According to the FAO, the world has 1.468 billion head of cattle. Brazil has the largest cattle inventory in the world followed by India and China.
More than 100 countries (104) have a cattle inventory in excess of 1 million head.
The United States has the 4th largest cattle inventory in the world, behind China and a head of Ethiopia.
World | 1,467,548,724 | ||
Rank | Country | Head | % Of Total |
1 | Brazil | 211,764,292 | 14.43% |
2 | India | 189,000,000 | 12.88% |
3 | China | 113,500,000 | 7.73% |
4 | United States | 89,299,600 | 6.08% |
5 | Ethiopia | 54,000,000 | 3.68% |
6 | Argentina | 51,095,000 | 3.48% |
7 | Sudan | 41,917,000 | 2.86% |
8 | Pakistan | 38,299,000 | 2.61% |
9 | Mexico | 32,402,461 | 2.21% |
10 | Australia | 29,290,769 | 2.00% |
11 | Tanzania | 24,531,673 | 1.67% |
12 | Bangladesh | 24,000,000 | 1.64% |
13 | Colombia | 23,141,388 | 1.58% |
14 | Nigeria | 20,000,000 | 1.36% |
15 | Russian Federation | 19,930,354 | 1.36% |
16 | France | 19,095,797 | 1.30% |
17 | Kenya | 18,138,500 | 1.24% |
18 | Indonesia | 16,607,000 | 1.13% |
19 | Venezuela | 14,500,000 | 0.99% |
20 | Myanmar | 14,350,000 | 0.98% |
21 | South Africa | 14,000,000 | 0.95% |
22 | Turkey | 13,916,924 | 0.95% |
23 | Paraguay | 13,376,456 | 0.91% |
24 | Uganda | 13,020,000 | 0.89% |
25 | Germany | 12,587,020 | 0.86% |
26 | Canada | 12,215,000 | 0.83% |
27 | Uruguay | 11,500,000 | 0.78% |
28 | Niger | 10,200,000 | 0.70% |
29 | New Zealand | 10,182,122 | 0.69% |
30 | Uzbekistan | 10,141,300 | 0.69% |
31 | Madagascar | 10,030,000 | 0.68% |
32 | Mali | 10,012,966 | 0.68% |
33 | United Kingdom | 9,844,000 | 0.67% |
34 | Burkina Faso | 8,912,532 | 0.61% |
35 | Bolivia | 8,847,434 | 0.60% |
36 | Iran | 8,670,000 | 0.59% |
37 | Chad | 7,800,000 | 0.53% |
38 | Nepal | 7,274,022 | 0.50% |
39 | Ireland | 6,902,600 | 0.47% |
40 | Italy | 6,091,500 | 0.42% |
41 | Poland | 5,859,541 | 0.40% |
42 | Kazakhstan | 5,851,227 | 0.40% |
43 | Cameroon | 5,805,297 | 0.40% |
44 | Spain | 5,696,910 | 0.39% |
45 | Peru | 5,556,188 | 0.38% |
46 | Afghanistan | 5,235,000 | 0.36% |
47 | Viet Nam | 5,156,727 | 0.35% |
48 | Zimbabwe | 5,150,000 | 0.35% |
49 | Thailand | 5,147,521 | 0.35% |
50 | Ecuador | 5,134,122 | 0.35% |
51 | Guinea | 5,000,000 | 0.34% |
52 | Egypt | 4,950,000 | 0.34% |
53 | Somalia | 4,870,000 | 0.33% |
54 | Angola | 4,790,599 | 0.33% |
55 | Ukraine | 4,645,900 | 0.32% |
56 | Belarus | 4,367,000 | 0.30% |
57 | CAR | 4,300,000 | 0.29% |
58 | Cuba | 4,092,200 | 0.28% |
59 | Japan | 4,065,000 | 0.28% |
60 | Zambia | 4,026,658 | 0.27% |
61 | Netherlands | 3,999,220 | 0.27% |
62 | Nicaragua | 3,740,000 | 0.25% |
63 | Senegal | 3,430,000 | 0.23% |
64 | Guatemala | 3,367,200 | 0.23% |
65 | South Korea | 3,342,131 | 0.23% |
66 | Chile | 3,305,365 | 0.23% |
67 | Morocco | 3,172,980 | 0.22% |
68 | Dominican Republic | 3,000,000 | 0.20% |
69 | Mongolia | 2,909,456 | 0.20% |
70 | Cambodia | 2,900,000 | 0.20% |
71 | Iraq | 2,780,000 | 0.19% |
72 | Honduras | 2,774,000 | 0.19% |
73 | Botswana | 2,500,000 | 0.17% |
74 | Philippines | 2,497,908 | 0.17% |
75 | Belgium | 2,454,704 | 0.17% |
76 | Azerbaijan | 2,442,373 | 0.17% |
77 | Namibia | 2,370,000 | 0.16% |
78 | Turkmenistan | 2,270,000 | 0.15% |
79 | Benin | 2,116,000 | 0.14% |
80 | Eritrea | 2,080,000 | 0.14% |
81 | Tajikistan | 2,043,725 | 0.14% |
82 | Romania | 2,009,135 | 0.14% |
83 | Austria | 1,955,618 | 0.13% |
84 | Algeria | 1,909,455 | 0.13% |
85 | Mauritania | 1,850,000 | 0.13% |
86 | Panama | 1,727,300 | 0.12% |
87 | Yemen | 1,722,000 | 0.12% |
88 | Lao People's DR | 1,700,000 | 0.12% |
89 | Mozambique | 1,690,000 | 0.12% |
90 | Denmark | 1,614,644 | 0.11% |
91 | Ghana | 1,590,000 | 0.11% |
92 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,585,585 | 0.11% |
93 | Switzerland | 1,563,214 | 0.11% |
94 | Sweden | 1,496,526 | 0.10% |
95 | Portugal | 1,471,000 | 0.10% |
96 | Haiti | 1,465,000 | 0.10% |
97 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,404,168 | 0.10% |
98 | Czech Republic | 1,352,822 | 0.09% |
99 | Costa Rica | 1,300,000 | 0.09% |
100 | Malawi | 1,241,744 | 0.08% |
101 | Sri Lanka | 1,139,520 | 0.08% |
102 | Rwanda | 1,132,231 | 0.08% |
103 | Georgia | 1,128,800 | 0.08% |
104 | SAR | 1,113,225 | 0.08% |
105 | Serbia | 913,144 | 0.06% |
106 | Finland | 911,847 | 0.06% |
107 | El Salvador | 893,308 | 0.06% |
108 | Norway | 849,984 | 0.06% |
109 | Burundi | 777,786 | 0.05% |
110 | Hungary | 760,000 | 0.05% |
111 | Malaysia | 751,782 | 0.05% |
112 | Congo | 750,000 | 0.05% |
113 | Lithuania | 729,200 | 0.05% |
114 | Greece | 679,000 | 0.05% |
115 | Guinea-Bissau | 670,000 | 0.05% |
116 | Lesotho | 665,000 | 0.05% |
117 | Armenia | 661,003 | 0.05% |
118 | Tunisia | 646,157 | 0.04% |
119 | Swaziland | 635,000 | 0.04% |
120 | Sierra Leone | 578,000 | 0.04% |
121 | North Korea | 576,000 | 0.04% |
122 | Bulgaria | 526,112 | 0.04% |
123 | Saudi Arabia | 510,000 | 0.03% |
124 | Slovakia | 471,091 | 0.03% |
125 | Albania | 468,082 | 0.03% |
126 | Israel | 465,000 | 0.03% |
127 | Slovenia | 460,063 | 0.03% |
128 | Bosnia | 446,893 | 0.03% |
129 | Croatia | 442,000 | 0.03% |
130 | Gambia | 436,054 | 0.03% |
131 | Togo | 435,000 | 0.03% |
132 | Latvia | 393,000 | 0.03% |
133 | Puerto Rico | 380,000 | 0.03% |
134 | Oman | 350,000 | 0.02% |
135 | Bhutan | 348,990 | 0.02% |
136 | Congo | 337,000 | 0.02% |
137 | Fiji | 312,000 | 0.02% |
138 | Djibouti | 298,000 | 0.02% |
139 | Estonia | 261,400 | 0.02% |
140 | Macedonia | 238,333 | 0.02% |
141 | Libya | 198,500 | 0.01% |
142 | Luxembourg | 193,623 | 0.01% |
143 | Republic of Moldova | 191,200 | 0.01% |
144 | Vanuatu | 173,000 | 0.01% |
145 | Jamaica | 170,000 | 0.01% |
146 | Timor-Leste | 160,000 | 0.01% |
147 | Taiwan | 143,009 | 0.01% |
148 | Belize | 113,150 | 0.01% |
149 | Guyana | 112,900 | 0.01% |
150 | UAE | 108,500 | 0.01% |
151 | Papua New Guinea | 93,000 | 0.01% |
152 | New Caledonia | 92,000 | 0.01% |
153 | Montenegro | 84,701 | 0.01% |
154 | Lebanon | 80,500 | 0.01% |
155 | Guadeloupe | 75,000 | 0.01% |
156 | Jordan | 69,100 | 0.00% |
157 | Iceland | 68,014 | 0.00% |
158 | Cyprus | 57,080 | 0.00% |
159 | Comoros | 50,000 | 0.00% |
160 | Suriname | 46,060 | 0.00% |
161 | Liberia | 42,000 | 0.00% |
162 | Gabon | 38,000 | 0.00% |
163 | Kuwait | 36,000 | 0.00% |
164 | Trinidad | 34,500 | 0.00% |
165 | Palestinian Territory | 33,980 | 0.00% |
166 | Réunion | 30,000 | 0.00% |
167 | Samoa | 30,000 | 0.00% |
168 | Cabo Verde | 22,752 | 0.00% |
169 | French Guiana | 18,370 | 0.00% |
170 | Martinique | 17,000 | 0.00% |
171 | Malta | 15,220 | 0.00% |
172 | Solomon Islands | 15,000 | 0.00% |
173 | Dominica | 14,000 | 0.00% |
174 | Micronesia | 14,000 | 0.00% |
175 | Tonga | 11,700 | 0.00% |
176 | Barbados | 11,200 | 0.00% |
177 | Qatar | 11,000 | 0.00% |
178 | Saint Lucia | 11,000 | 0.00% |
179 | Bahrain | 10,500 | 0.00% |
180 | Montserrat | 10,000 | 0.00% |
181 | Virgin Islands | 8,100 | 0.00% |
182 | French Polynesia | 7,400 | 0.00% |
183 | Mauritius | 7,000 | 0.00% |
184 | Saint Kitts | 6,500 | 0.00% |
185 | Liechtenstein | 6,010 | 0.00% |
186 | Equatorial Guinea | 5,300 | 0.00% |
187 | Antigua | 5,000 | 0.00% |
188 | Saint Vincent | 5,000 | 0.00% |
189 | Grenada | 4,500 | 0.00% |
190 | Falkland Islands | 4,300 | 0.00% |
191 | BVI | 2,400 | 0.00% |
192 | Faroe Islands | 2,300 | 0.00% |
193 | Cayman Islands | 1,950 | 0.00% |
194 | Hong Kong | 1,700 | 0.00% |
195 | Sao Tome | 1,141 | 0.00% |
196 | Brunei | 800 | 0.00% |
197 | Bahamas | 750 | 0.00% |
198 | Saint Helena | 700 | 0.00% |
199 | Netherlands | 670 | 0.00% |
200 | Bermuda | 660 | 0.00% |
201 | Seychelles | 300 | 0.00% |
202 | Singapore | 200 | 0.00% |
203 | Guam | 140 | 0.00% |
204 | Cook Islands | 130 | 0.00% |
205 | Niue | 115 | 0.00% |
206 | American Samoa | 110 | 0.00% |
207 | Wallis | 60 | 0.00% |
208 | Saint Pierre | 36 | 0.00% |
209 | Greenland | 15 | 0.00% |
Source: FAOstat.org (2013) |
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