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Camel Population by Country 2024

  • 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.

47 countries

Country
Camel Population_2022
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Camel Population_1990
Chad10M9.4M8.8M8.3M6.4M4.7M2.5M1.3M
Somalia7.5M7.5M7.4M7.4M7.2M7M7M6.7M
Sudan5M4.9M4.9M4.9M4.8M
Kenya4.6M4.4M4.7M4.7M3.1M3M717.5K850K
Saudi Arabia2M1.4M1.4M492.9K476.4K213.3K259.5K405.9K
Niger1.9M1.9M1.9M1.8M1.7M1.6M1.5M1.3M
Ethiopia1.5M1.7M1.6M1.9M1.2M1.1M400K
Mauritania1.5M1.5M1.5M1.5M1.4M1.4M1.4M950K
Mali1.3M1.3M1.3M1.2M1M904.4K396.5K245K
Pakistan1.1M1.1M1.1M1.1M1M970K775K1M
China541.4K461.7K411.2K405.3K280.1K230.2K330K475K
United Arab Emirates535.4K511.1K497.5K494.5K430.4K358K219.7K112.8K
Mongolia470.5K454K472.9K472.4K368K269.6K355.6K558.3K
Yemen464.2K457.9K448.9K447.7K454.8K403K253K231K
Algeria459.6K448.5K435.2K417.2K362.3K314K234.2K122.5K
Eritrea400.6K394.7K388.6K382.5K370.5K345K323.7K
Australia300K
Nigeria296.1K293.9K291.6K289.4K279.5K277.7K80K18K
Oman290.2K284.5K279K273.5K252.7K129.6K118.9K87K
Kazakhstan259.1K243.4K227.7K216.4K170.5K155.5K96.1K
Tunisia238.7K238.5K238.3K238.1K236.9K235K232K230K
India204.5K221.1K224.1K252K361.9K457K759K1M
Afghanistan166.2K167.2K168.2K168.9K170K191K224K215K
Egypt164.1K239K79K91K152.5K110.6K141K126K
Iran142.8K152.5K151.8K147.5K102.4K155K144.3K143K
Turkmenistan141.7K140.9K140.3K129.8K122.2K122.4K100K
Iraq114.9K106.4K98.5K91.2K67K60K9K59K
Qatar107K119.6K125.9K131.1K84.2K51.5K50.8K26.8K
Djibouti70.9K70.9K70.9K70.9K71K70K68.8K58.8K
Libya64.5K38.6K52.6K66.7K56.8K56K44K140K
Morocco63.9K63K62.1K61.1K57.5K52K36K33.8K
Syria33.5K35.9K39.7K39.7K55.7K50.2K13.4K4.6K
Uzbekistan19.9K20.1K20.4K20K18.6K17.6K16.2K
Burkina Faso18.4K18.3K8K20K18.7K17K14.2K12.2K
Kuwait15.8K15.4K17K17.8K7.7K10.3K3.5K6K
Jordan14K14.4K13.8K14.1K13.2K12.5K5.9K16K
Israel5.6K5.6K5.6K5.6K5.5K5.3K5.3K5K
Russia5.5K5.7K5.7K5.9K6.6K6.4K10K
Senegal5.2K5.1K5.1K5K4.9K4.7K4K5K
Bahrain3.1K3K3K3K1.1K1K920850
Turkey1.2K1.2K1.3K1.7K1.4K1K1.4K2K
Ukraine865859853856813800
Azerbaijan357332209213242216100
Kyrgyzstan250261256247258338350
Lebanon153209200130202450450550
Namibia97959495898550
Tajikistan60585861534550

Which country has the most camels?

Camels are seen mostly on the continent of Africa, where the country Chad has the highest number of camels in the world—more than 10 million as of 2022.

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