Buffaloes number of animals over time (1961–2024)
Follow buffaloes number of animals for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1961 to 2024.
- The country ranked first is India in both 1961 and 2024. This is the first place among today’s countries: regions that later split, such as the former Soviet Union, have no values from before the split.
Japan and the leading countries
| Country | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 India | 51.2M animals | 56.1M animals | 66.1M animals | 80.6M animals | 93.8M animals | 107M animals | 110M animals | 112M animals |
 Pakistan | 6.7M animals | 9.35M animals | 11.5M animals | 17.4M animals | 22.7M animals | 29.4M animals | 41.2M animals | 46.3M animals |
 China | 8.04M animals | 15.5M animals | 18.4M animals | 21.4M animals | 22.6M animals | 29.5M animals | 28.7M animals | 30.1M animals |
 Nepal | 795K animals | 1.02M animals | 2.5M animals | 3.01M animals | 3.53M animals | 4.84M animals | 5.26M animals | 3.31M animals |
 Philippines | 3.45M animals | 4.43M animals | 2.87M animals | 2.76M animals | 3.02M animals | 3.27M animals | 2.87M animals | 2.71M animals |
 Japan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Countries with data | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 40 | 44 | 45 |
Ranking and map for any year
Choose a year to see that year’s top countries and the world map. Colors split that year’s ranking into seven steps.
| Rank | Country | Buffaloes number of animals |
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Biggest changes, 1961–2024
Compared among the countries that have data in both 1961 and 2024, ranked by how much the amount grew or shrank (the difference in quantity, not a percentage).
| Country | 1961 | 2024 | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 51.2M animals | 112M animals | up 61.2M animals | #1 → #1 |
| Pakistan | 6.7M animals | 46.3M animals | up 39.6M animals | #3 → #2 |
| China | 8.04M animals | 30.1M animals | up 22.1M animals | #2 → #3 |
| Nepal | 795K animals | 3.31M animals | up 2.51M animals | #11 → #4 |
 Brazil | 63K animals | 1.81M animals | up 1.74M animals | #22 → #9 |
| Country | 1961 | 2024 | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thailand | 4.96M animals | 873K animals | down 4.09M animals | #4 → #14 |
 Indonesia | 2.89M animals | 1.1M animals | down 1.79M animals | #6 → #13 |
 Türkiye | 1.14M animals | 162K animals | down 978K animals | #9 → #20 |
| Philippines | 3.45M animals | 2.71M animals | down 746K animals | #5 → #5 |
 Sri Lanka | 772K animals | 337K animals | down 435K animals | #12 → #18 |
The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
All countries in key years
Open the table (countries with data)
| Country | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 51.2M animals | 56.1M animals | 66.1M animals | 80.6M animals | 93.8M animals | 107M animals | 110M animals | 112M animals |
| Pakistan | 6.7M animals | 9.35M animals | 11.5M animals | 17.4M animals | 22.7M animals | 29.4M animals | 41.2M animals | 46.3M animals |
| China | 8.04M animals | 15.5M animals | 18.4M animals | 21.4M animals | 22.6M animals | 29.5M animals | 28.7M animals | 30.1M animals |
| Nepal | 795K animals | 1.02M animals | 2.5M animals | 3.01M animals | 3.53M animals | 4.84M animals | 5.26M animals | 3.31M animals |
| Philippines | 3.45M animals | 4.43M animals | 2.87M animals | 2.76M animals | 3.02M animals | 3.27M animals | 2.87M animals | 2.71M animals |
 Myanmar | 1.05M animals | 1.54M animals | 1.9M animals | 2.06M animals | 2.44M animals | 2.98M animals | 1.98M animals | 2.08M animals |
 Vietnam | 2.25M animals | 2.27M animals | 2.31M animals | 2.85M animals | 2.9M animals | 2.88M animals | 2.33M animals | 2.03M animals |
 Venezuela | – | – | – | – | – | – | 990K animals | 2.01M animals |
| Brazil | 63K animals | 118K animals | 495K animals | 1.4M animals | 1.1M animals | 1.18M animals | 1.5M animals | 1.81M animals |
 Bangladesh | 500K animals | 835K animals | 475K animals | 772K animals | 890K animals | 1.35M animals | 1.49M animals | 1.52M animals |
 Egypt | 1.5M animals | 2.01M animals | 2.35M animals | 2.9M animals | 3.53M animals | 3.82M animals | 1.35M animals | 1.44M animals |
 Laos | 420K animals | 770K animals | 862K animals | 1.07M animals | 1.03M animals | 1.19M animals | 1.23M animals | 1.26M animals |
| Indonesia | 2.89M animals | 2.89M animals | 2.46M animals | 3.34M animals | 2.41M animals | 2M animals | 1.15M animals | 1.1M animals |
| Thailand | 4.96M animals | 5.73M animals | 5.65M animals | 5.09M animals | 1.71M animals | 1.62M animals | 1.16M animals | 873K animals |
 Cambodia | 520K animals | 910K animals | 375K animals | 736K animals | 694K animals | 702K animals | 671K animals | 673K animals |
 Colombia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 415K animals | 539K animals |
 Italy | 18K animals | 48.6K animals | 88.9K animals | 112K animals | 182K animals | 365K animals | 407K animals | 437K animals |
| Sri Lanka | 772K animals | 736K animals | 843K animals | 958K animals | 305K animals | 423K animals | 323K animals | 337K animals |
 Iraq | 250K animals | 288K animals | 170K animals | 150K animals | 115K animals | 295K animals | 233K animals | 270K animals |
| Türkiye | 1.14M animals | 1.18M animals | 1.04M animals | 429K animals | 146K animals | 84.7K animals | 192K animals | 162K animals |
 Iran | 247K animals | 240K animals | 240K animals | 440K animals | 491K animals | 195K animals | 171K animals | 138K animals |
 Timor-Leste | 121K animals | 124K animals | 24.6K animals | 44.7K animals | 100K animals | 96.5K animals | 127K animals | 136K animals |
 Azerbaijan | – | – | – | – | 297K animals | 277K animals | 147K animals | 95.9K animals |
 Malaysia | 345K animals | 310K animals | 285K animals | 205K animals | 142K animals | 130K animals | 64.3K animals | 70.5K animals |
 Bhutan | 3K animals | 3.7K animals | 5K animals | 4.3K animals | 2.2K animals | 44.5K animals | 52.4K animals | 57.1K animals |
 Bulgaria | 190K animals | 77.3K animals | 52.1K animals | 23K animals | 9.28K animals | 8.31K animals | 20.2K animals | 20K animals |
 Georgia | – | – | – | – | 24.4K animals | 17K animals | 18.5K animals | 18.8K animals |
 Romania | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19.6K animals | 16.6K animals |
 Tajikistan | – | – | – | – | 13.2K animals | 15K animals | 15.7K animals | 15.7K animals |
 Germany | – | – | – | – | – | 4.2K animals | 10.7K animals | 12.1K animals |
 Kazakhstan | – | – | – | – | 9K animals | 10K animals | 9.79K animals | 9.4K animals |
 Hungary | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7.5K animals | 8.9K animals |
 Syria | 1.4K animals | 1.49K animals | 2.3K animals | 855 animals | 2.82K animals | 7K animals | 7.18K animals | 6.79K animals |
 Trinidad & Tobago | 4.8K animals | 6.4K animals | 8K animals | 7.5K animals | 5.45K animals | 5.9K animals | 6.68K animals | 6.59K animals |
 Russia | – | – | – | – | 16.5K animals | 10.5K animals | 6.38K animals | 4.67K animals |
 Greece | 70.6K animals | 17.7K animals | 1.63K animals | 773 animals | 877 animals | 1.79K animals | 5.23K animals | 4.3K animals |
 Suriname | – | – | – | 565 animals | 425 animals | 721 animals | 901 animals | 1.02K animals |
 Brunei | 14.4K animals | 16K animals | 13K animals | 3.39K animals | 5.15K animals | 4.12K animals | 2.3K animals | 883 animals |
 Spain | – | – | – | – | – | – | 960 animals | 740 animals |
 Poland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 690 animals |
 North Macedonia | – | – | – | – | 725 animals | 640 animals | 632 animals | 644 animals |
 Armenia | – | – | – | – | 436 animals | 455 animals | 690 animals | 554 animals |
 Micronesia | – | – | – | – | 130 animals | 150 animals | 163 animals | 168 animals |
 Jordan | 200 animals | 200 animals | 160 animals | 150 animals | 100 animals | 100 animals | 91 animals | 91 animals |
 Mauritius | 20 animals | 25 animals | 25 animals | 25 animals | 25 animals | 25 animals | 25 animals | 25 animals |
 Albania | 6.6K animals | 3.3K animals | 1.7K animals | 1.7K animals | 120 animals | 120 animals | – | – |
 Singapore | 3.13K animals | 3.5K animals | 500 animals | 30 animals | – | – | – | – |
| Countries with data | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 40 | 44 | 45 |
Notes on reading this history
Yearly values come from the same statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT). The number of countries with data differs by year, so each year’s ranks are given only among the countries that have data that year. Countries that produce none (zero) are not ranked. Weather and harvests make the yearly values go up and down. The “latest value” on the ranking page uses each country’s latest year, so it does not always match the ranks for a single year.
Regions that later split into several countries, such as the former Soviet Union, have a value for each new country only from the year it split. So older years have fewer countries with data, and values from before a split cannot be compared country by country with today’s countries. See the “Countries with data” row in the table.
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 04 November 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Processed by this site. fao.org/faostat
FAOSTAT data last updated: 2025-12-31
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