Goats number of animals over time (1961–2024)

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

Japan and the leading countries

Goats number of animals: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1961 to 2024. Last values: India 211M animals, China 118M animals, Nigeria 91M animals, Pakistan 87M animals, Ethiopia 54M animals, Japan 16.5K animals.0100M200M300M1961197019801990200020102024IndiaIndiaChinaChinaNigeriaNigeriaPakistanPakistanEthiopiaEthiopiaJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
India60.9M animals66.5M animals86.9M animals113M animals124M animals137M animals153M animals211M animals
China51.2M animals60.5M animals80.6M animals96.2M animals148M animals142M animals133M animals118M animals
Nigeria623K animals3.15M animals11.3M animals23.3M animals42.5M animals56.5M animals84M animals91M animals
Pakistan8.8M animals13.2M animals25M animals35.4M animals47.4M animals59.9M animals78.2M animals87M animals
Ethiopia––––8.6M animals22.8M animals52.5M animals54M animals
Japan595K animals192K animals67K animals34.5K animals35K animals15K animals16.7K animals16.5K animals
Countries with data145145146146174176175175

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
Country19612024ChangeRank
India60.9M animals211M animalsup 150M animals#1 → #1
Nigeria623K animals91M animalsup 90.3M animals#49 → #3
Pakistan8.8M animals87M animalsup 78.2M animals#7 → #4
China51.2M animals118M animalsup 66.4M animals#2 → #2
Chad2M animals46.5M animalsup 44.5M animals#29 → #6
Biggest decreases
Country19612024ChangeRank
Türkiye24.6M animals10.8M animalsdown 13.8M animals#3 → #22
Greece5.06M animals2.58M animalsdown 2.49M animals#13 → #55
Peru3.83M animals1.75M animalsdown 2.08M animals#21 → #66
Morocco7M animals5.71M animalsdown 1.29M animals#10 → #35
Iraq2.6M animals1.35M animalsdown 1.25M animals#26 → #72

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
Country19611970198019902000201020202024
India60.9M animals66.5M animals86.9M animals113M animals124M animals137M animals153M animals211M animals
China51.2M animals60.5M animals80.6M animals96.2M animals148M animals142M animals133M animals118M animals
Nigeria623K animals3.15M animals11.3M animals23.3M animals42.5M animals56.5M animals84M animals91M animals
Pakistan8.8M animals13.2M animals25M animals35.4M animals47.4M animals59.9M animals78.2M animals87M animals
Ethiopia––––8.6M animals22.8M animals52.5M animals54M animals
Chad2M animals2.3M animals3.74M animals6.82M animals12.4M animals22.6M animals41.2M animals46.5M animals
Kenya4.7M animals4.23M animals8M animals10.2M animals10M animals28.2M animals36M animals38.4M animals
Mali4.19M animals5.5M animals6.75M animals6.09M animals9.5M animals15.7M animals27.8M animals33.8M animals
Sudan––––––32.2M animals31.9M animals
Tanzania4.46M animals4.44M animals5.66M animals8.53M animals11.9M animals13.6M animals24.3M animals28.6M animals
Bangladesh7.6M animals9.06M animals9.21M animals21M animals29.6M animals23.3M animals26.4M animals27.1M animals
Mongolia5.63M animals3.9M animals4.72M animals4.96M animals11M animals13.9M animals27.7M animals22.9M animals
Niger4.94M animals7.78M animals9.13M animals6.24M animals9.24M animals12.7M animals18.8M animals22M animals
Indonesia7.91M animals6.34M animals7.69M animals11.3M animals12.6M animals16.6M animals18.7M animals18.9M animals
Iran12.5M animals13.7M animals17.4M animals24.7M animals25.8M animals21.4M animals16.7M animals18.1M animals
Uganda2.59M animals1.8M animals2.54M animals4.71M animals6.4M animals13.2M animals17.1M animals17.4M animals
South Sudan––––––17.6M animals15.7M animals
Nepal3.6M animals4.15M animals4.65M animals5.32M animals6.33M animals8.84M animals12.8M animals15.3M animals
Malawi529K animals599K animals650K animals853K animals1.69M animals3.89M animals10.7M animals13.8M animals
Brazil4.9M animals5.72M animals8.33M animals11.9M animals9.35M animals9.31M animals12.1M animals13.3M animals
Somalia11.8M animals14.8M animals17M animals18.5M animals12.3M animals11.5M animals11.7M animals11.3M animals
Türkiye24.6M animals20.3M animals18.8M animals11.9M animals7.2M animals6.29M animals12M animals10.8M animals
Burkina Faso1.7M animals2.47M animals3.4M animals6.37M animals8.65M animals12.3M animals13M animals10.8M animals
Yemen3.02M animals2.65M animals2.9M animals5.33M animals6.92M animals9.02M animals9.56M animals10.4M animals
Ghana850K animals1.41M animals1.93M animals2.02M animals3.08M animals4.86M animals8.18M animals9.58M animals
Mexico8.93M animals9.13M animals9.64M animals10.4M animals8.7M animals8.99M animals8.83M animals8.81M animals
Afghanistan4.2M animals3.2M animals2.85M animals3.35M animals7.3M animals6.79M animals8M animals8.19M animals
Saudi Arabia600K animals740K animals2.24M animals3.41M animals4.53M animals3.41M animals6.1M animals7.76M animals
Mauritania2.54M animals3M animals2.6M animals3.4M animals5.09M animals5.8M animals6.83M animals7.15M animals
Senegal900K animals1.1M animals973K animals2.55M animals3.88M animals4.75M animals6.49M animals6.92M animals
Cameroon980K animals1.75M animals2.34M animals3.52M animals4.41M animals5.41M animals6.55M animals6.63M animals
Central African Republic450K animals560K animals956K animals1.24M animals2.61M animals4.86M animals6.06M animals6.19M animals
Zambia143K animals256K animals258K animals534K animals1.25M animals2.2M animals4.04M animals6.01M animals
Togo365K animals547K animals516K animals2.04M animals1.42M animals1.92M animals4.68M animals5.96M animals
Morocco7M animals8.5M animals6.15M animals5.34M animals4.93M animals5.69M animals5.96M animals5.71M animals
Côte d’Ivoire548K animals833K animals900K animals888K animals1.09M animals1.32M animals3.66M animals5.45M animals
Australia40K animals50K animals65K animals1.63M animals1.91M animals3.5M animals3.3M animals5.4M animals
South Africa5.13M animals5.68M animals5.79M animals6.1M animals6.71M animals6.27M animals5.17M animals5.1M animals
Algeria1.95M animals2.58M animals2.72M animals2.47M animals3.03M animals4.29M animals4.91M animals5.07M animals
Zimbabwe421K animals1.58M animals982K animals2.54M animals3.2M animals4.67M animals5.55M animals4.88M animals
Guinea313K animals345K animals405K animals525K animals1.01M animals1.92M animals3.7M animals4.83M animals
Turkmenistan––––500K animals2.8M animals4.68M animals4.78M animals
Burundi470K animals472K animals657K animals927K animals868K animals2.15M animals2.79M animals4.52M animals
Angola485K animals770K animals1.27M animals1.5M animals2.15M animals3.84M animals4.12M animals4.27M animals
Democratic Republic of the Congo2M animals2.32M animals2.68M animals3.85M animals4.13M animals4.05M animals4.12M animals4.15M animals
Argentina5M animals5.38M animals3M animals3.3M animals3.49M animals4.04M animals4.7M animals4.12M animals
Mozambique450K animals522K animals335K animals2M animals5.05M animals3.91M animals3.27M animals4.1M animals
North Korea79K animals290K animals490K animals650K animals2.28M animals3.56M animals3.75M animals4.04M animals
Benin421K animals595K animals931K animals872K animals1.24M animals1.61M animals2.88M animals3.84M animals
Philippines532K animals772K animals2.96M animals4.79M animals6.25M animals4.18M animals3.81M animals3.82M animals
Uzbekistan––––1.1M animals2.35M animals3.63M animals3.6M animals
Vietnam150K animals178K animals173K animals372K animals544K animals1.29M animals2.65M animals3.17M animals
Libya1.22M animals1.23M animals1.5M animals1.1M animals1.26M animals2.7M animals2.57M animals2.73M animals
Oman100K animals150K animals630K animals720K animals979K animals1.72M animals2.4M animals2.59M animals
Greece5.06M animals4.05M animals4.53M animals5.35M animals5.61M animals5.27M animals3.15M animals2.58M animals
United States3.47M animals2.57M animals1.4M animals1.9M animals2.3M animals3.04M animals2.66M animals2.47M animals
Spain3.3M animals2.57M animals2.1M animals3.78M animals2.63M animals2.9M animals2.65M animals2.36M animals
Myanmar444K animals619K animals610K animals1.04M animals1.39M animals3.42M animals2.15M animals2.3M animals
Bolivia1.7M animals2.35M animals2.01M animals1.45M animals1.7M animals2.2M animals2.27M animals2.27M animals
United Arab Emirates125K animals260K animals342K animals657K animals1.28M animals1.88M animals2.4M animals2.24M animals
Tajikistan––––706K animals1.58M animals1.97M animals2.23M animals
Syria439K animals774K animals1.03M animals1M animals1.05M animals2.06M animals2M animals2.08M animals
Eritrea––––1.7M animals1.75M animals1.89M animals1.94M animals
Haiti950K animals1.13M animals1M animals1.11M animals1.94M animals1.91M animals1.71M animals1.85M animals
Namibia1.44M animals1.44M animals1.92M animals1.86M animals1.85M animals2.1M animals1.61M animals1.79M animals
Peru3.83M animals1.89M animals1.7M animals1.72M animals2.03M animals1.97M animals1.8M animals1.75M animals
Madagascar500K animals1.04M animals1.44M animals1.26M animals1.03M animals1.42M animals1.62M animals1.74M animals
Russia––––2.15M animals2.14M animals1.96M animals1.69M animals
Kazakhstan––––931K animals2.71M animals1.81M animals1.68M animals
Rwanda460K animals481K animals885K animals1.08M animals757K animals2.69M animals1.75M animals1.62M animals
Romania404K animals565K animals375K animals1.02M animals558K animals917K animals1.61M animals1.43M animals
Iraq2.6M animals2.3M animals2.08M animals1.55M animals1.3M animals1.52M animals1.35M animals1.35M animals
France1.17M animals925K animals1.13M animals1.23M animals1.21M animals1.44M animals1.41M animals1.34M animals
Venezuela1.2M animals1.28M animals1.34M animals1.65M animals1.21M animals1.42M animals1.58M animals1.34M animals
Botswana500K animals1.08M animals638K animals2.09M animals1.9M animals1.94M animals1.24M animals1.21M animals
Egypt772K animals1.16M animals1.45M animals2.4M animals3.42M animals4.17M animals925K animals1.14M animals
Tunisia550K animals630K animals922K animals1.28M animals1.45M animals1.3M animals1.2M animals1.13M animals
Colombia645K animals630K animals645K animals959K animals1.19M animals800K animals1.14M animals1.11M animals
Italy1.38M animals1.03M animals978K animals1.25M animals1.4M animals961K animals1.07M animals911K animals
Jordan451K animals350K animals453K animals600K animals472K animals752K animals763K animals880K animals
Laos30K animals34K animals48.6K animals139K animals122K animals367K animals682K animals843K animals
Guinea-Bissau116K animals116K animals183K animals208K animals325K animals689K animals808K animals831K animals
Sierra Leone80K animals102K animals136K animals149K animals200K animals803K animals890K animals807K animals
Lesotho632K animals897K animals784K animals844K animals830K animals875K animals629K animals701K animals
Cuba81K animals84K animals99K animals90K animals715K animals938K animals714K animals667K animals
Kyrgyzstan––––543K animals942K animals771K animals659K animals
Albania1.1M animals884K animals811K animals1.14M animals1.1M animals775K animals774K animals615K animals
Jamaica580K animals358K animals380K animals440K animals440K animals490K animals566K animals603K animals
Netherlands41K animals13.4K animals30K animals72K animals165K animals353K animals557K animals552K animals
Eswatini219K animals259K animals303K animals298K animals422K animals478K animals527K animals531K animals
Djibouti455K animals530K animals545K animals502K animals511K animals512K animals518K animals520K animals
Thailand31K animals34K animals55.5K animals121K animals144K animals380K animals466K animals484K animals
Chile1.13M animals840K animals600K animals600K animals740K animals667K animals425K animals418K animals
Ukraine––––825K animals636K animals546K animals418K animals
Azerbaijan––––494K animals621K animals606K animals410K animals
Qatar30.5K animals39.5K animals55.5K animals97.6K animals178K animals172K animals459K animals372K animals
Sri Lanka492K animals556K animals493K animals522K animals495K animals373K animals334K animals351K animals
Gambia98K animals115K animals162K animals180K animals145K animals352K animals378K animals351K animals
Lebanon470K animals366K animals444K animals435K animals417K animals404K animals386K animals349K animals
Malaysia305K animals369K animals342K animals331K animals237K animals496K animals324K animals344K animals
Liberia100K animals145K animals200K animals230K animals220K animals338K animals346K animals337K animals
Republic of the Congo55K animals65K animals159K animals278K animals280K animals320K animals325K animals325K animals
Portugal607K animals665K animals733K animals857K animals630K animals419K animals368K animals319K animals
South Korea232K animals132K animals201K animals211K animals445K animals244K animals314K animals317K animals
Fiji180K animals146K animals110K animals170K animals241K animals251K animals276K animals285K animals
Cyprus149K animals335K animals220K animals208K animals379K animals307K animals261K animals229K animals
Kuwait45K animals67.4K animals273K animals39.9K animals192K animals179K animals214K animals221K animals
Dominican Republic220K animals310K animals451K animals360K animals178K animals225K animals237K animals201K animals
Germany791K animals218K animals61.1K animals90K animals135K animals150K animals161K animals168K animals
Bulgaria246K animals350K animals433K animals433K animals1.05M animals361K animals253K animals150K animals
Cape Verde40K animals50K animals65K animals109K animals110K animals160K animals132K animals147K animals
Timor-Leste223K animals204K animals26.4K animals97.5K animals75K animals152K animals191K animals145K animals
Moldova––––99.8K animals111K animals142K animals138K animals
Comoros98K animals81K animals87K animals113K animals113K animals120K animals121K animals121K animals
Serbia–––––129K animals202K animals119K animals
Gabon50K animals50K animals78K animals80.1K animals91K animals95K animals116K animals117K animals
Paraguay78K animals58.9K animals115K animals148K animals123K animals133K animals109K animals117K animals
Guatemala88.6K animals66K animals71.8K animals105K animals111K animals109K animals115K animals116K animals
United Kingdom–––114K animals77.2K animals93K animals112K animals111K animals
Israel165K animals136K animals145K animals115K animals62K animals100K animals116K animals109K animals
North Macedonia––––64.5K animals75.7K animals95K animals97.9K animals
Austria162K animals69.4K animals34.9K animals36.4K animals58K animals68.2K animals92.8K animals95.8K animals
New Zealand28K animals40K animals52.6K animals1.06M animals183K animals95.3K animals96.4K animals88.4K animals
Switzerland89.4K animals72K animals80.2K animals68.3K animals67K animals87K animals79.6K animals86.8K animals
Guyana25K animals38.9K animals70K animals78K animals79K animals80K animals82.3K animals82.5K animals
Costa Rica1.5K animals1.3K animals1.35K animals1.6K animals50K animals78K animals67K animals78K animals
Norway102K animals84.3K animals84.8K animals88.8K animals76.4K animals67.5K animals67K animals75K animals
Croatia––––79.4K animals75.2K animals86K animals68K animals
Poland––––190K animals107K animals44.2K animals63.5K animals
Bosnia & Herzegovina––––97.7K animals64.3K animals71.3K animals62.2K animals
Bhutan15K animals15.5K animals16.5K animals36.9K animals31.3K animals43.1K animals44.1K animals55.8K animals
Georgia––––80.1K animals71.5K animals49.7K animals49.3K animals
Belarus––––58.3K animals75K animals56.9K animals48K animals
Hungary66.4K animals80K animals15K animals15.6K animals189K animals58K animals47K animals31.3K animals
Canada12K animals16K animals22K animals27.3K animals30K animals30K animals30K animals30K animals
Czechia––––32K animals21.7K animals28.9K animals27.6K animals
Ecuador152K animals191K animals257K animals311K animals178K animals135K animals14.1K animals27.5K animals
Montenegro–––––31.1K animals27.8K animals26.8K animals
Grenada3.5K animals6.5K animals12.5K animals9.5K animals7K animals9.5K animals20K animals25.5K animals
Slovenia––––14.6K animals29.9K animals25.7K animals25.1K animals
Honduras29K animals26K animals24.1K animals26K animals31K animals24.5K animals24.6K animals24.7K animals
Bahrain7.5K animals13.5K animals14.5K animals16.2K animals19K animals19K animals21K animals24.5K animals
Mauritius54K animals67K animals70K animals95K animals73K animals27.8K animals25.8K animals23K animals
Armenia––––41K animals29.7K animals22.9K animals19.5K animals
Uruguay19K animals14K animals12K animals13.8K animals15K animals16.7K animals18.1K animals18.5K animals
Japan595K animals192K animals67K animals34.5K animals35K animals15K animals16.7K animals16.5K animals
Bahamas14K animals13.8K animals13.3K animals13.6K animals13.6K animals14.5K animals15K animals15.1K animals
Antigua & Barbuda5.5K animals5.8K animals12K animals12.2K animals34K animals27K animals19.4K animals15K animals
Tonga2.45K animals4.12K animals13K animals15.6K animals12.5K animals12.6K animals14.4K animals14.8K animals
St. Lucia3.9K animals6.5K animals9.78K animals11.9K animals9.8K animals9.5K animals13.8K animals14.8K animals
El Salvador18K animals14K animals14K animals14.8K animals13K animals15K animals14.4K animals13.7K animals
Lithuania––––24.7K animals14.7K animals14.7K animals13.5K animals
Trinidad & Tobago29K animals36K animals50K animals57.3K animals58.2K animals7.1K animals14.8K animals12.7K animals
St. Vincent & Grenadines4.8K animals3K animals3.7K animals6.05K animals6K animals8.2K animals10.3K animals10.5K animals
Equatorial Guinea5.1K animals7.1K animals7.2K animals7.8K animals8.9K animals9.2K animals9.73K animals9.96K animals
Dominica4.7K animals5.09K animals5.7K animals9.6K animals9.7K animals9.7K animals9.71K animals9.71K animals
Vanuatu8.1K animals9.4K animals10.9K animals10.7K animals12K animals17.5K animals11.1K animals9.51K animals
Latvia––––8.1K animals13.2K animals11.5K animals9.06K animals
Panama4.14K animals5.2K animals6.3K animals5.3K animals5.2K animals8.09K animals8.84K animals9K animals
St. Kitts & Nevis9.44K animals9.49K animals9.57K animals9.65K animals14.4K animals9K animals6.66K animals8.12K animals
Ireland––––8.1K animals10.5K animals8.8K animals7.3K animals
Malta31K animals17.1K animals5.95K animals6.2K animals5K animals5.11K animals5.53K animals6.67K animals
São Tomé & Príncipe1.51K animals1.03K animals3.6K animals4.3K animals4.8K animals5.5K animals6.05K animals6.2K animals
Seychelles1.7K animals2.5K animals3.5K animals4.5K animals5.2K animals5.3K animals5.72K animals5.85K animals
Barbados16.9K animals20K animals15K animals4.4K animals4.6K animals5.2K animals5.55K animals5.66K animals
Finland2K animals1.8K animals2K animals3.7K animals8.56K animals4.89K animals6K animals5.14K animals
Micronesia––––4K animals4.1K animals4.75K animals4.93K animals
Luxembourg––––297 animals5.08K animals–4.42K animals
Suriname11.5K animals5.3K animals6.44K animals9.98K animals6.93K animals5.65K animals3.81K animals4.38K animals
Estonia––––2.7K animals3.9K animals4.5K animals3.2K animals
Papua New Guinea2.7K animals1K animals1.65K animals2.25K animals2.3K animals3K animals3.09K animals3.15K animals
Brunei1.38K animals800 animals1K animals2.66K animals2.84K animals6.81K animals6.11K animals3.07K animals
Iceland150 animals209 animals232 animals345 animals416 animals729 animals1.62K animals1.89K animals
Singapore1.53K animals2K animals750 animals200 animals500 animals670 animals730 animals754 animals
Belize600 animals1K animals1K animals130 animals140 animals180 animals188 animals193 animals
Belgium––––16.2K animals22K animals––
Denmark––––––––
Nicaragua6.5K animals7K animals6.4K animals6.2K animals6.5K animals7.4K animals7.94K animals–
Sweden––––––––
Slovakia––––51.1K animals35.7K animals––
Tuvalu––40 animals–––––
Countries with data145145146146174176175175

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.

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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