Number of Sheep - Source FAO

This key economic indicator for the Sheep sector has been recently updated.

  1. Nigeria Number of Sheep rose 2% in 2019, from a year earlier.
  2. Since 2014 Iran Number of Sheep was up 4.5% year on year totalising 3,915,742.88 Heads.
  3. In 2019 China was ranked number 1 in Number of Sheep.
  4. In 2019 Qatar was ranked number 103 in Number of Sheep with 48,364.34 Heads, moving from 117 in 2018.

Top Countries in Number of Sheep - Source FAO

Units (Heads) - 1961 to 2019

# 187 Countries Units (Heads) Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
China
16,622,805 2019 +1.3 % +1.7 % View data
2 #2
Australia
6,842,903 2019 -2.3 % -1.2 % View data
3 #3
India
6,171,143 2019 +0.1 % -0.4 % View data
4 #4
Nigeria
4,384,076 2019 +2.0 % +1.2 % View data
5 #5
Iran
3,915,743 2019 -1.3 % +4.5 % View data
6 #6
United Kingdom
3,454,623 2019 +0.1 % +0.5 % View data
7 #7
Chad
3,404,110 2019 +2.5 % +6.8 % View data
8 #8
Turkey
3,351,982 2019 -0.5 % +2.7 % View data
9 #9
Ethiopia
3,266,316 2019 +3.1 % +2.2 % View data
10 #10
Mongolia
3,165,398 2019 +3.6 % +6.4 % View data
11 #11
Pakistan
3,072,729 2019 +0.8 % +1.1 % View data
12 #12
Algeria
2,932,081 2019 +2.2 % +1.1 % View data
13 #13
New Zealand
2,640,363 2019 -3.3 % -2.4 % View data
14 #14
Russia
2,257,060 2019 +1.0 % +0.3 % View data
15 #15
South Africa
2,229,071 2019 -0.9 % -1.6 % View data
16 #16
Morocco
2,011,693 2019 +1.2 % +0.9 % View data
17 #17
Kenya
1,982,647 2019 +1.8 % +2.8 % View data
18 #18
Brazil
1,906,025 2019 +0.6 % +1.6 % View data
19 #19
Mali
1,870,771 2019 +2.4 % +6.4 % View data
20 #20
Uzbekistan
1,807,388 2019 +1.7 % +4.4 % View data
21 #21
Syria
1,780,960 2019 +0.5 % -0.1 % View data
22 #22
Indonesia
1,776,799 2019 +2.1 % +2.0 % View data
23 #23
Kazakhstan
1,643,537 2019 +0.1 % +1.6 % View data
24 #24
South Sudan
1,635,699 2019 +0.5 % -0.5 % View data
25 #25
Spain
1,548,620 2019 -2.3 % +0.1 % View data
26 #26
Argentina
1,434,568 2019 +0.0 % -0.3 % View data
27 #27
Turkmenistan
1,425,899 2019 +1.3 % +0.4 % View data
28 #28
Afghanistan
1,407,722 2019 +0.4 % +0.9 % View data
29 #29
Niger
1,291,336 2019 +1.3 % +3.1 % View data
30 #30
Mauritania
1,135,422 2019 +2.9 % +4.4 % View data
31 #31
Peru
1,110,610 2019 -2.0 % -2.2 % View data
32 #32
Somalia
1,061,292 2019 -0.3 % -3.0 % View data
33 #33
Burkina Faso
1,056,215 2019 +1.6 % +2.6 % View data
34 #34
Romania
1,005,245 2019 +0.7 % +1.9 % View data
35 #35
Yemen
961,649 2019 -0.5 % -0.1 % View data
36 #36
Saudi Arabia
947,271 2019 +0.7 % +0.9 % View data
37 #37
Mexico
886,125 2019 +2.0 % +0.7 % View data
38 #38
Greece
881,851 2019 -0.2 % +0.5 % View data
39 #39
Azerbaijan
780,690 2019 +1.6 % -0.5 % View data
40 #40
Tanzania
776,698 2019 -0.2 % -2.3 % View data
41 #41
United States
773,115 2019 -2.1 % -0.3 % View data
42 #42
Libya
754,132 2019 +1.2 % +1.1 % View data
43 #43
Bolivia
739,625 2019 -1.3 % -0.0 % View data
44 #44
Italy
708,673 2019 -1.3 % -0.2 % View data
45 #45
France
685,856 2019 -2.6 % -0.9 % View data
46 #46
Iraq
648,483 2019 -0.3 % -0.2 % View data
47 #47
Tunisia
644,279 2019 -0.8 % -1.1 % View data
48 #48
Senegal
616,379 2019 +1.1 % +2.8 % View data
49 #49
Uruguay
601,880 2019 -5.9 % -4.1 % View data
50 #50
Egypt
553,009 2019 -0.4 % +0.1 % View data
51 #51
Kyrgyzstan
543,692 2019 +1.4 % +2.0 % View data
52 #52
Ireland
510,399 2019 -0.1 % +0.0 % View data
53 #53
Ghana
502,161 2019 +2.8 % +3.0 % View data
54 #54
Tajikistan
377,641 2019 +3.0 % +3.2 % View data
55 #55
Cameroon
344,860 2019 +0.4 % -3.0 % View data
56 #56
Jordan
313,645 2019 +3.8 % +3.2 % View data
57 #57
Guinea
276,428 2019 +2.1 % +5.7 % View data
58 #58
Chile
274,998 2019 -14.0 % -3.6 % View data
59 #59
Eritrea
245,389 2019 +0.9 % +1.4 % View data
60 #60
Norway
242,021 2019 +0.7 % +1.1 % View data
61 #61
Bangladesh
231,993 2019 +2.0 % +3.0 % View data
62 #62
United Arab Emirates
223,719 2019 +4.2 % +1.5 % View data
63 #63
Portugal
216,121 2019 -2.1 % +1.2 % View data
64 #64
Uganda
213,020 2019 +1.7 % +2.1 % View data
65 #65
Albania
189,171 2019 +1.5 % -0.0 % View data
66 #66
Ivory Coast
188,632 2019 +1.0 % +1.6 % View data
67 #67
Lesotho
174,553 2019 +8.4 % +5.3 % View data
68 #68
Serbia
172,224 2019 +0.6 % -0.3 % View data
69 #69
Namibia
169,302 2019 -1.4 % -3.7 % View data
70 #70
Togo
162,142 2019 +4.5 % -6.1 % View data
71 #71
Germany
149,209 2019 -5.0 % -1.4 % View data
72 #72
Cuba
142,524 2019 -3.2 % -8.1 % View data
73 #73
Myanmar
141,106 2019 +5.8 % +4.0 % View data
74 #74
Bulgaria
124,958 2019 -5.1 % -1.8 % View data
75 #75
Canada
123,318 2019 -0.9 % -0.9 % View data
76 #76
Angola
119,765 2019 +2.3 % +1.8 % View data
77 #77
Hungary
113,697 2019 -0.8 % -1.3 % View data
78 #78
Bosnia and Herzegovina
102,349 2019 +1.1 % -0.0 % View data
79 #79
Benin
96,387 2019 +1.0 % +1.9 % View data
80 #80
Sierra Leone
90,647 2019 +4.0 % +0.9 % View data
81 #81
Netherlands
89,930 2019 -6.0 % -3.5 % View data
82 #82
Democratic Republic of the Congo
89,855 2019 -0.1 % -0.2 % View data
83 #83
Georgia
87,676 2019 +2.4 % +1.9 % View data
84 #84
Madagascar
85,763 2019 +1.2 % +0.4 % View data
85 #85
Colombia
82,017 2019 -10.2 % +2.5 % View data
86 #86
Nepal
79,911 2019 -0.2 % +0.3 % View data
87 #87
Palestine
75,916 2019 +0.7 % +0.8 % View data
88 #88
Kuwait
70,502 2019 +3.0 % +2.3 % View data
89 #89
Falkland Islands
69,930 2019 -0.0 % -0.0 % View data
90 #90
Macedonia
69,115 2019 -4.9 % -1.4 % View data
91 #91
Armenia
66,714 2019 +4.6 % -0.6 % View data
92 #92
Moldova
65,988 2019 -2.8 % -2.0 % View data
93 #93
Ukraine
64,306 2019 -11.6 % -5.6 % View data
94 #94
Croatia
63,646 2019 +0.0 % +1.0 % View data
95 #95
Oman
62,288 2019 +2.9 % +2.2 % View data
96 #96
Rwanda
61,825 2019 +2.7 % -0.4 % View data
97 #97
Venezuela
61,488 2019 +0.7 % +0.5 % View data
98 #98
Guatemala
59,988 2019 +0.7 % +0.6 % View data
99 #99
Burundi
57,045 2019 +4.0 % +9.0 % View data
100 #100
Paraguay
53,998 2019 +1.5 % +2.7 % View data
101 #101
Guinea-Bissau
51,513 2019 +2.0 % +1.8 % View data
102 #102
Israel
49,229 2019 +3.1 % -3.8 % View data
103 #103
Qatar
48,364 2019 +77.5 % -2.4 % View data
104 #104
Djibouti
46,958 2019 +0.1 % -0.0 % View data
105 #105
Lebanon
46,225 2019 +0.5 % +0.5 % View data
106 #106
Central African Republic
45,710 2019 +2.3 % +2.7 % View data
107 #107
Iceland
43,738 2019 +1.2 % -2.1 % View data
108 #108
Zimbabwe
42,444 2019 -2.9 % +6.3 % View data
109 #109
Sweden
42,207 2019 +17.2 % -6.4 % View data
110 #110
Austria
39,808 2019 -0.8 % +2.2 % View data
111 #111
Slovakia
36,619 2019 +0.2 % -1.8 % View data
112 #112
Switzerland
33,445 2019 -2.6 % -3.6 % View data
113 #113
Cyprus
32,885 2019 -0.4 % +0.4 % View data
114 #114
Malawi
31,982 2019 +0.6 % +3.5 % View data
115 #115
Liberia
31,377 2019 +1.2 % +2.6 % View data
116 #116
Ecuador
31,099 2019 -12.6 % -12.9 % View data
117 #117
Zambia
26,737 2019 +2.1 % +2.2 % View data
118 #118
Dominican Republic
25,509 2019 +1.4 % +0.4 % View data
119 #119
Poland
24,643 2019 -10.9 % +2.0 % View data
120 #120
Czech Republic
22,266 2019 +1.7 % -0.2 % View data
121 #121
Botswana
22,251 2019 -0.2 % -0.4 % View data
122 #122
Gabon
22,065 2019 +0.8 % +0.5 % View data
123 #123
Montenegro
18,396 2019 -1.4 % -0.7 % View data
124 #124
Lithuania
17,857 2019 +5.2 % +12.4 % View data
125 #125
North Korea
16,053 2019 -0.2 % -0.9 % View data
126 #126
Finland
15,894 2019 +2.5 % +2.9 % View data
127 #127
Haiti
15,860 2019 +0.4 % +0.5 % View data
128 #128
Mozambique
15,652 2019 -7.5 % -6.4 % View data
129 #129
Denmark
14,638 2019 +1.8 % -0.9 % View data
130 #130
Malaysia
13,849 2019 +0.3 % -0.7 % View data
131 #131
Guyana
13,186 2019 +0.1 % -0.0 % View data
132 #132
Republic of the Congo
13,080 2019 +0.8 % +1.2 % View data
133 #133
Latvia
11,437 2019 +1.9 % +6.2 % View data
134 #134
Slovenia
11,149 2019 +2.5 % +0.5 % View data
135 #135
Belarus
8,831 2019 +0.8 % +4.0 % View data
136 #136
Belgium
8,244 2019 -4.9 % -5.9 % View data
137 #137
Estonia
7,651 2019 +4.7 % -1.3 % View data
138 #138
Faroe Islands
7,076 2019 +0.2 % -0.3 % View data
139 #139
Gambia
6,005 2019 -17.3 % +2.5 % View data
140 #140
East Timor
4,683 2019 -0.6 % -7.5 % View data
141 #141
Equatorial Guinea
4,078 2019 +0.4 % +0.4 % View data
142 #142
Swaziland
4,006 2019 +1.3 % +2.2 % View data
143 #143
Thailand
3,981 2019 -2.1 % -1.9 % View data
144 #144
Bahrain
3,905 2019 +1.0 % -0.5 % View data
145 #145
Western Sahara
3,738 2019 +0.6 % +0.8 % View data
146 #146
Philippines
3,000 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
147 #147
Fiji
2,819 2019 +1.8 % +13.0 % View data
148 #148
Comoros
2,503 2019 +0.9 % +0.8 % View data
149 #149
Greenland
1,795 2019 -0.8 % -0.9 % View data
150 #150
Honduras
1,676 2019 +0.9 % +0.9 % View data
151 #151
Belize
1,621 2019 +2.9 % +4.3 % View data
152 #152
Japan
1,514 2019 -0.1 % +2.6 % View data
153 #153
Trinidad and Tobago
1,425 2019 +0.7 % +1.1 % View data
154 #154
Barbados
1,391 2019 +0.8 % +1.2 % View data
155 #155
Grenada
1,368 2019 +0.2 % +0.3 % View data
156 #156
Antigua and Barbuda
1,363 2019 -1.7 % -0.5 % View data
157 #157
Martinique
1,286 2019 +1.8 % -0.7 % View data
158 #158
Cape Verde
1,285 2019 +1.8 % +1.8 % View data
159 #159
Malta
1,276 2019 -3.1 % +3.9 % View data
160 #160
Sri Lanka
1,088 2019 -4.4 % -0.3 % View data
161 #161
Bhutan
915 2019 -3.2 % -3.2 % View data
162 #162
Saint Lucia
895 2019 -1.2 % -2.9 % View data
163 #163
Luxembourg
863 2019 -0.3 % -0.2 % View data
164 #164
Dominica
802 2019 +0.4 % +0.1 % View data
165 #165
Papua New Guinea
741 2019 +0.9 % +0.3 % View data
166 #166
Puerto Rico
687 2019 -1.9 % +1.7 % View data
167 #167
Nicaragua
684 2019 +1.0 % +1.5 % View data
168 #168
Bahamas
673 2019 -0.0 % +0.4 % View data
169 #169
British Virgin Islands
610 2019 +0.0 % +0.0 % View data
170 #170
Suriname
590 2019 -1.4 % +0.4 % View data
171 #171
El Salvador
533 2019 +0.2 % -0.1 % View data
172 #172
Montserrat
485 2019 +0.2 % +0.2 % View data
173 #173
Brunei
472 2019 +2.0 % +3.4 % View data
174 #174
Liechtenstein
408 2019 +2.2 % +2.6 % View data
175 #175
Sao Tome and Principe
347 2019 +1.0 % +1.6 % View data
176 #176
Mauritius
341 2019 -10.4 % +4.6 % View data
177 #177
United States Virgin Islands
327 2019 +0.0 % +0.1 % View data
178 #178
Costa Rica
283 2019 +0.2 % -0.2 % View data
179 #179
South Korea
226 2019 -2.9 % +0.6 % View data
180 #180
New Caledonia
224 2019 -1.2 % -0.9 % View data
181 #181
Jamaica
132 2019 -1.0 % -2.5 % View data
182 #182
Guadeloupe
128 2019 -4.5 % -4.4 % View data
183 #183
French Guiana
96 2019 -4.3 % -2.5 % View data
184 #184
Réunion
87 2019 -3.2 % -2.8 % View data
185 #185
French Polynesia
44 2019 -0.5 % -0.0 % View data
187 #187
Taiwan
17 2019 -2.0 % -5.2 % View data

Source: FAO

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