Cattle: number of animals by country
Cattle: the number of live animals kept in each country. Which countries have the most?
#1 Brazil (238M animals), #2 India (195M animals), #3 United States (87.2M animals). The last place is Singapore (177 animals).
How to read this number
The number of live animals in the country, from the FAO’s livestock “stocks” statistics. Item: Cattle.
Only countries with animals counted above zero are listed; countries with none, or with no FAO figure, are not ranked. Counting methods and dates differ by country, and many figures are FAO estimates. This is the number of animals, not the amount of meat, milk or eggs they produce.
- Countries listed: 183 (of 193)
- Data years: 2023–2024 (differs by country)
- 182 countries use 2024 data
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Ranking table
Sorted from the highest value
| Rank | Country | Cattle: number of animals | Year | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil |
238,180,757 animals | 2024 | |
| 2 |  India |
194,753,479 animals | 2024 | |
| 3 |  United States |
87,157,400 animals | 2024 | |
| 4 |  Ethiopia |
71,916,930 animals | 2024 | |
| 5 |  China |
70,325,500 animals | 2024 | |
| 6 |  Pakistan |
57,541,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 7 |  Argentina |
52,783,892 animals | 2024 | |
| 8 |  Chad |
39,625,902 animals | 2024 | |
| 9 |  Tanzania |
39,053,013 animals | 2024 | |
| 10 |  Mexico |
36,933,201 animals | 2024 | |
| 11 |  Sudan |
31,256,148 animals | 2024 | |
| 12 |  Australia |
30,372,537 animals | 2024 | |
| 13 |  Colombia |
30,344,182 animals | 2024 | |
| 14 |  Bangladesh |
25,013,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 15 |  Kenya |
22,435,638 animals | 2024 | |
| 16 |  Nigeria |
20,943,448 animals | 2024 | |
| 17 |  Niger |
20,375,030 animals | 2024 | |
| 18 |  Indonesia |
18,065,156 animals | 2024 | |
| 19 |  Russia |
17,373,368 animals | 2024 | |
| 20 |  Türkiye |
16,824,208 animals | 2024 | |
| 21 |  France |
16,478,260 animals | 2024 | |
| 22 |  Venezuela |
15,749,209 animals | 2024 | |
| 23 |  Uganda |
14,723,179 animals | 2024 | |
| 24 |  Uzbekistan |
14,394,476 animals | 2024 | |
| 25 |  South Sudan |
14,282,839 animals | 2024 | |
| 26 |  Mali |
14,040,120 animals | 2024 | |
| 27 |  Paraguay |
13,630,216 animals | 2024 | |
| 28 |  South Africa |
12,122,027 animals | 2024 | |
| 29 |  Uruguay |
11,960,556 animals | 2024 | |
| 30 |  Bolivia |
11,245,622 animals | 2024 | |
| 31 |  Canada |
10,985,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 32 |  Myanmar |
10,800,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 33 |  Germany |
10,461,290 animals | 2024 | |
| 34 |  Burkina Faso |
10,280,515 animals | 2024 | |
| 35 |  New Zealand |
9,516,288 animals | 2024 | |
| 36 |  United Kingdom |
9,411,871 animals | 2024 | |
| 37 |  Guinea |
9,319,774 animals | 2024 | |
| 38 |  Kazakhstan |
7,976,665 animals | 2024 | |
| 39 |  Madagascar |
6,957,211 animals | 2024 | |
| 40 |  Ireland |
6,308,300 animals | 2024 | |
| 41 |  Vietnam |
6,212,203 animals | 2024 | |
| 42 |  Poland |
6,190,930 animals | 2024 | |
| 43 |  Spain |
6,173,960 animals | 2024 | |
| 44 |  Cameroon |
5,941,769 animals | 2024 | |
| 45 |  Peru |
5,842,166 animals | 2024 | |
| 46 |  Italy |
5,765,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 47 |  Zimbabwe |
5,741,397 animals | 2024 | |
| 48 |  Nicaragua |
5,619,536 animals | 2023 | |
| 49 |  Iran |
5,600,812 animals | 2024 | |
| 50 |  Afghanistan |
5,555,383 animals | 2024 | |
| 51 |  Angola |
5,200,294 animals | 2024 | |
| 52 |  Nepal |
5,198,388 animals | 2024 | |
| 53 |  Mongolia |
5,074,552 animals | 2024 | |
| 54 |  Zambia |
4,887,687 animals | 2024 | |
| 55 |  Central African Republic |
4,864,952 animals | 2024 | |
| 56 |  Somalia |
4,788,212 animals | 2024 | |
| 57 |  Guatemala |
4,343,871 animals | 2024 | |
| 58 |  Thailand |
4,293,189 animals | 2024 | |
| 59 |  Belarus |
4,097,900 animals | 2024 | |
| 60 |  Japan |
3,985,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 61 |  South Korea |
3,889,278 animals | 2024 | |
| 62 |  Senegal |
3,714,834 animals | 2024 | |
| 63 |  Netherlands |
3,562,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 64 |  Ecuador |
3,436,276 animals | 2024 | |
| 65 |  Cuba |
3,250,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 66 |  Dominican Republic |
3,030,340 animals | 2024 | |
| 67 |  Chile |
2,962,490 animals | 2024 | |
| 68 |  Namibia |
2,907,986 animals | 2024 | |
| 69 |  Honduras |
2,900,458 animals | 2024 | |
| 70 |  Cambodia |
2,821,807 animals | 2024 | |
| 71 |  Tajikistan |
2,789,212 animals | 2024 | |
| 72 |  Benin |
2,762,716 animals | 2024 | |
| 73 |  Laos |
2,691,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 74 |  Egypt |
2,625,729 animals | 2024 | |
| 75 |  Philippines |
2,605,517 animals | 2024 | |
| 76 |  Turkmenistan |
2,545,439 animals | 2024 | |
| 77 |  Mozambique |
2,467,082 animals | 2024 | |
| 78 |  Morocco |
2,365,210 animals | 2024 | |
| 79 |  Ghana |
2,362,472 animals | 2024 | |
| 80 |  Azerbaijan |
2,329,506 animals | 2024 | |
| 81 |  Malawi |
2,307,952 animals | 2024 | |
| 82 |  Eritrea |
2,156,877 animals | 2024 | |
| 83 |  Ukraine |
2,156,200 animals | 2024 | |
| 84 |  Belgium |
2,153,430 animals | 2024 | |
| 85 |  Iraq |
2,104,351 animals | 2024 | |
| 86 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
2,032,019 animals | 2024 | |
| 87 |  Mauritania |
1,992,320 animals | 2024 | |
| 88 |  Yemen |
1,971,664 animals | 2024 | |
| 89 |  Côte d’Ivoire |
1,896,358 animals | 2024 | |
| 90 |  Kyrgyzstan |
1,828,768 animals | 2024 | |
| 91 |  Austria |
1,820,030 animals | 2024 | |
| 92 |  Romania |
1,809,400 animals | 2024 | |
| 93 |  Algeria |
1,782,454 animals | 2024 | |
| 94 |  Costa Rica |
1,576,149 animals | 2024 | |
| 95 |  Rwanda |
1,545,688 animals | 2024 | |
| 96 |  Switzerland |
1,533,483 animals | 2024 | |
| 97 |  Haiti |
1,524,965 animals | 2024 | |
| 98 |  Portugal |
1,486,910 animals | 2024 | |
| 99 |  Denmark |
1,413,860 animals | 2024 | |
| 100 |  Panama |
1,401,169 animals | 2024 | |
| 101 |  Czechia |
1,397,410 animals | 2024 | |
| 102 |  Sweden |
1,333,820 animals | 2024 | |
| 103 |  Burundi |
1,228,356 animals | 2024 | |
| 104 |  Sri Lanka |
1,125,450 animals | 2024 | |
| 105 |  Botswana |
918,057 animals | 2024 | |
| 106 |  Hungary |
869,900 animals | 2024 | |
| 107 |  Norway |
852,800 animals | 2024 | |
| 108 |  Georgia |
837,700 animals | 2024 | |
| 109 |  Syria |
826,396 animals | 2024 | |
| 110 |  El Salvador |
772,208 animals | 2024 | |
| 111 |  Finland |
764,030 animals | 2024 | |
| 112 |  Guinea-Bissau |
742,836 animals | 2024 | |
| 113 |  Malaysia |
730,318 animals | 2024 | |
| 114 |  Serbia |
698,605 animals | 2024 | |
| 115 |  Sierra Leone |
682,125 animals | 2024 | |
| 116 |  Eswatini |
652,513 animals | 2024 | |
| 117 |  Lithuania |
599,770 animals | 2024 | |
| 118 |  Greece |
595,200 animals | 2024 | |
| 119 |  North Korea |
570,727 animals | 2024 | |
| 120 |  Bulgaria |
558,770 animals | 2024 | |
| 121 |  Saudi Arabia |
534,181 animals | 2024 | |
| 122 |  Lesotho |
517,450 animals | 2024 | |
| 123 |  Tunisia |
495,935 animals | 2024 | |
| 124 |  Armenia |
491,594 animals | 2024 | |
| 125 |  Israel |
477,958 animals | 2024 | |
| 126 |  Togo |
477,388 animals | 2024 | |
| 127 |  Slovenia |
453,890 animals | 2024 | |
| 128 |  Oman |
446,988 animals | 2024 | |
| 129 |  Croatia |
422,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 130 |  Slovakia |
416,680 animals | 2024 | |
| 131 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina |
383,331 animals | 2024 | |
| 132 |  Latvia |
352,090 animals | 2024 | |
| 133 |  Republic of the Congo |
335,224 animals | 2024 | |
| 134 |  Djibouti |
317,893 animals | 2024 | |
| 135 |  Gambia |
309,195 animals | 2024 | |
| 136 |  Albania |
272,035 animals | 2024 | |
| 137 |  Bhutan |
257,103 animals | 2024 | |
| 138 |  Timor-Leste |
238,902 animals | 2024 | |
| 139 |  Estonia |
232,390 animals | 2024 | |
| 140 |  Libya |
208,931 animals | 2024 | |
| 141 |  Luxembourg |
180,530 animals | 2024 | |
| 142 |  Jamaica |
153,169 animals | 2024 | |
| 143 |  North Macedonia |
143,953 animals | 2024 | |
| 144 |  United Arab Emirates |
119,098 animals | 2024 | |
| 145 |  Belize |
99,019 animals | 2024 | |
| 146 |  Guyana |
98,851 animals | 2024 | |
| 147 |  Moldova |
98,817 animals | 2024 | |
| 148 |  Papua New Guinea |
90,889 animals | 2024 | |
| 149 |  Vanuatu |
89,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 150 |  Jordan |
88,819 animals | 2024 | |
| 151 |  Cyprus |
82,680 animals | 2024 | |
| 152 |  Fiji |
80,720 animals | 2024 | |
| 153 |  Iceland |
76,902 animals | 2024 | |
| 154 |  Lebanon |
75,538 animals | 2024 | |
| 155 |  Montenegro |
67,496 animals | 2024 | |
| 156 |  Comoros |
51,420 animals | 2024 | |
| 157 |  Qatar |
45,424 animals | 2024 | |
| 158 |  Liberia |
43,270 animals | 2024 | |
| 159 |  Gabon |
39,678 animals | 2024 | |
| 160 |  Samoa |
38,349 animals | 2024 | |
| 161 |  Trinidad & Tobago |
35,419 animals | 2024 | |
| 162 |  Kuwait |
32,136 animals | 2024 | |
| 163 |  Cape Verde |
29,779 animals | 2024 | |
| 164 |  Suriname |
28,821 animals | 2024 | |
| 165 |  Micronesia |
18,180 animals | 2024 | |
| 166 |  Solomon Islands |
15,381 animals | 2024 | |
| 167 |  Dominica |
13,873 animals | 2024 | |
| 168 |  Malta |
13,800 animals | 2024 | |
| 169 |  Tonga |
12,196 animals | 2024 | |
| 170 |  Barbados |
11,241 animals | 2024 | |
| 171 |  St. Lucia |
10,486 animals | 2024 | |
| 172 |  Bahrain |
7,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 173 |  Grenada |
6,191 animals | 2024 | |
| 174 |  Equatorial Guinea |
5,520 animals | 2024 | |
| 175 |  Antigua & Barbuda |
4,500 animals | 2024 | |
| 176 |  Mauritius |
3,500 animals | 2024 | |
| 177 |  St. Vincent & Grenadines |
2,600 animals | 2024 | |
| 178 |  St. Kitts & Nevis |
1,709 animals | 2024 | |
| 179 |  São Tomé & Príncipe |
1,588 animals | 2024 | |
| 180 |  Bahamas |
743 animals | 2024 | |
| 181 |  Seychelles |
557 animals | 2024 | |
| 182 |  Brunei |
286 animals | 2024 | |
| 183 |  Singapore |
177 animals | 2024 |
No matching countries.
Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.
Data is available for 183 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.
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
How it has changed (1961–2024)
See how cattle number of animals has changed across the world’s countries from 1961 to 2024.
- The country ranked first changed over time: India in 1961–2002, Brazil in 2003–2024. 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’s cattle number of animals went from 3.23M animals in 1961 to 3.99M animals in 2024 (up 760K animals).
- Japan ranked #44 of 153 countries in 1961 and #59 of 182 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.
| Country | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 56M animals | 75.4M animals | 119M animals | 147M animals | 170M animals | 210M animals | 218M animals | 238M animals |
| India | 176M animals | 177M animals | 187M animals | 203M animals | 192M animals | 194M animals | 195M animals | 195M animals |
| United States | 97.7M animals | 112M animals | 111M animals | 95.8M animals | 98.2M animals | 94.1M animals | 93.8M animals | 87.2M animals |
| Ethiopia | – | – | – | – | 33.1M animals | 53.4M animals | 70.3M animals | 71.9M animals |
| China | 49.4M animals | 57.5M animals | 52.4M animals | 77.8M animals | 104M animals | 68.7M animals | 66.9M animals | 70.3M animals |
| Japan | 3.23M animals | 3.62M animals | 4.25M animals | 4.76M animals | 4.59M animals | 4.38M animals | 3.91M animals | 3.99M animals |
| Countries with data | 153 | 153 | 153 | 153 | 179 | 181 | 183 | 182 |
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