@timofeyLargest Horse-Population Countries in the World — 2024 Horses remain an important animal resource for transport, agriculture, sport, tourism, breeding, meat production and rural livelihoods. FAOSTAT’s 2024 live-animal dataset records horse stocks in heads, with data based on national statistics, estimates and other reported sources. Top 20 countries by horse population — 2024 RankCountryHorse population 1🇲🇽 Mexico6.42 million 2🇺🇸 United States6.22 million 3🇧🇷 Brazil5.70 million 4🇲🇳 Mongolia4.68 million 5🇰🇿 Kazakhstan4.35 million 6🇨🇳 China3.52 million 7🇦🇷 Argentina2.59 million 8🇪🇹 Ethiopia2.29 million 9🇹🇩 Chad1.55 million 10🇷🇺 Russia1.32 million 11🇨🇴 Colombia964,400 12🇸🇩 Sudan796,400 13🇬🇧 United Kingdom760,500 14🇵🇪 Peru751,000 15🇲🇱 Mali645,000 16🇸🇳 Senegal599,000 17🇨🇺 Cuba570,100 18🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan553,500 19🇻🇪 Venezuela524,100 20🇧🇴 Bolivia516,200 The 2024 FAOSTAT-based ranking covers 143 countries with comparable horse-stock observations and a combined total of about 54.14 million horses across available national observations. Important distinction These figures represent horse population/stocks — the number of live horses, not annual horse-meat production or the number of horses slaughtered. FAOSTAT specifically classifies horses under its annual live-animal stock statistics. Source: FAOSTAT 2024; calculations and presentation based on available national observations. Follow for more verified global livestock, agriculture and animal-resource data.
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