Goat Population by Country

India remained the largest goats holder in 2024, adding 16,382,609 head while China lost 11,788,000 head. The figures below come from FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Goats, 2020-2024, reporting stocks quantity in head. The table lists 187 countries; 181 reported a 2024 quantity, and the 2024 annual listed total is 1,187,241,907 head. The 2024 country list for goats stocks runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

India reported 1.79 times as many as China: 210,632,609 head against 117,554,000, while Nigeria ranks third with 90,970,883 head, 26,583,117 head behind China. The top two hold 27.6 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 90,970,883 and 87,035,000 head respectively.

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#	Country	2024
1	India IN	210,632,609
2	China CN	117,554,000
3	Nigeria NG	90,970,883
4	Pakistan PK	87,035,000
5	Ethiopia ET	53,982,678
6	Chad TD	46,494,274
7	Kenya KE	38,426,161
8	Mali ML	33,803,901
9	Sudan SD	31,879,279
10	Tanzania TZ	28,630,227
11	Bangladesh BD	27,117,000
12	Mongolia MN	22,920,180
13	Niger NE	22,031,302
14	Indonesia ID	18,851,413
15	Iran IR	18,107,525
16	Uganda UG	17,401,773
17	South Sudan SS	15,668,794
18	Nepal NP	15,289,954
19	Malawi MW	13,790,630
20	Brazil BR	13,292,844
21	Somalia SO	11,301,103
22	Türkiye TR	10,822,084
23	Burkina Faso BF	10,818,808
24	Yemen YE	10,367,015
25	Ghana GH	9,581,913
26	Mexico MX	8,807,414
27	Afghanistan AF	8,190,291
28	Saudi Arabia SA	7,758,566
29	Mauritania MR	7,149,823
30	Senegal SN	6,918,321
31	Cameroon CM	6,632,453
32	Central African Republic CF	6,193,443
33	Zambia ZM	6,011,286
34	Togo TG	5,960,087
35	Morocco MA	5,709,531
36	Ivory Coast CI	5,447,608
37	Australia AU	5,400,000
38	South Africa ZA	5,100,449
39	Algeria DZ	5,071,523
40	Zimbabwe ZW	4,883,669
41	Guinea GN	4,829,211
42	Turkmenistan TM	4,779,099
43	Burundi BI	4,523,288
44	Angola AO	4,270,675
45	DR Congo CD	4,147,239
46	Argentina AR	4,121,846
47	Mozambique MZ	4,101,030
48	North Korea KP	4,040,502
49	Benin BJ	3,839,654
50	Philippines PH	3,824,485
51	Uzbekistan UZ	3,595,100
52	Vietnam VN	3,166,435
53	Libya LY	2,726,038
54	Oman OM	2,592,694
55	Greece GR	2,576,800
56	United States US	2,470,000
57	Spain ES	2,360,950
58	Myanmar MM	2,300,000
59	Bolivia BO	2,273,735
60	United Arab Emirates AE	2,242,959
61	Tajikistan TJ	2,226,215
62	Syria SY	2,080,141
63	Eritrea ER	1,935,590
64	Haiti HT	1,846,861
65	Namibia NA	1,785,997
66	Peru PE	1,749,263
67	Madagascar MG	1,738,386
68	Russia RU	1,687,316
69	Kazakhstan KZ	1,678,326
70	Rwanda RW	1,624,105
71	Romania RO	1,426,100
72	Iraq IQ	1,353,075
73	France FR	1,339,000
74	Venezuela VE	1,336,543
75	Botswana BW	1,205,792
76	Egypt EG	1,140,000
77	Tunisia TN	1,129,662
78	Colombia CO	1,112,002
79	Italy IT	911,000
80	Jordan JO	880,126
81	Laos LA	843,000
82	Guinea-Bissau GW	830,966
83	Sierra Leone SL	807,401
84	Lesotho LS	700,831
85	Cuba CU	667,000
86	Kyrgyzstan KG	659,048
87	Albania AL	615,188
88	Jamaica JM	602,785
89	Netherlands NL	552,000
90	Eswatini SZ	531,407
91	Djibouti DJ	520,013
92	Thailand TH	483,791
93	Chile CL	418,405
94	Ukraine UA	418,300
95	Azerbaijan AZ	410,000
96	Qatar QA	371,701
97	Sri Lanka LK	351,450
98	Gambia GM	350,728
99	Lebanon LB	349,391
100	Malaysia MY	344,210
101	Liberia LR	337,439
102	Congo CG	325,484
103	Portugal PT	318,650
104	South Korea KR	316,833
105	Fiji FJ	284,591
106	Cyprus CY	228,540
107	Kuwait KW	220,640
108	Dominican Republic DO	201,472
109	Germany DE	168,300
110	Bulgaria BG	150,000
111	Cape Verde CV	147,123
112	Timor-Leste TL	145,192
113	Moldova MD	138,130
114	Taiwan TW	122,316
115	Comoros KM	121,233
116	Serbia RS	119,061
117	Gabon GA	117,387
118	Paraguay PY	117,040
119	Guatemala GT	116,005
120	United Kingdom GB	111,000
121	Israel IL	109,307
122	North Macedonia MK	97,918
123	Austria AT	95,810
124	New Zealand NZ	88,428
125	Switzerland CH	86,796
126	Guyana GY	82,529
127	Costa Rica CR	77,954
128	Norway NO	75,000
129	Croatia HR	68,000
130	Poland PL	63,492
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	62,162
132	Bhutan BT	55,819
133	Georgia GE	49,300
134	Belarus BY	48,000
135	Hungary HU	31,300
136	Canada CA	30,007
137	Czech Republic CZ	27,577
138	Ecuador EC	27,531
139	Montenegro ME	26,833
140	Grenada GD	25,457
141	Slovenia SI	25,125
142	Honduras HN	24,684
143	Bahrain BH	24,500
144	Mauritius MU	23,038
145	Armenia AM	19,486
146	Uruguay UY	18,520
147	Japan JP	16,466
148	French Polynesia PF	15,665
149	Bahamas BS	15,132
150	Antigua and Barbuda AG	15,000
151	Tonga TO	14,826
152	Saint Lucia LC	14,792
153	El Salvador SV	13,745
154	Lithuania LT	13,490
155	Trinidad and Tobago TT	12,687
156	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	10,458
157	Equatorial Guinea GQ	9,955
158	Dominica DM	9,706
159	Vanuatu VU	9,509
160	Latvia LV	9,060
161	Panama PA	8,998
162	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	8,121
163	Ireland IE	7,300
164	Malta MT	6,670
165	Sao Tome and Principe ST	6,201
166	Seychelles SC	5,847
167	Barbados BB	5,655
168	Finland FI	5,140
169	Micronesia FM	4,926
170	Luxembourg LU	4,422
171	Suriname SR	4,382
172	Cook Islands CK	4,053
173	Puerto Rico PR	3,536
174	Estonia EE	3,200
175	Papua New Guinea PG	3,150
176	Brunei BN	3,072
177	Iceland IS	1888
178	New Caledonia NC	1550
179	Singapore SG	754
180	Hong Kong HK	680
181	Belize BZ	193
182	Belgium BE	-
183	Denmark DK	-
184	Nicaragua NI	-
185	Palestine PS	-
186	Slovakia SK	-
187	Sweden SE	-

Goat Population by Country in 2024

India was the largest goats holder in the 2024 listed data with 210,632,609 head, followed by China with 117,554,000 head and Nigeria with 90,970,883 head. Pakistan ranked fourth with 87,035,000 head.

India holds 17.7 percent of the listed 2024 total. The top three together hold 35.3 percent of the 1,187,241,907-head listed total.

India Adds 16,382,609 Head as Goats Stocks Grow 2.2 Percent

From 2023 to 2024 the common reporter universe (181 countries with data in both years) moved from 1,161,749,148 head to 1,187,241,907 head, a change of 25,492,759 head (2.2 percent). The totals listed for each year were 1,161,757,277 head (182 reporters) and 1,187,241,907 head (181 reporters); 1 country reporting in 2023 (8,129 head, Nicaragua) did not report in 2024, while no new reporters joined. India added 16,382,609 head (up 8.4 percent) and Ethiopia 11,217,473 head (up 26.2 percent), while China fell 11,788,000 head (down 9.1 percent).

India Adds 57,272,609 Head as Goats Stocks Grow 8.5 Percent Since 2020

Between 2020 and 2024, the common reporter universe (180 countries with data in both years) rose from 1,094,096,374 head to 1,187,237,485 head, a change of 93,141,111 head (8.5 percent). The totals listed for each year were 1,094,318,141 head (182 reporters) and 1,187,241,907 head (181 reporters); 2 reporters present in 2020 (Palestine, 213,830 head, and Nicaragua, 7,937 head) are absent in 2024, while 1 new reporter added 4,422 head (Luxembourg). India added 57,272,609 head (up 37.3 percent), accounting for 61.5 percent of the increase, while China fell 15,898,500 head (down 11.9 percent) and Pakistan added 8,828,000 head (up 11.3 percent).

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#	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	India	153,360,000	160,000,000	177,300,000	194,250,000	210,632,609
2	China	133,452,500	133,316,400	132,242,500	129,342,000	117,554,000
3	Nigeria	84,039,154	86,140,133	88,043,009	89,536,070	90,970,883
4	Pakistan	78,207,000	80,326,000	82,503,000	84,738,000	87,035,000
5	Ethiopia	52,463,535	49,306,944	45,716,091	42,765,205	53,982,678
6	Chad	41,190,044	43,735,657	46,438,592	49,308,574	46,494,274
7	Kenya	36,021,177	32,570,314	30,558,620	34,989,347	38,426,161
8	Mali	27,810,553	29,201,079	30,661,134	32,194,191	33,803,901
9	Sudan	32,228,194	31,696,449	31,000,000	31,422,050	31,879,279
10	Tanzania	24,311,738	25,574,446	26,580,497	27,586,547	28,630,227
11	Bangladesh	26,435,000	26,604,000	26,774,000	26,945,000	27,117,000
12	Mongolia	27,720,253	26,456,089	27,569,395	24,618,228	22,920,180
13	Niger	18,832,451	19,585,749	20,369,178	21,183,944	22,031,302
14	Indonesia	18,689,711	18,904,347	18,560,835	18,412,609	18,851,413
15	Iran	16,663,721	18,267,000	18,309,000	18,374,995	18,107,525
16	Uganda	17,097,000	17,358,355	17,406,160	17,440,804	17,401,773
17	South Sudan	17,590,326	14,412,722	16,444,483	16,149,177	15,668,794
18	Nepal	12,811,953	13,442,614	13,990,703	14,541,244	15,289,954
19	Malawi	10,727,448	11,104,382	12,238,382	12,994,613	13,790,630
20	Brazil	12,101,686	11,897,204	12,390,490	12,891,233	13,292,844
21	Somalia	11,670,251	11,437,018	11,374,244	11,337,673	11,301,103
22	Türkiye	11,985,845	12,341,514	11,577,862	10,302,940	10,822,084
23	Burkina Faso	12,956,000	10,754,755	10,798,342	10,842,105	10,818,808
24	Yemen	9,562,880	10,041,023	10,295,620	10,313,872	10,367,015
25	Ghana	8,180,000	8,411,000	8,714,896	9,268,887	9,581,913
26	Mexico	8,830,720	8,786,027	8,824,664	8,840,467	8,807,414
27	Afghanistan	8,002,444	7,883,967	7,998,225	8,097,476	8,190,291
28	Saudi Arabia	6,100,000	6,095,789	6,779,154	7,417,684	7,758,566
29	Mauritania	6,830,805	7,198,365	7,188,153	7,239,981	7,149,823
30	Senegal	6,489,523	6,385,674	7,558,169	6,811,122	6,918,321
31	Cameroon	6,551,924	6,589,056	6,572,453	6,602,453	6,632,453
32	Central African Republic	6,059,946	6,100,000	6,200,000	6,261,401	6,193,443
33	Zambia	4,044,404	4,223,372	4,455,860	5,568,730	6,011,286
34	Togo	4,675,559	5,049,604	5,453,572	5,849,954	5,960,087
35	Morocco	5,960,600	6,207,391	6,045,690	5,843,280	5,709,531
36	Ivory Coast	3,657,168	3,990,632	4,563,406	4,901,055	5,447,608
37	Australia	3,300,000	3,400,000	3,800,000	4,135,125	5,400,000
38	South Africa	5,170,127	5,150,163	5,138,635	5,125,311	5,100,449
39	Algeria	4,908,168	5,029,042	5,127,003	5,102,740	5,071,523
40	Zimbabwe	5,550,904	5,686,925	6,171,932	6,464,047	4,883,669
41	Guinea	3,699,431	3,947,834	4,212,916	4,486,307	4,829,211
42	Turkmenistan	4,683,497	4,699,654	4,680,048	4,883,012	4,779,099
43	Burundi	2,788,052	4,182,683	4,379,476	4,585,527	4,523,288
44	Angola	4,115,399	4,251,196	4,253,234	4,261,226	4,270,675
45	DR Congo	4,118,849	4,125,764	4,133,019	4,140,123	4,147,239
46	Argentina	4,695,830	4,280,903	3,954,991	4,127,245	4,121,846
47	Mozambique	3,265,537	3,470,167	4,405,952	4,101,030	4,101,030
48	North Korea	3,753,000	3,790,932	3,976,077	4,000,211	4,040,502
49	Benin	2,880,913	3,513,827	3,619,241	3,727,819	3,839,654
50	Philippines	3,813,454	3,868,337	3,908,131	3,902,482	3,824,485
51	Uzbekistan	3,629,600	3,643,200	3,664,500	3,584,300	3,595,100
52	Vietnam	2,654,573	2,739,494	3,001,267	3,058,829	3,166,435
53	Libya	2,569,370	2,636,800	2,672,710	2,726,245	2,726,038
54	Oman	2,395,243	2,443,150	2,492,013	2,541,855	2,592,694
55	Greece	3,149,000	3,135,100	2,960,900	2,836,100	2,576,800
56	United States	2,655,000	2,606,000	2,570,000	2,527,000	2,470,000
57	Spain	2,651,040	2,589,760	2,463,450	2,293,470	2,360,950
58	Myanmar	2,145,200	2,224,000	2,300,000	2,300,000	2,300,000
59	Bolivia	2,266,351	2,281,252	2,281,625	2,280,188	2,273,735
60	United Arab Emirates	2,399,264	2,294,115	2,235,919	2,198,842	2,242,959
61	Tajikistan	1,973,000	2,038,000	2,093,200	2,175,500	2,226,215
62	Syria	1,995,923	1,906,542	2,028,594	2,192,379	2,080,141
63	Eritrea	1,887,808	1,906,212	1,915,139	1,925,364	1,935,590
64	Haiti	1,705,493	1,759,186	1,861,731	1,842,905	1,846,861
65	Namibia	1,607,280	1,276,243	2,041,257	1,837,132	1,785,997
66	Peru	1,801,257	1,754,968	1,767,612	1,764,665	1,749,263
67	Madagascar	1,616,494	1,865,000	1,963,902	1,855,851	1,738,386
68	Russia	1,962,609	1,874,524	1,811,125	1,748,200	1,687,316
69	Kazakhstan	1,814,000	1,893,000	1,883,956	1,705,701	1,678,326
70	Rwanda	1,745,806	1,686,462	1,513,140	1,545,121	1,624,105
71	Romania	1,611,800	1,492,500	1,483,200	1,421,700	1,426,100
72	Iraq	1,352,388	1,376,393	1,400,824	1,425,689	1,353,075
73	France	1,413,980	1,387,770	1,353,000	1,340,000	1,339,000
74	Venezuela	1,584,917	1,605,360	1,394,657	1,360,576	1,336,543
75	Botswana	1,241,957	1,250,865	1,210,035	1,178,713	1,205,792
76	Egypt	925,000	1,131,000	1,244,000	1,139,000	1,140,000
77	Tunisia	1,199,120	1,153,201	1,118,828	1,157,002	1,129,662
78	Colombia	1,136,839	1,149,054	1,155,721	1,148,239	1,112,002
79	Italy	1,065,710	1,060,750	1,010,000	980,000	911,000
80	Jordan	762,752	803,940	733,210	908,328	880,126
81	Laos	682,000	717,000	763,000	801,000	843,000
82	Guinea-Bissau	808,074	800,294	811,005	821,129	830,966
83	Sierra Leone	890,441	835,522	825,639	816,608	807,401
84	Lesotho	628,561	279,573	957,522	865,398	700,831
85	Cuba	713,900	706,900	634,500	667,300	667,000
86	Kyrgyzstan	770,704	742,507	685,368	662,917	659,048
87	Albania	774,332	775,337	721,555	640,242	615,188
88	Jamaica	565,749	578,970	587,237	595,011	602,785
89	Netherlands	557,000	575,000	570,000	566,000	552,000
90	Eswatini	527,238	525,268	527,185	529,102	531,407
91	Djibouti	518,025	518,611	519,097	519,555	520,013
92	Thailand	466,497	466,556	471,831	477,716	483,791
93	Chile	425,299	422,374	418,073	422,354	418,405
94	Ukraine	545,700	519,400	487,200	422,800	418,300
95	Azerbaijan	605,925	585,520	580,840	419,905	410,000
96	Qatar	458,835	384,703	358,137	372,262	371,701
97	Sri Lanka	334,430	361,740	365,790	350,550	351,450
98	Gambia	378,231	391,847	405,954	334,984	350,728
99	Lebanon	386,292	347,113	337,626	363,433	349,391
100	Malaysia	324,355	323,994	335,137	338,260	344,210
101	Liberia	345,699	341,236	339,823	338,630	337,439
102	Congo	324,867	325,297	325,042	325,263	325,484
103	Portugal	368,420	364,500	352,050	335,620	318,650
104	South Korea	314,087	308,992	306,776	312,638	316,833
105	Fiji	275,694	278,552	279,563	281,999	284,591
106	Cyprus	261,110	257,120	254,180	233,920	228,540
107	Kuwait	214,260	219,760	223,115	219,045	220,640
108	Dominican Republic	236,688	232,844	225,598	215,107	201,472
109	Germany	161,000	164,000	159,000	162,600	168,300
110	Bulgaria	253,400	215,000	184,020	174,950	150,000
111	Cape Verde	131,737	135,426	139,218	143,116	147,123
112	Timor-Leste	191,390	205,801	215,016	159,275	145,192
113	Moldova	142,000	139,926	137,021	133,034	138,130
114	Taiwan	130,595	126,067	116,496	107,295	122,316
115	Comoros	121,281	121,244	121,125	121,179	121,233
116	Serbia	202,325	195,037	191,703	147,077	119,061
117	Gabon	115,844	116,382	117,379	118,237	117,387
118	Paraguay	109,303	105,684	133,799	154,382	117,040
119	Guatemala	114,909	115,196	115,497	115,751	116,005
120	United Kingdom	112,000	111,000	111,000	111,000	111,000
121	Israel	116,293	116,000	144,500	114,127	109,307
122	North Macedonia	95,008	75,753	80,186	85,528	97,918
123	Austria	92,760	100,600	99,020	96,940	95,810
124	New Zealand	96,416	116,666	88,428	88,428	88,428
125	Switzerland	79,562	82,045	82,313	81,256	86,796
126	Guyana	82,288	82,324	82,393	82,461	82,529
127	Costa Rica	67,000	74,038	78,826	77,522	77,954
128	Norway	67,007	69,320	70,400	71,500	75,000
129	Croatia	86,000	86,000	82,000	73,000	68,000
130	Poland	44,204	54,091	62,580	60,897	63,492
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina	71,336	48,372	44,588	51,003	62,162
132	Bhutan	44,119	59,577	56,004	60,798	55,819
133	Georgia	49,700	50,300	52,500	50,200	49,300
134	Belarus	56,900	53,300	52,000	50,300	48,000
135	Hungary	47,000	45,600	41,000	31,300	31,300
136	Canada	30,039	30,012	30,000	30,004	30,007
137	Czech Republic	28,919	25,409	24,610	28,757	27,577
138	Ecuador	14,092	57,849	23,789	28,641	27,531
139	Montenegro	27,823	29,032	29,136	28,950	26,833
140	Grenada	20,000	25,000	25,000	25,000	25,457
141	Slovenia	25,680	25,684	25,960	26,824	25,125
142	Honduras	24,564	24,634	24,711	24,697	24,684
143	Bahrain	21,000	25,000	24,400	25,000	24,500
144	Mauritius	25,782	22,142	21,608	23,924	23,038
145	Armenia	22,934	24,365	21,943	20,561	19,486
146	Uruguay	18,134	18,265	18,317	18,418	18,520
147	Japan	16,665	16,279	16,497	16,482	16,466
148	French Polynesia	15,999	15,908	15,817	15,741	15,665
149	Bahamas	14,996	15,076	15,063	15,093	15,132
150	Antigua and Barbuda	19,436	17,979	16,000	15,000	15,000
151	Tonga	14,402	14,651	14,454	14,636	14,826
152	Saint Lucia	13,847	14,644	14,332	14,523	14,792
153	El Salvador	14,393	14,502	14,229	13,970	13,745
154	Lithuania	14,700	14,700	14,990	13,980	13,490
155	Trinidad and Tobago	14,776	13,970	12,205	13,496	12,687
156	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10,336	10,296	10,319	10,389	10,458
157	Equatorial Guinea	9,725	9,817	9,861	9,908	9,955
158	Dominica	9,705	9,706	9,705	9,706	9,706
159	Vanuatu	11,098	9,094	6,966	4,918	9,509
160	Latvia	11,480	11,400	11,680	10,340	9,060
161	Panama	8,840	8,885	8,915	8,957	8,998
162	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6,661	7,501	9,000	9,324	8,121
163	Ireland	8,800	9,400	9,240	9,200	7,300
164	Malta	5,530	5,640	6,520	6,560	6,670
165	Sao Tome and Principe	6,045	6,083	6,106	6,153	6,201
166	Seychelles	5,721	5,748	5,781	5,814	5,847
167	Barbados	5,545	5,594	5,604	5,629	5,655
168	Finland	6,000	5,900	6,300	5,800	5,140
169	Micronesia	4,752	4,876	4,792	4,857	4,926
170	Luxembourg	-	-	5,090	4,253	4,422
171	Suriname	3,814	4,235	4,286	4,624	4,382
172	Cook Islands	4,347	4,257	4,178	4,100	4,053
173	Puerto Rico	3,612	3,607	3,446	3,555	3,536
174	Estonia	4,500	4,300	4,000	3,700	3,200
175	Papua New Guinea	3,091	3,136	3,130	3,140	3,150
176	Brunei	6,110	4,169	4,160	3,559	3,072
177	Iceland	1621	1672	1875	1835	1888
178	New Caledonia	2000	1873	1700	1600	1550
179	Singapore	730	720	733	742	754
180	Hong Kong	704	689	683	682	680
181	Belize	188	191	191	192	193
182	Belgium	-	-	75,360	-	-
183	Denmark	-	-	18,280	-	-
184	Nicaragua	7,937	8,025	8,068	8,129	-
185	Palestine	213,830	239,966	249,197	-	-
186	Slovakia	-	-	20,500	-	-
187	Sweden	-	-	12,000	-	-

Methodology

Percentage changes use the corresponding value in the earlier year as the base. Yearly totals sum FAO Crops and Livestock Products stocks quantity (Element 5111) for item Goats, 2020-2024. For goats stocks, quantities are shown as whole head. The 2024 goats stocks ranking and shares use 2024 listed quantities. In the goats stocks data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For goats stocks changes, only countries with quantities in both endpoint years enter the arithmetic. Stocks record the standing herd, not a production flow. Production quantities are reported to FAO by national statistical sources.