoire | 472,572 animals | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 86 | Honduras | 453,773 animals | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 447,474 animals | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 88 | Guinea-Bissau | 434,193 animals | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 89 | Slovakia | 412,310 animals | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 90 | East Timor | 385,128 animals | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 91 | Moldova | 379,619 animals | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Cyprus | 309,790 animals | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 307,970 animals | 2024 | up 267.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 301,747 animals | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 95 | Latvia | 300,060 animals | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 96 | Singapore | 300,000 animals | 1990 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 97 | Estonia | 283,550 animals | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 98 | Liberia | 273,192 animals | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 99 | El Salvador | 245,241 animals | 2024 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 100 | New Zealand | 243,588 animals | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 101 | Slovenia | 232,350 animals | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 102 | Gabon | 225,991 animals | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 103 | Jamaica | 220,979 animals | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 104 | Armenia | 186,951 animals | 2024 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 105 | Guinea | 183,169 animals | 2024 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 179,682 animals | 2024 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 107 | Uruguay | 147,258 animals | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 108 | Georgia | 141,600 animals | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Israel | 135,796 animals | 2024 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 110 | Fiji | 120,000 animals | 2024 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 111 | Cuba | 117,000 animals | 2024 | down 92.9% | flat |
| 112 | Chad | 115,004 animals | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Hong Kong | 114,358 animals | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 109,660 animals | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 115 | Albania | 104,042 animals | 2024 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 116 | Congo | 103,498 animals | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 117 | Samoa | 91,647 animals | 2024 | down 47.0% | rising |
| 118 | Mali | 91,478 animals | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 119 | Namibia | 87,256 animals | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Tonga | 85,523 animals | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 76,165 animals | 2024 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 122 | Reunion | 73,312 animals | 2006 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 73,057 animals | 2024 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Luxembourg | 64,810 animals | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 55,519 animals | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 126 | Eswatini | 55,271 animals | 2024 | up 57.9% | rising |
| 127 | Niger | 42,943 animals | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 128 | Sao Tome and Principe | 42,594 animals | 2024 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 40,725 animals | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Uzbekistan | 39,817 animals | 2024 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Micronesia (country) | 39,004 animals | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 132 | Ethiopia | 37,330 animals | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 133 | Malta | 37,210 animals | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 134 | New Caledonia | 36,916 animals | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 135 | Lesotho | 35,490 animals | 2024 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 136 | Bhutan | 34,059 animals | 2024 | up 139.8% | falling |
| 137 | Suriname | 33,632 animals | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago | 31,010 animals | 2024 | up 43.4% | falling |
| 139 | Montenegro | 29,270 animals | 2024 | up 32.7% | flat |
| 140 | French Polynesia | 29,124 animals | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 26,647 animals | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Martinique | 26,600 animals | 2006 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 143 | Iceland | 26,000 animals | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Gambia | 25,243 animals | 2024 | up 208.1% | rising |
| 145 | Barbados | 24,725 animals | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 146 | Mauritius | 23,712 animals | 2024 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Mongolia | 21,258 animals | 2024 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Egypt | 20,688 animals | 2024 | up 95.2% | rising |
| 149 | Guadeloupe | 20,500 animals | 2006 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 150 | Cook Islands | 19,511 animals | 2024 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 151 | Kiribati | 15,592 animals | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 152 | Tuvalu | 14,795 animals | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 153 | Belize | 13,892 animals | 2024 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 154 | French Guiana | 11,164 animals | 2006 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | 10,039 animals | 2024 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 156 | Guyana | 9,566 animals | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 7,890 animals | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Morocco | 7,782 animals | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Equatorial Guinea | 7,548 animals | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 160 | Lebanon | 7,474 animals | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Botswana | 7,083 animals | 2024 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Seychelles | 6,903 animals | 2024 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6,876 animals | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 164 | Tunisia | 5,449 animals | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 165 | Azerbaijan | 5,304 animals | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Dominica | 5,058 animals | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 167 | Bahamas | 5,021 animals | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4,984 animals | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 169 | Algeria | 4,808 animals | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 170 | Grenada | 3,843 animals | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 171 | Somalia | 3,734 animals | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 172 | Nauru | 3,034 animals | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 173 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,827 animals | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Niue | 2,362 animals | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 175 | Turkey | 1,724 animals | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Brunei | 553 animals | 2024 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Tajikistan | 400 animals | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Syria | 13 animals | 2024 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Iran | 0 animals | 1992 | — | volatile |