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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.

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