Poultry Birds — Stocks by country
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area...
Countries reporting
210
Highest
6.53 million 1000 An
China
Lowest
5 1000 An
Nauru
Median
21,892 1000 An
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,928
What the numbers show
Poultry Birds — Stocks is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 6.53 million 1000 An in China; the lowest is 5 1000 An in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 21,892 1000 An, and the mean is 173,443 1000 An.
Over the past decade 167 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 321.1%), and the largest decrease in Cuba (down 82.7%).
Poultry Birds — Stocks: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 6.53 million 1000 An | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 6.41 million 1000 An | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3.75 million 1000 An | 2024 | up 96.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.04 million 1000 An | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Pakistan | 2.07 million 1000 An | 2024 | up 140.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 569,218 1000 An | 2024 | up 81.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 1.59 million 1000 An | 2024 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Türkiye | 384,147 1000 An | 2024 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 6 | USSR | 1.16 million 1000 An | 1991 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 7 | India | 886,518 1000 An | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 234,337 1000 An | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Mexico | 631,121 1000 An | 2024 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 541,301 1000 An | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 127,124 1000 An | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 396,038 1000 An | 2024 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 58,632 1000 An | 2024 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Malaysia | 335,608 1000 An | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Republic of Moldova | 48,633 1000 An | 2024 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 12 | Japan | 315,637 1000 An | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 34,814 1000 An | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 13 | Thailand | 311,750 1000 An | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 20,550 1000 An | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Egypt | 297,982 1000 An | 2024 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 19,640 1000 An | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 15 | Poland | 273,281 1000 An | 2024 | up 86.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19,092 1000 An | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 16 | France | 266,458 1000 An | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 16 | Melanesia | 12,217 1000 An | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Morocco | 247,870 1000 An | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Polynesia | 1,273 1000 An | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 18 | Nigeria | 241,700 1000 An | 2024 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia | 869 1000 An | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 216,340 1000 An | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Timor-Leste | 571 1000 An | 2024 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 20 | Colombia | 216,109 1000 An | 2024 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 193 1000 An | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 21 | Philippines | 214,854 1000 An | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 211,723 1000 An | 2024 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Caribbean | 295,926 1000 An | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Algeria | 211,028 1000 An | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Spain | 202,979 1000 An | 2020 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 194,759 1000 An | 2024 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Ukraine | 186,717 1000 An | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 27 | Republic of Korea | 185,643 1000 An | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Ecuador | 180,914 1000 An | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 143,483 1000 An | 2024 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Canada | 180,640 1000 An | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 681 1000 An | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 30 | South Africa | 176,326 1000 An | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 31 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 172,147 1000 An | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 32 | Germany | 167,308 1000 An | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 33 | Italy | 154,670 1000 An | 2020 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 34 | Myanmar | 153,095 1000 An | 2024 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Iraq | 140,000 1000 An | 2024 | up 268.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Australia and New Zealand | 135,747 1000 An | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 37 | Belarus | 123,788 1000 An | 2024 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Argentina | 120,018 1000 An | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 39 | Tunisia | 114,489 1000 An | 2024 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 40 | China, Taiwan Province of | 112,952 1000 An | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Australia | 110,825 1000 An | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 42 | Senegal | 105,490 1000 An | 2024 | up 93.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Ghana | 94,284 1000 An | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 90,581 1000 An | 2024 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 90,217 1000 An | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 46 | Romania | 77,266 1000 An | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 47 | Yugoslav SFR | 75,827 1000 An | 1991 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 48 | Lebanon | 73,653 1000 An | 2024 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Kenya | 71,223 1000 An | 2024 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Chile | 70,587 1000 An | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Uganda | 69,540 1000 An | 2024 | up 114.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Yemen | 68,724 1000 An | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Mali | 63,326 1000 An | 2024 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Kuwait | 59,418 1000 An | 2024 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Ethiopia PDR | 58,500 1000 An | 1992 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 56 | Nepal | 57,713 1000 An | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Madagascar | 53,698 1000 An | 2024 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 58 | Israel | 53,423 1000 An | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 59 | Ethiopia | 52,280 1000 An | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 60 | Sudan | 50,207 1000 An | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 61 | Angola | 49,758 1000 An | 2024 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Belgium | 49,203 1000 An | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 63 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 49,056 1000 An | 1999 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 64 | Honduras | 49,036 1000 An | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 47,849 1000 An | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 66 | Portugal | 47,537 1000 An | 2023 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 67 | Guatemala | 47,162 1000 An | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Uruguay | 46,951 1000 An | 2024 | up 147.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Cameroon | 45,575 1000 An | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Sudan (former) | 45,000 1000 An | 2011 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 71 | Czechoslovakia | 44,623 1000 An | 1992 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 72 | South Sudan | 43,167 1000 An | 2024 | up 187.8% | rising |
| 73 | Zambia | 41,553 1000 An | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 41,544 1000 An | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Guyana | 41,500 1000 An | 2024 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Jordan | 41,075 1000 An | 2024 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Mozambique | 39,275 1000 An | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 78 | Guinea | 39,252 1000 An | 2024 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Greece | 38,897 1000 An | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 80 | Libya | 38,034 1000 An | 2024 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Burkina Faso | 36,043 1000 An | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Hungary | 35,573 1000 An | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 83 | Togo | 35,471 1000 An | 2024 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Qatar | 34,191 1000 An | 2024 | up 321.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Panama | 33,727 1000 An | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Paraguay | 31,117 1000 An | 2024 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 30,852 1000 An | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 28,692 1000 An | 2024 | up 96.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 28,010 1000 An | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 90 | United Arab Emirates | 26,388 1000 An | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Sweden | 25,892 1000 An | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 92 | Czechia | 25,872 1000 An | 2024 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 93 | New Zealand | 24,922 1000 An | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Costa Rica | 23,865 1000 An | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 21,978 1000 An | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 96 | Cambodia | 21,807 1000 An | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Brunei Darussalam | 21,605 1000 An | 2024 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Niger | 21,024 1000 An | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 99 | Denmark | 20,918 1000 An | 2024 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 100 | Malawi | 20,039 1000 An | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 101 | El Salvador | 19,093 1000 An | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Benin | 19,049 1000 An | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 18,923 1000 An | 2020 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 104 | Austria | 18,737 1000 An | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 18,732 1000 An | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 106 | Zimbabwe | 18,216 1000 An | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 107 | Serbia and Montenegro | 17,116 1000 An | 2005 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 108 | Norway | 17,071 1000 An | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Mauritius | 16,616 1000 An | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Ireland | 16,376 1000 An | 2020 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 111 | Réunion | 14,771 1000 An | 2006 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Finland | 14,725 1000 An | 2024 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 113 | Serbia | 14,629 1000 An | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 114 | Jamaica | 14,235 1000 An | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Afghanistan | 13,480 1000 An | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 116 | Switzerland | 13,266 1000 An | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 117 | Tajikistan | 11,877 1000 An | 2024 | up 126.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11,688 1000 An | 2024 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 119 | Croatia | 11,300 1000 An | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 120 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 11,097 1000 An | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 121 | Lithuania | 10,633 1000 An | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 122 | Slovakia | 9,804 1000 An | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 123 | Liberia | 8,696 1000 An | 2024 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Georgia | 7,869 1000 An | 2024 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 125 | Central African Republic | 6,923 1000 An | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Haiti | 6,553 1000 An | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 6,496 1000 An | 2024 | up 56.3% | falling |
| 128 | Chad | 6,182 1000 An | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 129 | Puerto Rico | 6,165 1000 An | 2024 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 130 | Fiji | 6,075 1000 An | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Latvia | 6,008 1000 An | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 132 | Palestine | 5,684 1000 An | 2022 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 133 | Cuba | 5,590 1000 An | 2024 | down 82.7% | rising |
| 134 | Barbados | 5,318 1000 An | 2024 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Slovenia | 5,125 1000 An | 2024 | up 74.5% | falling |
| 136 | Oman | 5,084 1000 An | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Suriname | 5,031 1000 An | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 138 | Albania | 4,935 1000 An | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 4,840 1000 An | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Mauritania | 4,810 1000 An | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 141 | Cyprus | 4,669 1000 An | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 4,580 1000 An | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 143 | Namibia | 4,320 1000 An | 2024 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Somalia | 3,926 1000 An | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 145 | Rwanda | 3,733 1000 An | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Gabon | 3,424 1000 An | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Burundi | 3,374 1000 An | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 148 | Bahamas | 3,289 1000 An | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 149 | Singapore | 3,056 1000 An | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 150 | Congo | 3,030 1000 An | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 151 | North Macedonia | 2,573 1000 An | 2024 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 152 | Estonia | 2,279 1000 An | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,117 1000 An | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Eswatini | 1,967 1000 An | 2024 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Bahrain | 1,918 1000 An | 2024 | up 71.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Mongolia | 1,830 1000 An | 2024 | up 130.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Belize | 1,792 1000 An | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Gambia | 1,310 1000 An | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Eritrea | 1,155 1000 An | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 160 | Montenegro | 1,070 1000 An | 2024 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 161 | Bhutan | 924 1000 An | 2024 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 162 | China, Macao SAR | 809 1000 An | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 163 | Botswana | 805 1000 An | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Malta | 790 1000 An | 2023 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 165 | Kiribati | 671 1000 An | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 166 | New Caledonia | 618 1000 An | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 167 | Comoros | 551 1000 An | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 168 | Lesotho | 534 1000 An | 2024 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 169 | Saint Lucia | 479 1000 An | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Samoa | 438 1000 An | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 171 | Vanuatu | 436 1000 An | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 423 1000 An | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 173 | Grenada | 384 1000 An | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 174 | French Polynesia | 370 1000 An | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Tonga | 347 1000 An | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 176 | Seychelles | 267 1000 An | 2024 | up 105.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Iceland | 261 1000 An | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 178 | Guadeloupe | 259 1000 An | 2006 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Martinique | 250 1000 An | 2006 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 248 1000 An | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 243 1000 An | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 206 1000 An | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Dominica | 204 1000 An | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 184 | Luxembourg | 186 1000 An | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 160 1000 An | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 186 | French Guiana | 159 1000 An | 2006 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 58 1000 An | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 39 1000 An | 2024 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 36 1000 An | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 190 | Niue | 19 1000 An | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 191 | Nauru | 5 1000 An | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 29.61 million 1000 An
- Asia 18.33 million 1000 An
- Eastern Asia 7.05 million 1000 An
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.64 million 1000 An
- Americas 5.80 million 1000 An
- South-Eastern Asia 5.44 million 1000 An
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5.35 million 1000 An
- Southern Asia 4.48 million 1000 An
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 382,669 1000 An
- South America 2.86 million 1000 An
- Europe 2.73 million 1000 An
- Middle Africa 134,613 1000 An
- Africa 2.60 million 1000 An
- Northern America 1.81 million 1000 An
- United States of America 1.63 million 1000 An
- European Union (27) 1.59 million 1000 An
- Eastern Europe 1.34 million 1000 An
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.24 million 1000 An
- Western Asia 1.18 million 1000 An
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.05 million 1000 An
- Northern Africa 959,610 1000 An
- Western Africa 845,428 1000 An
- Central America 834,364 1000 An
- Western Europe 607,169 1000 An
- Southern Europe 495,447 1000 An
- Eastern Africa 473,429 1000 An
- Northern Europe 289,539 1000 An
- Southern Africa 183,952 1000 An
- Central Asia 178,781 1000 An
- Oceania 150,107 1000 An
About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.