Welcome to Day 5 of my July Trivia posts.*
Trivia: There are more chickens than people in the world.
Obviously, this is true (at least I hope so.) The question is, how many people and how many chickens are there.
There are approximately 7,789,140,550 people on the planet (that number has gone up since I typed it and you read it.)
As of 2018, there were 23.7 billion chickens in the world. So chickens could easily take over the world if they had the brains to do so. Lucky for us, they don’t.
Here are some other interesting chicken numbers:
- There are two types of chicken raised globally, egg-laying hens and broiler chickens.
- China is number one in egg production at 529 billion in 2017
- The United States is second in egg production at 106.7 billion in 2019
- Iowa (3.1 million people) has the largest chicken population in the United States, with 56 million layer hens.
- The United States grows the most broiler chickens.
- The top 5 broiler chicken states are Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Mississippi.
- Brazil comes in second for broiler chickens, and the EU comes in third.
I like eggs, and I like boneless, skinless chicken breasts, so I contribute to the need to raise all these chickens.
I give this trivia a 10 out of 10. Not only is it true, but I learned some big numbers, which I love.
*I’m doing something hard (for me) in July that I don’t want to talk about until August (in case I fail.) This something takes a lot of time, so I’m simplifying my July posts. I’m using a list of trivia that Aunt Patti emailed me. Each day, I will explore a trivia fact and bring you the truth, not just the clickbait. I might even rate the trivia. I think this will be fun because I love exploring new topics and sharing them with you. I hope you learn something too. If you do, why not share it with a friend. One of my goals is to get more readers, and word of mouth is a great way to do that. Many thanks, and on with the post.