Pigs: number of animals by country
Pigs: the number of live animals kept in each country. Which countries have the most?
#1 China (427M animals), #2 United States (74.9M animals), #3 Brazil (43.9M animals). The last place is Syria (13 animals).
How to read this number
The number of live animals in the country, from the FAO’s livestock “stocks” statistics. Item: Pigs.
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: 165 (of 193)
- Data years: 2023–2024 (differs by country)
- 164 countries use 2024 data
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Ranking table
Sorted from the highest value
| Rank | Country | Pigs: number of animals | Year | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China |
427,430,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 2 |  United States |
74,905,400 animals | 2024 | |
| 3 |  Brazil |
43,914,785 animals | 2024 | |
| 4 |  Spain |
34,565,280 animals | 2024 | |
| 5 |  Russia |
29,015,221 animals | 2024 | |
| 6 |  Vietnam |
26,519,409 animals | 2024 | |
| 7 |  Germany |
21,292,300 animals | 2024 | |
| 8 |  Mexico |
19,856,591 animals | 2024 | |
| 9 |  Canada |
13,985,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 10 |  Malawi |
12,140,948 animals | 2024 | |
| 11 |  France |
11,714,940 animals | 2024 | |
| 12 |  Denmark |
11,583,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 13 |  South Korea |
10,845,848 animals | 2024 | |
| 14 |  Colombia |
10,668,276 animals | 2024 | |
| 15 |  Netherlands |
10,192,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 16 |  Nigeria |
9,958,091 animals | 2024 | |
| 17 |  Philippines |
9,566,230 animals | 2024 | |
| 18 |  Poland |
9,078,250 animals | 2024 | |
| 19 |  Japan |
8,798,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 20 |  India |
8,299,528 animals | 2024 | |
| 21 |  Thailand |
7,867,214 animals | 2024 | |
| 22 |  Italy |
7,820,490 animals | 2024 | |
| 23 |  Myanmar |
7,800,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 24 |  Uganda |
7,053,559 animals | 2024 | |
| 25 |  Argentina |
6,115,215 animals | 2024 | |
| 26 |  Indonesia |
5,767,595 animals | 2024 | |
| 27 |  Belgium |
5,375,200 animals | 2024 | |
| 28 |  Laos |
4,767,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 29 |  United Kingdom |
4,715,669 animals | 2024 | |
| 30 |  Ukraine |
4,521,100 animals | 2024 | |
| 31 |  Peru |
3,519,668 animals | 2024 | |
| 32 |  Romania |
3,257,500 animals | 2024 | |
| 33 |  Angola |
3,188,105 animals | 2024 | |
| 34 |  Bolivia |
3,143,989 animals | 2024 | |
| 35 |  Guatemala |
3,044,525 animals | 2024 | |
| 36 |  Hungary |
2,802,400 animals | 2024 | |
| 37 |  Chile |
2,777,625 animals | 2024 | |
| 38 |  Austria |
2,534,440 animals | 2024 | |
| 39 |  Australia |
2,497,379 animals | 2024 | |
| 40 |  North Korea |
2,462,814 animals | 2024 | |
| 41 |  Serbia |
2,349,176 animals | 2024 | |
| 42 |  Venezuela |
2,311,261 animals | 2024 | |
| 43 |  Cameroon |
2,255,581 animals | 2024 | |
| 44 |  Belarus |
2,197,300 animals | 2024 | |
| 45 |  Portugal |
2,192,680 animals | 2024 | |
| 46 |  Madagascar |
2,124,304 animals | 2024 | |
| 47 |  Papua New Guinea |
2,055,539 animals | 2024 | |
| 48 |  Cambodia |
2,014,037 animals | 2024 | |
| 49 |  Mozambique |
1,755,399 animals | 2024 | |
| 50 |  Paraguay |
1,674,266 animals | 2024 | |
| 51 |  Burundi |
1,540,229 animals | 2024 | |
| 52 |  Burkina Faso |
1,525,188 animals | 2024 | |
| 53 |  Zambia |
1,501,285 animals | 2024 | |
| 54 |  Nepal |
1,497,411 animals | 2024 | |
| 55 |  Ireland |
1,473,750 animals | 2024 | |
| 56 |  Czechia |
1,421,820 animals | 2024 | |
| 57 |  Sweden |
1,360,460 animals | 2024 | |
| 58 |  South Africa |
1,315,727 animals | 2024 | |
| 59 |  Switzerland |
1,274,949 animals | 2024 | |
| 60 |  Malaysia |
1,234,242 animals | 2024 | |
| 61 |  Togo |
1,167,893 animals | 2024 | |
| 62 |  Central African Republic |
1,121,182 animals | 2024 | |
| 63 |  Benin |
1,104,012 animals | 2024 | |
| 64 |  Rwanda |
1,062,978 animals | 2024 | |
| 65 |  Haiti |
1,024,619 animals | 2024 | |
| 66 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1,016,111 animals | 2024 | |
| 67 |  Finland |
974,130 animals | 2024 | |
| 68 |  Ghana |
951,401 animals | 2024 | |
| 69 |  Kenya |
949,807 animals | 2024 | |
| 70 |  Ecuador |
896,457 animals | 2024 | |
| 71 |  Croatia |
873,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 72 |  Greece |
786,200 animals | 2024 | |
| 73 |  Norway |
709,600 animals | 2024 | |
| 74 |  Nicaragua |
703,835 animals | 2023 | |
| 75 |  Bulgaria |
700,780 animals | 2024 | |
| 76 |  Costa Rica |
559,743 animals | 2024 | |
| 77 |  Tanzania |
539,088 animals | 2024 | |
| 78 |  Dominican Republic |
520,076 animals | 2024 | |
| 79 |  Panama |
508,934 animals | 2024 | |
| 80 |  Senegal |
503,379 animals | 2024 | |
| 81 |  Lithuania |
496,790 animals | 2024 | |
| 82 |  Kazakhstan |
479,662 animals | 2024 | |
| 83 |  Côte d’Ivoire |
472,572 animals | 2024 | |
| 84 |  Honduras |
453,773 animals | 2024 | |
| 85 |  Bosnia & Herzegovina |
447,474 animals | 2024 | |
| 86 |  Guinea-Bissau |
434,193 animals | 2024 | |
| 87 |  Slovakia |
412,310 animals | 2024 | |
| 88 |  Timor-Leste |
385,128 animals | 2024 | |
| 89 |  Moldova |
379,619 animals | 2024 | |
| 90 |  Cyprus |
309,790 animals | 2024 | |
| 91 |  Sierra Leone |
307,970 animals | 2024 | |
| 92 |  Zimbabwe |
301,747 animals | 2024 | |
| 93 |  Latvia |
300,060 animals | 2024 | |
| 94 |  Estonia |
283,550 animals | 2024 | |
| 95 |  Liberia |
273,192 animals | 2024 | |
| 96 |  El Salvador |
245,241 animals | 2024 | |
| 97 |  New Zealand |
243,588 animals | 2024 | |
| 98 |  Slovenia |
232,350 animals | 2024 | |
| 99 |  Gabon |
225,991 animals | 2024 | |
| 100 |  Jamaica |
220,979 animals | 2024 | |
| 101 |  Armenia |
186,951 animals | 2024 | |
| 102 |  Guinea |
183,169 animals | 2024 | |
| 103 |  North Macedonia |
179,682 animals | 2024 | |
| 104 |  Uruguay |
147,258 animals | 2024 | |
| 105 |  Georgia |
141,600 animals | 2024 | |
| 106 |  Israel |
135,796 animals | 2024 | |
| 107 |  Fiji |
120,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 108 |  Cuba |
117,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 109 |  Chad |
115,004 animals | 2024 | |
| 110 |  Sri Lanka |
109,660 animals | 2024 | |
| 111 |  Albania |
104,042 animals | 2024 | |
| 112 |  Republic of the Congo |
103,498 animals | 2024 | |
| 113 |  Samoa |
91,647 animals | 2024 | |
| 114 |  Mali |
91,478 animals | 2024 | |
| 115 |  Namibia |
87,256 animals | 2024 | |
| 116 |  Tonga |
85,523 animals | 2024 | |
| 117 |  Vanuatu |
76,165 animals | 2024 | |
| 118 |  Cape Verde |
73,057 animals | 2024 | |
| 119 |  Luxembourg |
64,810 animals | 2024 | |
| 120 |  Solomon Islands |
55,519 animals | 2024 | |
| 121 |  Eswatini |
55,271 animals | 2024 | |
| 122 |  Niger |
42,943 animals | 2024 | |
| 123 |  São Tomé & Príncipe |
42,594 animals | 2024 | |
| 124 |  Uzbekistan |
39,817 animals | 2024 | |
| 125 |  Micronesia |
39,004 animals | 2024 | |
| 126 |  Ethiopia |
37,330 animals | 2024 | |
| 127 |  Malta |
37,210 animals | 2024 | |
| 128 |  Lesotho |
35,490 animals | 2024 | |
| 129 |  Bhutan |
34,059 animals | 2024 | |
| 130 |  Suriname |
33,632 animals | 2024 | |
| 131 |  Trinidad & Tobago |
31,010 animals | 2024 | |
| 132 |  Montenegro |
29,270 animals | 2024 | |
| 133 |  Kyrgyzstan |
26,647 animals | 2024 | |
| 134 |  Iceland |
26,000 animals | 2024 | |
| 135 |  Gambia |
25,243 animals | 2024 | |
| 136 |  Barbados |
24,725 animals | 2024 | |
| 137 |  Mauritius |
23,712 animals | 2024 | |
| 138 |  Mongolia |
21,258 animals | 2024 | |
| 139 |  Egypt |
20,688 animals | 2024 | |
| 140 |  Kiribati |
15,592 animals | 2024 | |
| 141 |  Tuvalu |
14,795 animals | 2024 | |
| 142 |  Belize |
13,892 animals | 2024 | |
| 143 |  St. Lucia |
10,039 animals | 2024 | |
| 144 |  Guyana |
9,566 animals | 2024 | |
| 145 |  Turkmenistan |
7,890 animals | 2024 | |
| 146 |  Morocco |
7,782 animals | 2024 | |
| 147 |  Equatorial Guinea |
7,548 animals | 2024 | |
| 148 |  Lebanon |
7,474 animals | 2024 | |
| 149 |  Botswana |
7,083 animals | 2024 | |
| 150 |  Seychelles |
6,903 animals | 2024 | |
| 151 |  St. Vincent & Grenadines |
6,876 animals | 2024 | |
| 152 |  Tunisia |
5,449 animals | 2024 | |
| 153 |  Azerbaijan |
5,304 animals | 2024 | |
| 154 |  Dominica |
5,058 animals | 2024 | |
| 155 |  Bahamas |
5,021 animals | 2024 | |
| 156 |  Antigua & Barbuda |
4,984 animals | 2024 | |
| 157 |  Algeria |
4,808 animals | 2024 | |
| 158 |  Grenada |
3,843 animals | 2024 | |
| 159 |  Somalia |
3,734 animals | 2024 | |
| 160 |  Nauru |
3,034 animals | 2024 | |
| 161 |  St. Kitts & Nevis |
2,827 animals | 2024 | |
| 162 |  Türkiye |
1,724 animals | 2024 | |
| 163 |  Brunei |
553 animals | 2024 | |
| 164 |  Tajikistan |
400 animals | 2024 | |
| 165 |  Syria |
13 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 165 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 pigs number of animals has changed across the world’s countries from 1961 to 2024.
- The country ranked first is China 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’s pigs number of animals went from 2.78M animals in 1961 to 8.8M animals in 2024 (up 6.01M animals).
- Japan ranked #22 of 139 countries in 1961 and #19 of 164 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 82.3M animals | 173M animals | 320M animals | 346M animals | 431M animals | 468M animals | 407M animals | 427M animals |
| United States | 55.6M animals | 57M animals | 67.3M animals | 53.8M animals | 59.1M animals | 64.9M animals | 77.3M animals | 74.9M animals |
| Brazil | 25.6M animals | 30.8M animals | 34.2M animals | 33.6M animals | 31.6M animals | 39M animals | 41.2M animals | 43.9M animals |
| Spain | 6.03M animals | 6.91M animals | 10.7M animals | 16.9M animals | 22.4M animals | 25.7M animals | 32.8M animals | 34.6M animals |
| Russia | – | – | – | – | 18.3M animals | 17.2M animals | 25.2M animals | 29M animals |
| Japan | 2.78M animals | 6.59M animals | 10M animals | 11.8M animals | 9.81M animals | 9.8M animals | 9.24M animals | 8.8M animals |
| Countries with data | 139 | 140 | 140 | 139 | 162 | 165 | 165 | 164 |
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