Number of cattle and buffaloes (thousand heads)
1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
India | 2,31,925 | 2,78,150 | 2,84,822 | 2,93,000 | 3,02,500 | 3,00,000 | 2,99,600 | 3,00,200 | 3,00,600 | 3,01,000 | 3,01,400 | 3,01,900 | 3,02,700 | 3,03,200 | 3,05,500 |
Brazil | 81,131 | 1,50,000 | 1,50,382 | 1,72,111 | 1,90,925 | 1,97,550 | 2,03,273 | 2,07,959 | 2,13,035 | 2,19,180 | 2,26,045 | 2,32,350 | 2,38,158 | 2,44,144 | 2,52,700 |
China | | 1,02,884 | 1,23,532 | 1,09,908 | 98,200 | 93,840 | 91,373 | 89,858 | 90,073 | 90,558 | 88,345 | 90,387 | 89,153 | 91,380 | 95,619 |
United States of America | 1,14,578 | 96,393 | 97,298 | 96,342 | 92,887 | 91,160 | 90,095 | 88,243 | 89,173 | 91,888 | 93,625 | 94,298 | 94,805 | 93,793 | 93,595 |
Argentina | 49,770 | 55,780 | 51,167 | 54,266 | 48,851 | 50,714 | 52,201 | 52,396 | 52,168 | 53,118 | 54,163 | 54,793 | 55,008 | 54,461 | 53,881 |
Australia | 24,373 | 25,026 | 27,720 | 28,183 | 27,550 | 28,506 | 28,418 | 29,291 | 29,102 | 27,413 | 24,971 | 26,176 | 25,699 | 23,655 | 23,021 |
Russian Federation | | 57,043 | 27,520 | 21,625 | 19,794 | 19,901 | 19,680 | 19,273 | 18,920 | 18,528 | 18,248 | 18,195 | 18,050 | 18,022 | 17,953 |
Mexico | 26,053 | 29,847 | 25,328 | 23,669 | 21,456 | 20,090 | 18,521 | 17,760 | 17,120 | 16,615 | 16,490 | 16,584 | 16,699 | 16,900 | 17,000 |
Uruguay | 8,727 | 9,431 | 10,423 | 12,334 | 11,241 | 11,232 | 11,384 | 11,903 | 12,053 | 12,016 | 11,864 | 11,744 | 11,396 | 11,436 | 11,946 |
Canada | 11,985 | 11,289 | 13,608 | 14,655 | 12,155 | 12,230 | 12,240 | 12,050 | 11,640 | 11,610 | 11,535 | 11,565 | 11,500 | 11,265 | 11,150 |
New Zealand | 8,819 | 8,034 | 9,400 | 9,465 | 9,864 | 10,021 | 10,180 | 10,183 | 10,368 | 10,033 | 10,152 | 10,146 | 10,107 | 10,151 | 10,063 |
Egypt | | 6,408 | 6,274 | 6,384 | 6,100 | 6,175 | 6,180 | 6,260 | 6,485 | 6,725 | 6,995 | 7,205 | 7,485 | 7,645 | 7,850 |
Belarus | | 6,978 | 4,221 | 3,980 | 4,151 | 4,247 | 4,367 | 4,322 | 4,364 | 4,356 | 4,298 | 4,362 | 4,340 | 4,295 | 4,300 |
Japan | 3,615 | 4,873 | 4,530 | 4,390 | 4,230 | 4,172 | 4,065 | 3,962 | 3,860 | 3,824 | 3,822 | 3,842 | 3,835 | 3,907 | 3,922 |
Republic of Korea | 1,309 | 2,126 | 2,134 | 2,298 | 3,278 | 3,354 | 3,479 | 3,342 | 3,472 | 3,337 | 3,381 | 3,429 | 3,521 | 3,645 | 3,774 |
Ukraine | | 24,623 | 9,424 | 6,514 | 4,494 | 4,426 | 4,646 | 4,534 | 3,996 | 3,861 | 3,798 | 3,645 | 3,473 | 3,197 | 3,001 |
Armenia | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Austria | 2,468 | 2,584 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Azerbaijan | | 1,832 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Belgium | 2,907 | 3,362 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Belize | | 51 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Bulgaria | 1,353 | 1,457 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Chile | 2,891 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Colombia | 24,162 | 16,225 | 20,600 | 26,825 | 25,156 | 23,579 | 21,550 | 19,900 | 18,400 | | | | | | |
Costa Rica | 1,574 | 1,762 | 1,343 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Denmark | 2,766 | 2,241 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dominican Republic | 0 | 1,977 | 1,918 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ecuador | 2,250 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
El Salvador | 1,142 | 1,242 | 1,086 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Estonia | | 758 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Finland | 1,754 | 1,315 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Czech Republic | 4,288 | 4,922 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
France | 21,737 | 21,446 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Georgia | | 1,338 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Germany | 14,026 | 15,647 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Greece | 979 | 634 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Guatemala | 1,585 | 1,820 | 1,548 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Haiti | | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Honduras | 1,598 | 2,388 | 1,602 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Hungary | 1,911 | 1,571 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Iran | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ireland | 5,405 | 6,029 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Israel | 251 | 186 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Italy | 8,776 | 8,235 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Kazakhstan | | 9,756 | 3,458 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Kyrgyzstan | | 1,169 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Latvia | | 1,401 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lithuania | | 2,326 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Republic of Moldova | | 1,061 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Nicaragua | 2,102 | | 3,627 | 4,060 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Norway | 933 | 1,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Panama | 1,240 | 1,502 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Peru | 4,310 | 3,600 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Philippines | 6,351 | 4,324 | 5,472 | 5,550 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Poland | 10,220 | 9,024 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Portugal | 1,060 | 1,341 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Romania | 5,216 | 5,381 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Saudi Arabia | | 213 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Slovakia | | 1,563 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
South Africa | 11,256 | 13,512 | 13,460 | 13,790 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Spain | 4,169 | 5,300 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sweden | 1,833 | 1,707 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Switzerland | 1,823 | 1,829 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Taiwan Province of China | 284 | 154 | 160 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Tajikistan | | 1,352 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Thailand | | | 3,866 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Tunisia | | 700 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Turkey | 13,873 | 12,200 | 11,350 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Turkmenistan | | 829 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
United Kingdom | 12,435 | 11,843 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Uzbekistan | | 4,581 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8,549 | 11,782 | 15,474 | | | | | | | | | | | | |