Camels number of animals over time (1961–2024)

Follow camels number of animals for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1961 to 2024.

The country ranked first changed over time: Somalia in 1961–2017, Chad in 2018–2024. 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

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country	1961	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Chad	300K animals	370K animals	689K animals	1.3M animals	2.47M animals	4.66M animals	8.82M animals	11.4M animals
Somalia	2.9M animals	4.7M animals	5.8M animals	6.7M animals	7M animals	7M animals	7.49M animals	7.59M animals
Sudan	–	–	–	–	–	–	4.92M animals	4.84M animals
Kenya	350K animals	495K animals	608K animals	850K animals	718K animals	3.03M animals	4.67M animals	4.78M animals
Saudi Arabia	80K animals	120K animals	279K animals	406K animals	259K animals	213K animals	1.4M animals	2.44M animals
Japan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Countries with data	34	34	34	34	44	45	46	46

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.

2024


Rank	Country	Camels number of animals

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).

Biggest increases
Country	1961	2024	Change	Rank
Chad	300K animals	11.4M animals	up 11.1M animals	#9 → #1
Somalia	2.9M animals	7.59M animals	up 4.69M animals	#1 → #2
Kenya	350K animals	4.78M animals	up 4.43M animals	#8 → #4
Saudi Arabia	80K animals	2.44M animals	up 2.36M animals	#21 → #5
Niger	359K animals	1.96M animals	up 1.6M animals	#7 → #6

Biggest decreases
Country	1961	2024	Change	Rank
India	903K animals	176K animals	down 727K animals	#2 → #22
Mongolia	859K animals	481K animals	down 379K animals	#3 → #13
Libya	249K animals	64K animals	down 185K animals	#12 → #30
Morocco	235K animals	72K animals	down 163K animals	#13 → #28
Iran	283K animals	157K animals	down 126K animals	#10 → #24

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)

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country	1961	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Chad	300K animals	370K animals	689K animals	1.3M animals	2.47M animals	4.66M animals	8.82M animals	11.4M animals
Somalia	2.9M animals	4.7M animals	5.8M animals	6.7M animals	7M animals	7M animals	7.49M animals	7.59M animals
Sudan	–	–	–	–	–	–	4.92M animals	4.84M animals
Kenya	350K animals	495K animals	608K animals	850K animals	718K animals	3.03M animals	4.67M animals	4.78M animals
Saudi Arabia	80K animals	120K animals	279K animals	406K animals	259K animals	213K animals	1.4M animals	2.44M animals
Niger	359K animals	1.27M animals	1.42M animals	1.29M animals	1.47M animals	1.63M animals	1.86M animals	1.96M animals
Ethiopia	–	–	–	–	400K animals	1.1M animals	1.53M animals	1.66M animals
Mauritania	550K animals	728K animals	734K animals	950K animals	1.36M animals	1.36M animals	1.52M animals	1.56M animals
Mali	159K animals	218K animals	231K animals	245K animals	397K animals	904K animals	1.27M animals	1.37M animals
Pakistan	601K animals	700K animals	841K animals	1.04M animals	775K animals	970K animals	1.1M animals	1.16M animals
China	381K animals	480K animals	604K animals	475K animals	330K animals	230K animals	411K animals	634K animals
United Arab Emirates	100K animals	100K animals	58.7K animals	113K animals	220K animals	358K animals	498K animals	605K animals
Mongolia	859K animals	635K animals	600K animals	558K animals	356K animals	270K animals	473K animals	481K animals
Algeria	154K animals	184K animals	149K animals	122K animals	234K animals	314K animals	435K animals	467K animals
Yemen	221K animals	222K animals	155K animals	231K animals	253K animals	403K animals	449K animals	462K animals
Eritrea	–	–	–	–	324K animals	345K animals	401K animals	407K animals
Oman	10K animals	10K animals	40K animals	87K animals	119K animals	130K animals	279K animals	302K animals
Kazakhstan	–	–	–	–	96.1K animals	156K animals	228K animals	281K animals
Nigeria	14K animals	19K animals	17.2K animals	18K animals	80K animals	278K animals	281K animals	279K animals
Egypt	172K animals	127K animals	84.2K animals	126K animals	141K animals	111K animals	79K animals	248K animals
Tunisia	172K animals	230K animals	170K animals	230K animals	232K animals	235K animals	238K animals	239K animals
India	903K animals	1.11M animals	1.05M animals	1.02M animals	759K animals	457K animals	224K animals	176K animals
Afghanistan	250K animals	300K animals	265K animals	215K animals	224K animals	191K animals	168K animals	165K animals
Iran	283K animals	135K animals	110K animals	143K animals	144K animals	155K animals	152K animals	157K animals
Turkmenistan	–	–	–	–	100K animals	122K animals	140K animals	143K animals
Iraq	200K animals	266K animals	70K animals	59K animals	9K animals	60K animals	98.5K animals	115K animals
Qatar	5.9K animals	7.7K animals	10K animals	26.8K animals	50.8K animals	51.5K animals	126K animals	109K animals
Morocco	235K animals	200K animals	100K animals	33.8K animals	36K animals	52K animals	60.8K animals	72K animals
Djibouti	18K animals	22K animals	50K animals	58.8K animals	68.8K animals	70K animals	71.2K animals	72K animals
Libya	249K animals	163K animals	136K animals	140K animals	44K animals	56K animals	52.6K animals	64K animals
Syria	13K animals	9.69K animals	6.91K animals	4.6K animals	13.4K animals	50.2K animals	39.7K animals	32.3K animals
Burkina Faso	12K animals	12K animals	11K animals	12.2K animals	14.2K animals	17K animals	21K animals	29.5K animals
Uzbekistan	–	–	–	–	16.2K animals	17.6K animals	20.4K animals	17.6K animals
Kuwait	13K animals	10K animals	5K animals	6K animals	3.46K animals	10.3K animals	17K animals	15.7K animals
Jordan	20.5K animals	9.58K animals	12.3K animals	16K animals	5.9K animals	12.5K animals	14.4K animals	12.5K animals
Israel	9K animals	10K animals	8K animals	5K animals	5.3K animals	5.3K animals	5.58K animals	5.64K animals
Russia	–	–	–	–	10K animals	6.44K animals	5.68K animals	5.22K animals
Senegal	2.8K animals	7K animals	6K animals	5K animals	4K animals	4.74K animals	5.08K animals	3.12K animals
Bahrain	700 animals	600 animals	730 animals	850 animals	920 animals	1K animals	3K animals	3K animals
Türkiye	65.4K animals	39K animals	12K animals	2K animals	1K animals	1.25K animals	1.29K animals	1.14K animals
Ukraine	–	–	–	–	–	800 animals	863 animals	880 animals
Azerbaijan	–	–	–	–	100 animals	216 animals	209 animals	349 animals
Kyrgyzstan	–	–	–	–	350 animals	338 animals	256 animals	217 animals
Lebanon	1.3K animals	696 animals	42 animals	550 animals	450 animals	450 animals	140 animals	130 animals
Namibia	–	–	–	–	50 animals	85 animals	95 animals	97 animals
Tajikistan	–	–	–	–	50 animals	45 animals	57 animals	60 animals
Countries with data	34	34	34	34	44	45	46	46

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