Country rankings
Cattle Population by Country
Brazil has the highest Cattle Population in 2024 (238M), followed by India (195M) and United States (87.2M). Niue has the lowest (113).
Cattle PopulationBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
190 of 235 countriesCattle Population, 2024
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Ranking
Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 190 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
1.5M
Middle half 153.8K – 5.6M
Average
8.3M
190 countries
Highest
238M
Brazil
Lowest
113
Niue
Over time · 1970–2024
The top 5 in 2024, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Brazil
- India
- United States
- Ethiopia
- China
Data
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190 countries · # = rank by Cattle Population
What correlates with Cattle Population (2024)?
Pearson r against 1,427 other country metrics sharing at least 114 countries. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Cattle Population tend to score higher on these
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Cattle Population tend to score lower on these
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Cattle Population?
- Brazil has the highest Cattle Population in 2024, at 238M, followed by India (195M) and United States (87.2M).
- Which country has the lowest Cattle Population?
- Niue has the lowest Cattle Population in 2024, at 113.
- What is the median Cattle Population across countries?
- The median is 1.5M across the 190 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this cattle population by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - Statistics; US Department of Agriculture - Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade; US Office of the Historian - USSR History; Czechoslovakia - Britannica.