Pig Population by Country

China remained the largest swine holder while losing 6,792,700 head and Russia added 1,409,073 head. The figures below come from FAO Crops and Livestock Products records for item Swine / pigs, 2020-2024, reporting stocks quantity in head. The table lists 172 countries; 171 reported a 2024 quantity, and the 2024 annual listed total is 961,715,686 head. The 2024 country list runs from the largest listed quantity to the smallest.

China reported 5.71 times as many as the United States: 427,430,000 head against 74,905,400, while Brazil ranks third with 43,914,785 head, 30,990,615 head fewer than the United States. The top two hold 52.2 percent of the listed total, with third and fourth at 43,914,785 and 34,565,280 head respectively.

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#	Country	2024
1	China CN	427,430,000
2	United States US	74,905,400
3	Brazil BR	43,914,785
4	Spain ES	34,565,280
5	Russia RU	29,015,221
6	Vietnam VN	26,519,409
7	Germany DE	21,292,300
8	Mexico MX	19,856,591
9	Canada CA	13,985,000
10	Malawi MW	12,140,948
11	France FR	11,714,940
12	Denmark DK	11,583,000
13	South Korea KR	10,845,848
14	Colombia CO	10,668,276
15	Netherlands NL	10,192,000
16	Nigeria NG	9,958,091
17	Philippines PH	9,566,230
18	Poland PL	9,078,250
19	Japan JP	8,798,000
20	India IN	8,299,528
21	Thailand TH	7,867,214
22	Italy IT	7,820,490
23	Myanmar MM	7,800,000
24	Uganda UG	7,053,559
25	Argentina AR	6,115,215
26	Indonesia ID	5,767,595
27	Belgium BE	5,375,200
28	Taiwan TW	5,104,923
29	Laos LA	4,767,000
30	United Kingdom GB	4,715,669
31	Ukraine UA	4,521,100
32	Peru PE	3,519,668
33	Romania RO	3,257,500
34	Angola AO	3,188,105
35	Bolivia BO	3,143,989
36	Guatemala GT	3,044,525
37	Hungary HU	2,802,400
38	Chile CL	2,777,625
39	Austria AT	2,534,440
40	Australia AU	2,497,379
41	North Korea KP	2,462,814
42	Serbia RS	2,349,176
43	Venezuela VE	2,311,261
44	Cameroon CM	2,255,581
45	Belarus BY	2,197,300
46	Portugal PT	2,192,680
47	Madagascar MG	2,124,304
48	Papua New Guinea PG	2,055,539
49	Cambodia KH	2,014,037
50	Mozambique MZ	1,755,399
51	Paraguay PY	1,674,266
52	Burundi BI	1,540,229
53	Burkina Faso BF	1,525,188
54	Zambia ZM	1,501,285
55	Nepal NP	1,497,411
56	Ireland IE	1,473,750
57	Czech Republic CZ	1,421,820
58	Sweden SE	1,360,460
59	South Africa ZA	1,315,727
60	Switzerland CH	1,274,949
61	Malaysia MY	1,234,242
62	Togo TG	1,167,893
63	Central African Republic CF	1,121,182
64	Benin BJ	1,104,012
65	Rwanda RW	1,062,978
66	Haiti HT	1,024,619
67	DR Congo CD	1,016,111
68	Finland FI	974,130
69	Ghana GH	951,401
70	Kenya KE	949,807
71	Ecuador EC	896,457
72	Croatia HR	873,000
73	Greece GR	786,200
74	Norway NO	709,600
75	Bulgaria BG	700,780
76	Costa Rica CR	559,743
77	Tanzania TZ	539,088
78	Dominican Republic DO	520,076
79	Panama PA	508,934
80	Senegal SN	503,379
81	Lithuania LT	496,790
82	Kazakhstan KZ	479,662
83	Ivory Coast CI	472,572
84	Honduras HN	453,773
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	447,474
86	Guinea-Bissau GW	434,193
87	Slovakia SK	412,310
88	Timor-Leste TL	385,128
89	Moldova MD	379,619
90	Cyprus CY	309,790
91	Sierra Leone SL	307,970
92	Zimbabwe ZW	301,747
93	Latvia LV	300,060
94	Estonia EE	283,550
95	Liberia LR	273,192
96	El Salvador SV	245,241
97	New Zealand NZ	243,588
98	Slovenia SI	232,350
99	Gabon GA	225,991
100	Jamaica JM	220,979
101	Armenia AM	186,951
102	Guinea GN	183,169
103	North Macedonia MK	179,682
104	Uruguay UY	147,258
105	Georgia GE	141,600
106	Israel IL	135,796
107	Fiji FJ	120,000
108	Cuba CU	117,000
109	Chad TD	115,004
110	Hong Kong HK	114,358
111	Sri Lanka LK	109,660
112	Albania AL	104,042
113	Congo CG	103,498
114	Samoa WS	91,647
115	Mali ML	91,478
116	Namibia NA	87,256
117	Tonga TO	85,523
118	Vanuatu VU	76,165
119	Cape Verde CV	73,057
120	Luxembourg LU	64,810
121	Solomon Islands SB	55,519
122	Eswatini SZ	55,271
123	Niger NE	42,943
124	Sao Tome and Principe ST	42,594
125	Puerto Rico PR	40,725
126	Uzbekistan UZ	39,817
127	Micronesia FM	39,004
128	Ethiopia ET	37,330
129	Malta MT	37,210
130	New Caledonia NC	36,916
131	Lesotho LS	35,490
132	Bhutan BT	34,059
133	Suriname SR	33,632
134	Trinidad and Tobago TT	31,010
135	Montenegro ME	29,270
136	French Polynesia PF	29,124
137	Kyrgyzstan KG	26,647
138	Iceland IS	26,000
139	Gambia GM	25,243
140	Barbados BB	24,725
141	Mauritius MU	23,712
142	Mongolia MN	21,258
143	Egypt EG	20,688
144	Cook Islands CK	19,511
145	Kiribati KI	15,592
146	Tuvalu TV	14,795
147	Belize BZ	13,892
148	Saint Lucia LC	10,039
149	Guyana GY	9,566
150	Turkmenistan TM	7,890
151	Morocco MA	7,782
152	Equatorial Guinea GQ	7,548
153	Lebanon LB	7,474
154	Botswana BW	7,083
155	Seychelles SC	6,903
156	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	6,876
157	Tunisia TN	5,449
158	Azerbaijan AZ	5,304
159	Dominica DM	5,058
160	Bahamas BS	5,021
161	Antigua and Barbuda AG	4,984
162	Algeria DZ	4,808
163	Grenada GD	3,843
164	Somalia SO	3,734
165	Nauru NR	3,034
166	Saint Kitts and Nevis KN	2,827
167	Niue NU	2,362
168	Türkiye TR	1724
169	Brunei BN	553
170	Tajikistan TJ	400
171	Syria SY	13
172	Nicaragua NI	-

Pig Population by Country in 2024

China was the largest swine holder in the 2024 listed data with 427,430,000 head, followed by the United States with 74,905,400 head and Brazil with 43,914,785 head. Spain ranked fourth with 34,565,280 head.

China holds 44.4 percent of the listed 2024 total. The top three together hold 56.8 percent of the 961,715,686-head listed total.

China Falls 6,792,700 Head as Pig Stocks Edge Down 0.3 Percent Among Common Reporters

From 2023 to 2024 the common reporter universe (171 countries with data in both years) moved from 965,001,320 head to 961,715,686 head, a change of -3,285,634 head (-0.3 percent). The totals listed for each year were 965,705,155 head (172 reporters) and 961,715,686 head (171 reporters); 1 country reporting in 2023 (703,835 head, Nicaragua) did not report in 2024, while no new reporters joined. China fell 6,792,700 head (down 1.6 percent), while Russia added 1,409,073 head (up 5.1 percent) and Italy fell 1,350,510 head (down 14.7 percent).

China Adds 20,925,800 Head as Pig Stocks Grow 2.4 Percent Among Common Reporters Since 2020

Between 2020 and 2024, the common reporter universe (171 countries with data in both years) rose from 939,164,356 head to 961,715,686 head, a change of 22,551,330 head (2.4 percent). The totals listed for each year were 939,791,204 head (172 reporters) and 961,715,686 head (171 reporters); 1 reporter present in 2020 (626,848 head, Nicaragua) is absent in 2024, while no new reporters joined. China added 20,925,800 head (up 5.1 percent), while Germany fell 4,777,600 head (down 18.3 percent) and Colombia added 4,718,163 head (up 79.3 percent).

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#	Country	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	China	406,504,200	449,224,200	452,560,000	434,222,700	427,430,000
2	United States	77,312,000	74,606,100	74,955,500	75,461,300	74,905,400
3	Brazil	41,211,188	42,550,892	44,388,351	43,124,200	43,914,785
4	Spain	32,796,070	34,454,090	34,073,380	33,803,040	34,565,280
5	Russia	25,163,165	25,850,147	26,192,944	27,606,148	29,015,221
6	Vietnam	22,027,858	23,202,782	24,745,382	25,546,030	26,519,409
7	Germany	26,069,900	23,762,300	21,366,300	21,223,700	21,292,300
8	Mexico	18,788,002	18,928,554	19,225,998	19,532,854	19,856,591
9	Canada	14,065,000	14,120,000	14,155,000	13,895,000	13,985,000
10	Malawi	7,794,586	10,698,418	9,318,943	11,507,091	12,140,948
11	France	13,393,000	12,941,000	12,182,590	11,794,050	11,714,940
12	Denmark	13,391,000	13,152,000	11,541,000	11,368,000	11,583,000
13	South Korea	11,078,032	11,216,566	11,123,872	11,089,026	10,845,848
14	Colombia	5,950,113	9,658,204	9,658,204	10,639,149	10,668,276
15	Netherlands	11,541,000	10,872,000	10,706,000	10,375,000	10,192,000
16	Nigeria	8,941,888	9,299,563	9,515,952	9,717,469	9,958,091
17	Philippines	12,795,721	9,943,119	9,426,092	9,765,636	9,566,230
18	Poland	11,727,400	10,242,400	9,624,250	9,769,700	9,078,250
19	Japan	9,240,358	9,290,000	8,949,000	8,956,000	8,798,000
20	India	8,838,968	8,807,618	8,635,575	8,467,552	8,299,528
21	Thailand	7,848,826	7,879,613	7,852,721	7,859,968	7,867,214
22	Italy	8,543,030	8,407,970	8,739,000	9,171,000	7,820,490
23	Myanmar	6,778,694	7,337,000	7,803,000	7,800,000	7,800,000
24	Uganda	4,521,000	7,083,943	7,090,656	7,100,078	7,053,559
25	Argentina	5,376,958	5,350,999	5,477,107	5,887,401	6,115,215
26	Indonesia	7,622,724	7,178,088	6,748,614	6,319,818	5,767,595
27	Belgium	6,218,270	6,042,150	5,751,180	5,380,020	5,375,200
28	Taiwan	5,512,274	5,471,588	5,316,431	5,145,509	5,104,923
29	Laos	4,298,000	4,300,000	4,408,000	4,540,000	4,767,000
30	United Kingdom	5,055,000	5,323,000	5,220,443	4,683,319	4,715,669
31	Ukraine	5,727,400	5,876,200	5,608,800	4,948,300	4,521,100
32	Peru	3,265,145	3,342,910	3,455,032	3,467,015	3,519,668
33	Romania	3,784,500	3,619,600	3,328,700	3,154,100	3,257,500
34	Angola	2,906,550	2,948,063	3,013,084	3,094,594	3,188,105
35	Bolivia	3,209,604	3,189,090	3,176,164	3,190,607	3,143,989
36	Guatemala	2,897,617	2,989,920	3,002,627	3,023,576	3,044,525
37	Hungary	2,850,000	2,725,900	2,558,100	2,607,700	2,802,400
38	Chile	2,713,123	2,881,192	2,767,236	2,815,970	2,777,625
39	Austria	2,806,460	2,785,590	2,650,150	2,516,460	2,534,440
40	Australia	2,258,046	2,577,597	2,552,808	2,466,890	2,497,379
41	North Korea	2,306,000	2,257,390	2,425,398	2,451,646	2,462,814
42	Serbia	2,983,102	2,868,121	2,666,983	2,140,989	2,349,176
43	Venezuela	3,089,315	2,592,996	2,131,456	2,209,330	2,311,261
44	Cameroon	2,188,503	2,168,648	2,248,930	2,281,306	2,255,581
45	Belarus	2,844,700	2,526,300	2,512,700	2,493,000	2,197,300
46	Portugal	2,251,970	2,221,020	2,183,320	2,181,040	2,192,680
47	Madagascar	1,928,718	2,119,795	2,226,780	2,026,336	2,124,304
48	Papua New Guinea	2,063,194	2,051,253	2,048,983	2,052,261	2,055,539
49	Cambodia	2,186,911	2,068,735	2,110,539	2,062,405	2,014,037
50	Mozambique	1,635,011	1,827,681	2,319,450	1,175,399	1,755,399
51	Paraguay	1,461,381	1,600,294	1,801,460	1,621,045	1,674,266
52	Burundi	866,819	1,347,582	1,410,985	1,477,371	1,540,229
53	Burkina Faso	1,674,000	1,419,732	1,454,086	1,489,271	1,525,188
54	Zambia	1,166,924	1,226,346	1,160,842	1,613,248	1,501,285
55	Nepal	1,519,593	1,588,838	1,504,624	1,357,507	1,497,411
56	Ireland	1,678,570	1,713,590	1,570,390	1,407,610	1,473,750
57	Czech Republic	1,546,020	1,493,440	1,328,820	1,362,280	1,421,820
58	Sweden	1,389,300	1,372,500	1,416,270	1,326,440	1,360,460
59	South Africa	1,356,892	1,344,307	1,323,370	1,321,219	1,315,727
60	Switzerland	1,348,306	1,366,359	1,372,772	1,324,415	1,274,949
61	Malaysia	1,869,772	1,672,995	1,502,947	1,240,224	1,234,242
62	Togo	1,107,194	1,129,337	1,151,925	1,173,728	1,167,893
63	Central African Republic	1,098,071	1,119,440	1,120,136	1,110,580	1,121,182
64	Benin	750,868	826,830	910,477	1,002,585	1,104,012
65	Rwanda	1,246,891	1,061,758	786,191	618,439	1,062,978
66	Haiti	1,025,665	1,026,001	1,022,680	1,023,649	1,024,619
67	DR Congo	999,656	1,003,343	1,007,850	1,011,972	1,016,111
68	Finland	1,103,900	1,093,700	997,670	984,340	974,130
69	Ghana	946,000	785,000	833,006	917,783	951,401
70	Kenya	649,273	674,746	792,906	840,160	949,807
71	Ecuador	1,059,842	1,053,923	943,249	983,999	896,457
72	Croatia	1,033,000	972,000	945,000	853,000	873,000
73	Greece	743,000	758,900	741,600	771,500	786,200
74	Norway	768,211	772,688	773,800	730,000	709,600
75	Bulgaria	592,100	694,660	601,700	724,750	700,780
76	Costa Rica	405,613	476,000	555,952	585,208	559,743
77	Tanzania	527,874	532,535	534,499	536,845	539,088
78	Dominican Republic	469,205	486,278	506,457	513,267	520,076
79	Panama	365,700	403,700	417,616	420,058	508,934
80	Senegal	457,475	469,828	486,278	502,329	503,379
81	Lithuania	580,400	573,800	517,420	497,090	496,790
82	Kazakhstan	570,000	550,000	509,824	483,288	479,662
83	Ivory Coast	439,404	447,429	455,626	464,006	472,572
84	Honduras	458,493	458,060	457,160	455,241	453,773
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	546,771	555,792	471,555	400,677	447,474
86	Guinea-Bissau	446,076	440,507	437,915	436,054	434,193
87	Slovakia	538,310	453,080	380,900	403,040	412,310
88	Timor-Leste	374,660	246,629	358,257	385,048	385,128
89	Moldova	339,500	347,888	340,079	350,717	379,619
90	Cyprus	359,060	360,590	330,870	309,760	309,790
91	Sierra Leone	212,306	248,700	266,702	286,503	307,970
92	Zimbabwe	269,508	278,106	362,732	362,906	301,747
93	Latvia	306,820	327,020	307,950	289,980	300,060
94	Estonia	316,600	308,000	269,380	274,960	283,550
95	Liberia	285,283	279,207	276,843	275,014	273,192
96	El Salvador	250,000	241,969	161,090	246,431	245,241
97	New Zealand	234,533	248,717	275,291	249,796	243,588
98	Slovenia	229,480	215,710	202,150	196,140	232,350
99	Gabon	224,524	225,886	224,692	225,341	225,991
100	Jamaica	216,975	218,268	218,654	219,817	220,979
101	Armenia	223,250	200,221	166,095	180,805	186,951
102	Guinea	154,211	161,834	169,834	161,960	183,169
103	North Macedonia	164,074	186,146	182,604	193,412	179,682
104	Uruguay	162,000	169,000	161,000	153,000	147,258
105	Georgia	155,500	165,700	152,900	150,200	141,600
106	Israel	183,808	163,610	139,543	133,004	135,796
107	Fiji	74,645	73,349	69,879	66,942	120,000
108	Cuba	1,120,699	1,075,500	1,456,200	116,500	117,000
109	Chad	112,041	114,652	113,878	114,441	115,004
110	Hong Kong	119,239	110,150	120,698	112,227	114,358
111	Sri Lanka	92,640	99,010	100,250	101,970	109,660
112	Albania	158,401	159,237	137,304	114,833	104,042
113	Congo	101,549	102,507	103,471	102,505	103,498
114	Samoa	115,844	104,261	95,651	91,148	91,647
115	Mali	87,215	88,262	89,322	90,394	91,478
116	Namibia	122,001	97,962	95,920	86,329	87,256
117	Tonga	84,186	84,524	84,982	85,253	85,523
118	Vanuatu	81,755	80,598	79,472	78,403	76,165
119	Cape Verde	70,206	70,908	71,617	72,333	73,057
120	Luxembourg	82,130	78,330	66,410	65,200	64,810
121	Solomon Islands	55,262	55,403	55,437	55,478	55,519
122	Eswatini	53,549	62,360	55,244	51,462	55,271
123	Niger	42,650	42,784	42,817	42,880	42,943
124	Sao Tome and Principe	38,693	39,251	39,826	41,194	42,594
125	Puerto Rico	44,053	44,550	36,069	41,557	40,725
126	Uzbekistan	52,430	49,460	45,166	40,299	39,817
127	Micronesia	37,823	38,643	39,100	38,555	39,004
128	Ethiopia	36,000	35,618	36,174	36,750	37,330
129	Malta	40,090	40,050	29,550	35,790	37,210
130	New Caledonia	36,877	36,947	36,821	36,868	36,916
131	Lesotho	36,401	28,018	42,735	35,718	35,490
132	Bhutan	17,577	22,954	33,082	29,625	34,059
133	Suriname	34,232	34,982	33,878	33,836	33,632
134	Trinidad and Tobago	34,245	29,065	31,239	28,376	31,010
135	Montenegro	25,806	24,327	24,514	24,227	29,270
136	French Polynesia	28,795	28,998	29,213	29,169	29,124
137	Kyrgyzstan	29,465	29,508	25,640	29,676	26,647
138	Iceland	27,000	26,000	26,000	26,000	26,000
139	Gambia	14,985	15,024	15,063	22,948	25,243
140	Barbados	22,891	23,444	24,000	23,445	24,725
141	Mauritius	20,749	22,422	21,484	23,101	23,712
142	Mongolia	24,531	30,577	34,798	25,636	21,258
143	Egypt	22,000	20,000	21,000	20,379	20,688
144	Cook Islands	26,855	25,000	24,000	22,817	19,511
145	Kiribati	15,165	15,423	15,172	15,383	15,592
146	Tuvalu	14,554	14,633	14,667	14,731	14,795
147	Belize	20,198	15,888	14,541	14,094	13,892
148	Saint Lucia	13,222	9,282	10,000	10,835	10,039
149	Guyana	9,477	9,584	9,660	9,613	9,566
150	Turkmenistan	7,352	7,743	7,753	7,958	7,890
151	Morocco	7,785	7,790	7,799	7,790	7,782
152	Equatorial Guinea	7,363	7,454	7,361	7,455	7,548
153	Lebanon	7,356	7,296	7,464	7,469	7,474
154	Botswana	4,240	5,750	6,999	8,500	7,083
155	Seychelles	6,300	7,800	7,800	7,689	6,903
156	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6,234	6,367	6,760	6,818	6,876
157	Tunisia	5,469	5,479	5,474	5,462	5,449
158	Azerbaijan	5,877	5,954	5,130	4,828	5,304
159	Dominica	5,055	5,058	5,051	5,055	5,058
160	Bahamas	5,002	5,009	5,021	5,021	5,021
161	Antigua and Barbuda	5,001	5,015	4,964	4,974	4,984
162	Algeria	4,930	4,892	4,860	4,834	4,808
163	Grenada	4,706	5,000	5,000	4,786	3,843
164	Somalia	3,744	3,744	3,782	3,758	3,734
165	Nauru	3,006	3,033	3,027	3,031	3,034
166	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2,600	3,500	3,300	3,221	2,827
167	Niue	2,299	2,322	2,328	2,345	2,362
168	Türkiye	990	1353	1648	1673	1724
169	Brunei	1255	1082	900	729	553
170	Tajikistan	900	600	300	300	400
171	Syria	11	10	10	10	13
172	Nicaragua	626,848	654,239	684,400	703,835	-

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 Swine / pigs, 2020-2024. For swine stocks, quantities are shown as whole head. The 2024 swine stocks ranking and shares use 2024 listed quantities. In the swine stocks data, zero means a reported nil or negligible flow; an empty cell means no quantity was reported. For swine 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.