How Many Cats Are There?
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Posted by Jennifer Copley Nov 27, 2008 |
Here are some relatively recent statistics on worldwide domestic cat populations:
- Number of cats in the world: 200 million
- Number of cats in the USA: 75 million
- Number of cats in China: 46.8 million
- Number of cats in Russia: 12.5 million
- Number of cats in France: 8.7 million
- Number of cats in Britain: 7.5 million
- Number of cats in Italy: 7 million
- Number of cats in Germany: 6.5 million
- Number of cats in Poland: 5.4 million
- Number of cats in Canada: 4.5 million
- Number of cats in India: 3.9 million
- Number of cats in Spain: 2.8 million
- Number of cats in the Netherlands: 2.3 million
Ratios of Cats to People
Here are some cat-to-human ratios for a number of locations:
- World – 1:34
- Austria – 1:1
- Europe, USA – 1:4
- Canada, the Netherlands 1:7
- Britain – 1:10
- China – 1:28
- India and Taiwan – 1:500
These statistics were obtained and/or extrapolated from Cats:500 Questions Answered by Dr. David Sands, various CIA publications containing population figures, and Statistics Canada.
For more cat statistics, see Big Cats and Small Cats in the Wild and How Many Cat Breeds Are There?