Pigs number of animals over time (1961–2024)

Follow pigs number of animals for the world’s countries, year by year, 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.

Japan and the leading countries

Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
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

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	Pigs 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
China	82.3M animals	427M animals	up 345M animals	#1 → #1
Spain	6.03M animals	34.6M animals	up 28.5M animals	#10 → #4
Vietnam	7.17M animals	26.5M animals	up 19.4M animals	#7 → #6
United States	55.6M animals	74.9M animals	up 19.3M animals	#2 → #2
Brazil	25.6M animals	43.9M animals	up 18.3M animals	#3 → #3

Biggest decreases
Country	1961	2024	Change	Rank
Poland	13.4M animals	9.08M animals	down 4.36M animals	#5 → #18
Hungary	5.92M animals	2.8M animals	down 3.12M animals	#12 → #36
Germany	24.1M animals	21.3M animals	down 2.81M animals	#4 → #7
Bulgaria	2.55M animals	701K animals	down 1.85M animals	#24 → #74
United Kingdom	6.05M animals	4.72M animals	down 1.34M animals	#9 → #29

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
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
Vietnam	7.17M animals	9.54M animals	10M animals	12.3M animals	20.2M animals	27.4M animals	22M animals	26.5M animals
Germany	24.1M animals	28.6M animals	34.5M animals	34.2M animals	25.6M animals	26.5M animals	26.1M animals	21.3M animals
Mexico	5.99M animals	10.3M animals	16.9M animals	15.2M animals	15.4M animals	15.4M animals	18.8M animals	19.9M animals
Canada	5M animals	6.56M animals	10.1M animals	10.4M animals	12.9M animals	12.5M animals	14.1M animals	14M animals
Malawi	100K animals	150K animals	197K animals	233K animals	468K animals	1.86M animals	7.79M animals	12.1M animals
France	8.6M animals	10.5M animals	11.4M animals	12.3M animals	14.9M animals	14.3M animals	13.4M animals	11.7M animals
Denmark	7.1M animals	8.36M animals	9.96M animals	9.28M animals	11.9M animals	13.2M animals	13.4M animals	11.6M animals
South Korea	1.26M animals	1.33M animals	1.78M animals	4.53M animals	8.21M animals	9.88M animals	11.1M animals	10.8M animals
Colombia	1.8M animals	1.47M animals	2.03M animals	2.64M animals	2.23M animals	5.16M animals	5.95M animals	10.7M animals
Netherlands	2.86M animals	5.65M animals	10.1M animals	13.7M animals	13.1M animals	12.3M animals	11.5M animals	10.2M animals
Nigeria	640K animals	840K animals	1M animals	3.41M animals	5.05M animals	7.47M animals	8.94M animals	9.96M animals
Philippines	5.14M animals	6.46M animals	7.93M animals	7.99M animals	10.7M animals	13.4M animals	12.8M animals	9.57M animals
Poland	13.4M animals	13.4M animals	21.3M animals	19.5M animals	17.1M animals	15.2M animals	11.7M animals	9.08M 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
India	5.18M animals	6M animals	9M animals	11.9M animals	13.4M animals	10.6M animals	8.84M animals	8.3M animals
Thailand	3.29M animals	5.13M animals	3.02M animals	4.76M animals	6.56M animals	7.62M animals	7.85M animals	7.87M animals
Italy	4.34M animals	9.22M animals	8.81M animals	9.25M animals	8.41M animals	9.16M animals	8.54M animals	7.82M animals
Myanmar	652K animals	1.48M animals	2.2M animals	2.28M animals	3.97M animals	9.42M animals	6.78M animals	7.8M animals
Uganda	16K animals	63.5K animals	187K animals	1.16M animals	1.57M animals	2.3M animals	4.52M animals	7.05M animals
Argentina	3.79M animals	4.4M animals	3.8M animals	2.4M animals	1.75M animals	3.18M animals	5.38M animals	6.12M animals
Indonesia	2.69M animals	3.17M animals	3.16M animals	7.14M animals	5.36M animals	7.48M animals	7.62M animals	5.77M animals
Belgium	–	–	–	–	7.37M animals	6.43M animals	6.22M animals	5.38M animals
Laos	600K animals	920K animals	1.11M animals	1.37M animals	1.45M animals	2.75M animals	4.3M animals	4.77M animals
United Kingdom	6.05M animals	8.09M animals	7.81M animals	7.45M animals	6.48M animals	4.46M animals	5.06M animals	4.72M animals
Ukraine	–	–	–	–	10.1M animals	7.58M animals	5.73M animals	4.52M animals
Peru	1.54M animals	1.93M animals	2.11M animals	2.4M animals	2.85M animals	3.25M animals	3.27M animals	3.52M animals
Romania	4.3M animals	5.97M animals	10.9M animals	11.7M animals	5.85M animals	5.79M animals	3.78M animals	3.26M animals
Angola	297K animals	324K animals	600K animals	800K animals	800K animals	1.93M animals	2.91M animals	3.19M animals
Bolivia	619K animals	909K animals	1.6M animals	1.11M animals	1.75M animals	2.64M animals	3.21M animals	3.14M animals
Guatemala	529K animals	806K animals	658K animals	1.03M animals	1.42M animals	2.73M animals	2.9M animals	3.04M animals
Hungary	5.92M animals	5.97M animals	8.36M animals	7.66M animals	5.34M animals	3.25M animals	2.85M animals	2.8M animals
Chile	927K animals	1.03M animals	1.07M animals	1.25M animals	1.57M animals	2.71M animals	2.71M animals	2.78M animals
Austria	2.99M animals	3.2M animals	4M animals	3.77M animals	3.43M animals	3.14M animals	2.81M animals	2.53M animals
Australia	1.62M animals	2.4M animals	2.52M animals	2.65M animals	2.51M animals	2.29M animals	2.26M animals	2.5M animals
North Korea	1.12M animals	2.2M animals	4.2M animals	5.8M animals	3.12M animals	2.25M animals	2.31M animals	2.46M animals
Serbia	–	–	–	–	–	3.49M animals	2.98M animals	2.35M animals
Venezuela	1.75M animals	1.6M animals	2.28M animals	2.9M animals	2.81M animals	3.49M animals	3.09M animals	2.31M animals
Cameroon	254K animals	430K animals	1.2M animals	1.36M animals	1.35M animals	2.15M animals	2.19M animals	2.26M animals
Belarus	–	–	–	–	3.57M animals	3.78M animals	2.84M animals	2.2M animals
Portugal	1.53M animals	1.83M animals	3.5M animals	2.62M animals	2.35M animals	1.92M animals	2.25M animals	2.19M animals
Madagascar	450K animals	551K animals	1.19M animals	1.43M animals	519K animals	1.44M animals	1.93M animals	2.12M animals
Papua New Guinea	600K animals	710K animals	870K animals	1M animals	1.55M animals	1.95M animals	2.06M animals	2.06M animals
Cambodia	616K animals	1.2M animals	132K animals	1.52M animals	1.93M animals	2.06M animals	2.19M animals	2.01M animals
Mozambique	140K animals	129K animals	420K animals	870K animals	2.4M animals	1.34M animals	1.64M animals	1.76M animals
Paraguay	575K animals	589K animals	996K animals	2.44M animals	1.8M animals	1.12M animals	1.46M animals	1.67M animals
Burundi	4.4K animals	16.9K animals	53K animals	103K animals	194K animals	244K animals	867K animals	1.54M animals
Burkina Faso	93K animals	150K animals	174K animals	546K animals	1.42M animals	2.17M animals	1.67M animals	1.53M animals
Zambia	76K animals	96K animals	218K animals	295K animals	309K animals	715K animals	1.17M animals	1.5M animals
Nepal	180K animals	320K animals	375K animals	574K animals	878K animals	1.06M animals	1.52M animals	1.5M animals
Ireland	944K animals	1.06M animals	1.12M animals	1.11M animals	1.72M animals	1.52M animals	1.68M animals	1.47M animals
Czechia	–	–	–	–	3.69M animals	1.91M animals	1.55M animals	1.42M animals
Sweden	2.05M animals	2.07M animals	2.71M animals	2.26M animals	1.92M animals	1.52M animals	1.39M animals	1.36M animals
South Africa	1.49M animals	1.36M animals	1.32M animals	1.53M animals	1.56M animals	1.59M animals	1.36M animals	1.32M animals
Switzerland	1.34M animals	1.75M animals	2.2M animals	1.79M animals	1.5M animals	1.59M animals	1.35M animals	1.27M animals
Malaysia	802K animals	1.09M animals	1.84M animals	2.68M animals	1.89M animals	1.92M animals	1.87M animals	1.23M animals
Togo	177K animals	195K animals	208K animals	354K animals	394K animals	565K animals	1.11M animals	1.17M animals
Central African Republic	20K animals	90K animals	230K animals	442K animals	678K animals	1.09M animals	1.1M animals	1.12M animals
Benin	240K animals	356K animals	454K animals	462K animals	255K animals	368K animals	751K animals	1.1M animals
Rwanda	52K animals	53.7K animals	120K animals	116K animals	177K animals	685K animals	1.25M animals	1.06M animals
Haiti	1.24M animals	1.53M animals	1.5M animals	300K animals	1M animals	1M animals	1.03M animals	1.02M animals
Democratic Republic of the Congo	450K animals	620K animals	685K animals	1.05M animals	1.05M animals	977K animals	1M animals	1.02M animals
Finland	534K animals	1M animals	1.45M animals	1.35M animals	1.3M animals	1.37M animals	1.1M animals	974K animals
Ghana	145K animals	268K animals	379K animals	474K animals	324K animals	536K animals	946K animals	951K animals
Kenya	58K animals	57.4K animals	74K animals	128K animals	311K animals	347K animals	649K animals	950K animals
Ecuador	1.34M animals	1.92M animals	3.55M animals	2.22M animals	1.53M animals	1.49M animals	1.06M animals	896K animals
Croatia	–	–	–	–	1.23M animals	1.23M animals	1.03M animals	873K animals
Greece	628K animals	383K animals	948K animals	1M animals	973K animals	840K animals	743K animals	786K animals
Norway	534K animals	642K animals	664K animals	710K animals	730K animals	850K animals	768K animals	710K animals
Bulgaria	2.55M animals	1.97M animals	3.83M animals	4.35M animals	1.51M animals	730K animals	592K animals	701K animals
Costa Rica	137K animals	198K animals	223K animals	270K animals	275K animals	438K animals	406K animals	560K animals
Tanzania	93K animals	118K animals	160K animals	320K animals	450K animals	495K animals	528K animals	539K animals
Dominican Republic	710K animals	714K animals	250K animals	431K animals	539K animals	354K animals	469K animals	520K animals
Panama	222K animals	195K animals	212K animals	226K animals	278K animals	276K animals	366K animals	509K animals
Senegal	31K animals	167K animals	180K animals	164K animals	269K animals	354K animals	457K animals	503K animals
Lithuania	–	–	–	–	936K animals	928K animals	580K animals	497K animals
Kazakhstan	–	–	–	–	984K animals	1.33M animals	570K animals	480K animals
Côte d’Ivoire	78.6K animals	177K animals	315K animals	360K animals	285K animals	349K animals	439K animals	473K animals
Honduras	733K animals	803K animals	421K animals	590K animals	470K animals	470K animals	458K animals	454K animals
Bosnia & Herzegovina	–	–	–	–	450K animals	590K animals	547K animals	447K animals
Guinea-Bissau	167K animals	167K animals	256K animals	290K animals	345K animals	394K animals	446K animals	434K animals
Slovakia	–	–	–	–	1.56M animals	741K animals	538K animals	412K animals
Timor-Leste	217K animals	203K animals	64K animals	276K animals	290K animals	330K animals	375K animals	385K animals
Moldova	–	–	–	–	683K animals	377K animals	340K animals	380K animals
Cyprus	26.4K animals	113K animals	148K animals	281K animals	408K animals	464K animals	359K animals	310K animals
Sierra Leone	10K animals	20K animals	36K animals	50K animals	52K animals	47.4K animals	212K animals	308K animals
Zimbabwe	112K animals	201K animals	132K animals	303K animals	300K animals	391K animals	270K animals	302K animals
Latvia	–	–	–	–	405K animals	377K animals	307K animals	300K animals
Estonia	–	–	–	–	286K animals	365K animals	317K animals	284K animals
Liberia	60K animals	82K animals	103K animals	120K animals	130K animals	265K animals	285K animals	273K animals
El Salvador	385K animals	421K animals	421K animals	317K animals	300K animals	427K animals	250K animals	245K animals
New Zealand	655K animals	578K animals	434K animals	395K animals	369K animals	335K animals	235K animals	244K animals
Slovenia	–	–	–	–	558K animals	415K animals	229K animals	232K animals
Gabon	80K animals	104K animals	125K animals	167K animals	213K animals	215K animals	225K animals	226K animals
Jamaica	128K animals	180K animals	210K animals	220K animals	180K animals	197K animals	217K animals	221K animals
Armenia	–	–	–	–	70.6K animals	113K animals	223K animals	187K animals
Guinea	13.7K animals	27K animals	38.5K animals	21.8K animals	58.8K animals	87.3K animals	154K animals	183K animals
North Macedonia	–	–	–	–	226K animals	191K animals	164K animals	180K animals
Uruguay	383K animals	419K animals	289K animals	215K animals	294K animals	210K animals	162K animals	147K animals
Georgia	–	–	–	–	411K animals	135K animals	156K animals	142K animals
Israel	50.7K animals	65.9K animals	117K animals	124K animals	141K animals	223K animals	184K animals	136K animals
Fiji	21K animals	38K animals	64K animals	88K animals	135K animals	124K animals	74.6K animals	120K animals
Cuba	1.1M animals	1.49M animals	1.43M animals	1.34M animals	1.63M animals	1.59M animals	1.12M animals	117K animals
Chad	5K animals	5.5K animals	8.5K animals	13.8K animals	22K animals	107K animals	112K animals	115K animals
Sri Lanka	58.2K animals	108K animals	71.3K animals	85K animals	70.8K animals	83.8K animals	92.6K animals	110K animals
Albania	130K animals	116K animals	174K animals	220K animals	103K animals	164K animals	158K animals	104K animals
Republic of the Congo	26K animals	37K animals	26.4K animals	45K animals	55K animals	88K animals	102K animals	103K animals
Samoa	30.1K animals	45.1K animals	70K animals	185K animals	170K animals	171K animals	116K animals	91.6K animals
Mali	9.12K animals	31.7K animals	48K animals	56K animals	58.4K animals	74.3K animals	87.2K animals	91.5K animals
Namibia	16.8K animals	21K animals	15K animals	17.9K animals	23.1K animals	65K animals	122K animals	87.3K animals
Tonga	18.2K animals	36.7K animals	100K animals	93.7K animals	81K animals	81.2K animals	84.2K animals	85.5K animals
Vanuatu	52.6K animals	58K animals	68K animals	60K animals	66K animals	90K animals	81.8K animals	76.2K animals
Cape Verde	9.46K animals	23K animals	40K animals	99K animals	186K animals	100K animals	70.2K animals	73.1K animals
Luxembourg	–	–	–	–	80.1K animals	83.8K animals	82.1K animals	64.8K animals
Solomon Islands	19K animals	32K animals	45K animals	53K animals	51K animals	54K animals	55.3K animals	55.5K animals
Eswatini	11.6K animals	11.5K animals	15.1K animals	23.8K animals	30K animals	32K animals	53.5K animals	55.3K animals
Niger	9K animals	23K animals	31K animals	37.4K animals	39K animals	40K animals	42.7K animals	42.9K animals
São Tomé & Príncipe	4.81K animals	3.28K animals	1.3K animals	2.9K animals	2.2K animals	25K animals	38.7K animals	42.6K animals
Uzbekistan	–	–	–	–	83K animals	96.5K animals	52.4K animals	39.8K animals
Micronesia	–	–	–	–	32K animals	33K animals	37.8K animals	39K animals
Ethiopia	–	–	–	–	25K animals	31K animals	36K animals	37.3K animals
Malta	16.4K animals	22.6K animals	4.43K animals	101K animals	80.1K animals	70.6K animals	40.1K animals	37.2K animals
Lesotho	54.4K animals	66K animals	82.3K animals	66.5K animals	129K animals	84K animals	36.4K animals	35.5K animals
Bhutan	44K animals	50.9K animals	54K animals	59.6K animals	41.4K animals	19.7K animals	17.6K animals	34.1K animals
Suriname	7.71K animals	14.3K animals	20K animals	31.9K animals	22.3K animals	32.1K animals	34.2K animals	33.6K animals
Trinidad & Tobago	29K animals	40K animals	45K animals	40K animals	36K animals	34.8K animals	34.2K animals	31K animals
Montenegro	–	–	–	–	–	20.5K animals	25.8K animals	29.3K animals
Kyrgyzstan	–	–	–	–	105K animals	59.8K animals	29.5K animals	26.6K animals
Iceland	1.2K animals	3.08K animals	11.4K animals	37K animals	44K animals	40K animals	27K animals	26K animals
Gambia	3K animals	7.5K animals	10K animals	14K animals	14K animals	28.5K animals	15K animals	25.2K animals
Barbados	25K animals	30K animals	45K animals	28K animals	16.5K animals	21.5K animals	22.9K animals	24.7K animals
Mauritius	4.52K animals	4K animals	6.5K animals	12.5K animals	12.8K animals	22.3K animals	20.7K animals	23.7K animals
Mongolia	10K animals	11.6K animals	34.5K animals	192K animals	14.7K animals	24.8K animals	24.5K animals	21.3K animals
Egypt	14K animals	15K animals	21K animals	23.5K animals	29.5K animals	10.5K animals	22K animals	20.7K animals
Kiribati	9K animals	10K animals	10K animals	9.2K animals	10.5K animals	13K animals	15.2K animals	15.6K animals
Tuvalu	5.5K animals	5.5K animals	6.32K animals	11.3K animals	13.2K animals	13.8K animals	14.6K animals	14.8K animals
Belize	14K animals	15K animals	16K animals	23.8K animals	24K animals	17.4K animals	20.2K animals	13.9K animals
St. Lucia	13.5K animals	12K animals	9.72K animals	12K animals	14.8K animals	14K animals	13.2K animals	10K animals
Guyana	37K animals	80.9K animals	85K animals	20K animals	9K animals	9.1K animals	9.48K animals	9.57K animals
Turkmenistan	–	–	–	–	35K animals	13.9K animals	7.35K animals	7.89K animals
Morocco	55K animals	21.5K animals	7.4K animals	8.9K animals	8K animals	8.5K animals	7.79K animals	7.78K animals
Equatorial Guinea	2.4K animals	4.1K animals	4.4K animals	5K animals	6K animals	6.4K animals	7.36K animals	7.55K animals
Lebanon	7.5K animals	16.5K animals	18.8K animals	45K animals	26K animals	7.74K animals	7.36K animals	7.47K animals
Botswana	5.4K animals	8.5K animals	6K animals	16.2K animals	5K animals	3K animals	4.24K animals	7.08K animals
Seychelles	2.33K animals	5K animals	10K animals	17.5K animals	12.1K animals	4.47K animals	6.3K animals	6.9K animals
St. Vincent & Grenadines	4K animals	3.5K animals	6.1K animals	9.9K animals	9.5K animals	8K animals	6.23K animals	6.88K animals
Tunisia	3K animals	4K animals	3.8K animals	6.59K animals	6K animals	5.8K animals	5.47K animals	5.45K animals
Azerbaijan	–	–	–	–	19.7K animals	5.35K animals	5.88K animals	5.3K animals
Dominica	8.7K animals	7.22K animals	8K animals	4.3K animals	5K animals	5K animals	5.06K animals	5.06K animals
Bahamas	10.3K animals	9.5K animals	6.4K animals	5.4K animals	4.78K animals	5K animals	5K animals	5.02K animals
Antigua & Barbuda	2.35K animals	3.4K animals	2.8K animals	2.3K animals	2.5K animals	5K animals	5K animals	4.98K animals
Algeria	3K animals	4K animals	4.5K animals	5.3K animals	5.7K animals	5.5K animals	4.93K animals	4.81K animals
Grenada	2.6K animals	2.9K animals	2.3K animals	3.5K animals	2.6K animals	3K animals	4.71K animals	3.84K animals
Somalia	2.8K animals	6.5K animals	9K animals	10K animals	3.9K animals	4K animals	3.74K animals	3.73K animals
Nauru	1.03K animals	1.35K animals	1.8K animals	2.5K animals	2.8K animals	3K animals	3.01K animals	3.03K animals
St. Kitts & Nevis	2.1K animals	1.78K animals	1.67K animals	1.73K animals	4K animals	6K animals	2.6K animals	2.83K animals
Türkiye	10.1K animals	18K animals	13K animals	8K animals	3K animals	1.56K animals	990 animals	1.72K animals
Brunei	6.76K animals	12K animals	10.5K animals	10.3K animals	1.2K animals	1.2K animals	1.26K animals	553 animals
Tajikistan	–	–	–	–	1K animals	418 animals	900 animals	400 animals
Syria	–	130 animals	450 animals	600 animals	–	15 animals	11 animals	13 animals
Iran	55K animals	48K animals	15K animals	–	–	–	–	–
Nicaragua	377K animals	615K animals	600K animals	545K animals	425K animals	480K animals	627K animals	–
Singapore	900K animals	1M animals	1M animals	300K animals	–	–	–	–
Countries with data	139	140	140	139	162	165	165	164

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