China is the top country by number of pigs in the world. As of 2020, number of pigs in China was 406,500 thousand heads that accounts for 67.62% of the world's number of pigs. The top 5 countries (others are the United States of America, Brazil, Russian Federation, and Canada) account for 93.26% of it. The world's total number of pigs was estimated at 601,132 thousand heads in 2020.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Domestic pig (Sus domestica); wild boar (Sus scrofa). See 866. Excludes non-domesticated wild boars.