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Number of chickens worldwide from 2000 to 2024 (in billion animals)

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December 2025

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2000 to 2024

Supplementary notes

FAO estimate. 
Figures have been rounded to provide a better understanding of the statistic.

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Global number of chickens 2000-2024

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Apr 24, 2026

The number of chickens worldwide has nearly doubled since 2000. In 2024, there were some billion chickens in the world, up from about billion chickens in 2000. 

Chicken farming

There are two major types of chickens that are farmed globally: egg laying hens, and broiler chickens. As the names suggest, one produces eggs and the other is raised for meat. In terms of egg production, China is the largest producer of chicken eggs globally, with over *** billion. In contrast, the second-leading producer, Indonesia, produced less than ****billion eggs. The United States ranked fourth that year in terms of worldwide egg production. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. state with the largest chicken population is Iowa.

Broiler meat production

In the last several years, poultry has overtaken pork as the most produced type of meat worldwide. The United States has the highest volume of broiler meat production of any country, followed by Brazil and China.

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