Camel Population by Country 2025

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5 Countries with the Most Camels

Country
Camel Population 2022
Chad10M
Somalia7.5M
Sudan5M
Kenya4.6M
Saudi Arabia2M
Niger1.9M
Ethiopia1.5M
Mauritania1.5M
Mali1.3M
Pakistan1.1M
China541.4K
United Arab Emirates535.4K
Mongolia470.5K
Yemen464.2K
Algeria459.6K
Eritrea400.6K
Australia300K
Nigeria296.1K
Oman290.2K
Kazakhstan259.1K
Tunisia238.7K
India204.5K
Afghanistan166.2K
Egypt164.1K
Iran142.8K
Turkmenistan141.7K
Iraq114.9K
Qatar107K
Djibouti70.9K
Libya64.5K
Morocco63.9K
Syria33.5K
Uzbekistan19.9K
Burkina Faso18.4K
Kuwait15.8K
Jordan14K
Israel5.6K
Russia5.5K
Senegal5.2K
Bahrain3.1K
Turkey1.2K
Ukraine865
Azerbaijan357
Kyrgyzstan250
Lebanon153
Namibia97
Tajikistan60
  • Although FAOSTAT does not track the camel population in Australia, South Australia’s Department of Primary Industries and Regions has determined the region is home to more than 300,000 feral camels. Australia’s camels are descended from domesticated camels imported there from 1840-1907, but released into the wild following the introduction of motor vehicles in the 1920s.
  • Data includes camels kept domestically as agricultural or service animals, but excludes camels kept for novelty purposes such as zoos in North America and other regions to which camels are non-native.
  • For countries in which official data was unavailable, imputed or estimated values have been substituted.
  • South Sudan is excluded from source data.