Countries with More Cows than People

Name the countries of the world that have more than one head of cattle for every person.

As of 2024. Human population source here. Cow population by FAOSTAT.

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First submitted	December 10, 2016
Times taken	61,070
Average score	70.0%
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Ratio	Continent	Country
3.53	Americas	Uruguay
1.99	Africa	Chad
1.98	Americas	Paraguay
1.83	Oceania	New Zealand
1.47	Asia	Mongolia
1.21	Africa	South Sudan
1.21	Europe	Ireland
1.16	Americas	Argentina
1.14	Oceania	Australia
1.13	Americas	Brazil

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42 Comments

Level 81

Dec 10, 2016

Hah, crazy idea :)

Level 29

Oct 29, 2019

well crazy

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Level 43

Dec 11, 2016

So New Zealand has both more cows AND more sheep than people?

Level 87

Mar 29, 2017

Judging by this quiz: http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/82711/countries-with-more-sheep-than-people

New Zealand is joined by Australia, Uruguay and Mongolia in that regard.

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Level 59

Mar 30, 2017

It really depends on if you count orcs as people.

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Level 78

Sep 21, 2022

At this point, i'm starting to wonder if anyone actually lives in New Zealand.

Level 68

Oct 2, 2022

New Zealand is a conspiracy theory, it doesn't really exist.

Level 78

Oct 4, 2022

Ironic.

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Level 86

Dec 12, 2016

Mongolia has more sheep, cows AND goats than people, with horses not far behind.

Uruguay, Australia and New Zealand have "just" more sheep and cows :)

Level 68

Mar 30, 2017

New Zealand also has the highest cat ownership in the world (per capita). We like our sheep, cows and cats!

Level 35

Mar 30, 2017

Yeah We do!

Level 68

Apr 1, 2017

New Zealand also has the highest kiwi bird ownership in the world.

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Level 80

Mar 28, 2018

Could have sworn that was Australia that had the most New Zealanders...

Level 80

Dec 13, 2016

very neat idea!

Level 73

Mar 30, 2017

This must be the only quiz in the whole of jetpunk where my country made the top of a list

Level 68

Mar 30, 2017

Yay!!

+12

Level 86

Apr 3, 2017

There are also World Cup hosts and winners in chronological order

Level 67

Mar 30, 2017

Think you meant cattle, would believe that Mongolia had cows AND yaks.

Level 80

Jun 12, 2023

and probably bulls, too.

Level 79

Mar 30, 2017

Bit surprised about Brazil, but the population figures give it away.

Level 35

Mar 30, 2017

Same, But when I got it I just started typing in random South American Countries... and most of them worked!

Level 89

Nov 5, 2018

Brazil is rather terrifying.

Level 76

Apr 1, 2020

The amount of people in most countries is terrifying..

Level 63

Mar 30, 2017

Is there something ideal about the southern hemisphere that makes it good for cows, or something?

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Level 80

Mar 28, 2018

I think it's just small colonial populations came into possession of extensive land and started clearing it for cattle grazing.

Level 68

Oct 2, 2022

Lots of grass and rain.

Level 44

Mar 30, 2017

I only got 2 correct... and it was the two least guessed answers! Ireland and Mongolia. Weird.

Level 21

Apr 4, 2017

got it with 2 seconds left :)

Level 49

Sep 29, 2017

Got it in the second turn . 1minute 18 seconds. I am Abhilash

Level 39

Oct 26, 2019

didnt get the 3 african countries. 215m cows are scary though

Level 82

Feb 18, 2021

Most of them are probably harmless to humans

Level 93

Oct 2, 2022

Unless you piss them off

Level 65

Oct 29, 2019

Who new Argentina had so many cows? Interesting.

Level 74

Jun 25, 2021

Not surprised the African ones are the least guessed, there doesn't seem to be much of a pattern there. Chad, South Sudan and CAR are around a similar same area, but then Namibia joins the party 🤷

Fun quiz, thanks!

Level 70

Oct 3, 2022

I think a possible pattern could be countries with low population density that are somewhat large, so they have enough room for ranching to be conducted.

Level 37

Oct 2, 2022

Missed Paraguay... Unique quiz though.

Level 88

Jun 9, 2023

Why do you have Americas as a continent, but not Afro-Eurasia?

Level 86

Jun 9, 2023

Probably to make it a bit harder, there aren't many countries in South America.

Level 68

Jun 11, 2023

Does Ireland killing a bunch of cows for climate change eliminate them?

Level 73

Jun 13, 2023

This quiz has really highlighted a gap in my knowledge of where in Africa cows are located.

Level 67

Nov 29, 2023

get rid of the continents. marks are too free otherwise

Level 70

Feb 18, 2026

Full marks for The Robbster.