Table 4. Holdings Reporting Cattle and Number of Head of Cattle: 1990, 1980 and 1970 Rounds of Agricultural Censuses (1)
 

Countries by continents. Number of reporting countries is given in square brackets.

Census year

Total number of holdings

Cattle Holdings reporting Number

Percent of total

Number of head Total

Average per holding reporting

TOTAL [40]

AFRICA [5]

Botswana

93

101 434

54 349

53.6

1 820 400

33.5

 

82

84 660

58 340

68.9

2 979 000

51.1

 

69

48 014

33 765

70.3

1 444 000

42.8

Lesotho

89/90

229 300

125 000

54.5

523 000

4.2

 

70

187 421

93 669

50.0

552 000

5.9

Reunion

89

15 198

3 069

20.2

18 601

6.1

 

81

20 788

4 350

20.9

19 355

4.4

 

72/73

39 111

8 251

21.1

19 000

2.3

Swaziland

93

73 745

36 659

49.7

551 167

15.0

 

72

39 377

23 400

59.4

562 000

24.0

Zambia

90

520 520

136 668

26.3

5 181 014

37.9

 

70/71

766 900

137 500

17.9

2 799 000

20.4

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA [8]

Bahamas

94

1 760

34

1.9

769

22.6

 

78

4 246

72

1.7

1 250

17.4

Canada

91

280 043

145 747

52.0

12 972 038

89.0

 

81

318 361

185 173

58.2

13 501 904

72.9

 

71

366 128

248 757

67.9

13 278 000

53.4

Guadalupe

89

16 530

10 135

61.3

65 302

6.4

 

81

18 957

12 502

65.9

82 113

6.6

Martinique

89

16 038

7 420

46.3

35 467

4.8

 

81

19 573

8 629

44.1

41 285

4.8

Panama

90

213 895

39 172

18.3

1 399 487

35.7

 

81

153 194

33 543

21.9

1 426 003

42.5

 

71

115 364

30 856

26.7

1 259 000

40.8

Puerto Rico

87

20 245

7 218

35.7

293 244

40.6

 

78

31 837

14 281

44.9

358 399

25.1

 

70

32 687

15 129

46.3

317 000

21.0

U.S.A.

87

2 087 759

1 176 346

56.3

95 847 299

81.5

 

78

2 478 642

1 467 944

59.2

105 715 399

72.0

 

69

2 730 250

1 719 403

63.0

106 381 000

61.9

Virgin Islands (US)

87

267

95

35.6

5 078

53.5

 

78

378

119

31.5

6 126

51.5

 

70

212

53

25.0

6 000

113.2

SOUTH AMERICA [4]

Brazil

85

5 834 779

2 664 128

45.7

127 643 292

47.9

 

80

5 159 851

2 477 652

48.0

118 085 872

47.7

 

70

4 924 019

2 211 376

44.9

78 562 000

35.5

French Guiana

89

4 491

341

7.6

15 662

45.9

 

81

2 209

237

10.7

7 253

30.6

Paraguay

91

307 221

229 478

74.7

7 626 617

33.2

 

81

248 930

167 546

67.3

6 457 329

38..5

Peru

94

1 756 141

846 829

48.2

4 495 263

5.3

 

71/72

1 390 877

698 926

50.3

3 821 000

5..5

ASIA [4]

Israel

95

25 448

1 956

7.7

339 119

173.4

 

81

51 654

4 436

8.6

291 798

65.8

 

71

40 210

8 164

20.3

236 000

28.9

Nepal

92

2 736 050

2 067 141

75.6

7 359 326

3.6

 

82

2 193 956

1 261 916

57.5

6 501 577

5.2

Philippines

91

4 610 041

899 353

19.5

1 991 022

2.2

 

81

3 420 323

583 931

17.1

1 495 846

2.6

 

71

2 354 469

458 662

19.5

1 564 000

3.4

Thailand

93

5 647 490

1 263 431

22.4

8 336 874

6.6

 

78

4 018 427

886 804

22.1

4 140 981

4.7

EUROPE [14]

Austria

90

273 210

139 951

51.2

2 538 766

18.1

 

80

302 579

178 980

59.2

2 536 400

14.2

 

70

362 216

244 600

67.5

2 416 000

9.9

Belgium

90

87 180

58 205

66.8

3 248 780

55.8

 

79

119 277

82 503

69.2

3 058 163

37.1

 

70

184 006

127 907

69.5

2 887 000

22.6

Denmark

89

81 267

37 130

45.7

2 221 485

59.8

 

79

122 722

65 678

53.5

3 035 396

46.2

 

70

140 197

103 465

73.8

2 840 000

27.4

France

88

1 016 755

503 659

49.5

21 217 251

42.1

 

80

1 262 672

735 902

58.3

23 213 004

31.5

 

71

1 587 643

1 051 514

66.2

21 400 000

20.4

Germany (2)

95

566 900

287 100

50.6

15 731 000

54.8

 

79

850 006

537 116

63.2

14 937 682

27.8

 

71

1 074 637

793 425

73.8

14 674 000

18.5

Greece

95

802 400

40 100

5.0

520 200

13.0

 

81

998 876

137 060

13.7

824 056

6.0

 

71

1 047 260

243 340

23.2

836 000

3.4

Italy

90

3 023 344

319 566

10.6

7 673 484

24.0

 

82

3 270 560

500 940

15.3

8 527 000

17.0

 

70

3 607 262

962 082

26.7

8 696 000

9.0

Netherlands

90

127 367

66 380

52.1

4 771 641

71.9

 

79

148 674

90 946

61.2

5 148 647

56.6

 

70

184 613

130 842

70.9

4 314 000

33.0

Norway

89

99 382

37 584

37.8

949 369

25.3

 

79

125 302

53 793

42.9

868 843

16.2

 

71

154 977

82 465

53.2

973 000

11.8

Poland

90

3 783 000

2 667 015

70.5

10 048 929

3.8

 

70

3 398 959

2 537 978

74.7

8 002 000

3.2

Portugal

89

598 742

219 550

36.7

1 401 206

6.4

 

79

783 944

268 622

34.3

1 165 151

4.3

Spain

89

2 284 944

328 130

14.4

4 800 129

14.6

 

82

2 375 327

452 751

19.1

4 552 072

10.1

Switzerland

90

108 296

66 249

61.2

1 865 727

28.2

 

80

125 274

76 423

61.0

1 932 897

25.3

 

69

152 859

109 352

71.5

1 753 000

16.0

United Kingdom

93

244 205

136 708

56.0

11 751 000

86.0

 

79

268 560

183 940

68.5

13 539 370

73.6

 

70

326 698

227 558

69.7

12 581 000

55.3

OCEANIA [5]

American Samoa

90

384

4

1.0

179

44.8

 

80

1 331

14

1.1

88

6.3

 

70

1 923

15

0.8

200

13.3

Australia

90

129 540

75 105

58.0

23 191 000

308.8

 

70/71

249 485

169 931

68.1

24 357 000

143.3

Fiji

91

95 400

42 789

44.9

280 221

6.5

 

68/69

33 521

17 276

51.5

140 000

8.1

Guam

87

351

56

16.0

317

5.7

 

78

1 999

270

13.5

1 495

5.5

 

70

1 121

284

25.3

3 000

10.6

Notrthern Mariana Isl.

90

119

36

30.3

4 513

125.4

 

80

299

113

37.8

8 339

73.8

 

(1) Includes only countries for which data for the 1990 census round, and also for the 1980 and/or 1970 census round were available

(2) Data for 71 and 79 exclude Germany, Dem. Rep. of.