Number of cattle and buffaloes

India is the top country by number of cattle and buffaloes in the world. As of 2020, number of cattle and buffaloes in India was 305,500 thousand heads that accounts for 33.38% of the world's number of cattle and buffaloes. The top 5 countries (others are Brazil, China, the United States of America, and Argentina) account for 87.55% of it. The world's total number of cattle and buffaloes was estimated at 915,275 thousand heads in 2020.