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 |
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(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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