Which countries have the most pets in the world?
Which countries have the most pets in the world? You can find out in our story below. Just click through to see the answers.
Interesting finds
- Brazil dwarfs the world when it comes to bird ownership.
- Switzerland ranks in the top twenty for ownership of fish.
- China has a lot of cat and dog pet parents but not birds and fish.
- UK pet parents have twice as many fish as dogs.
- Italians have more birds as pets than Americans do.
Which countries have the most dogs in the world?
| United States of America | 89,700,000 |
| China | 30,000,000 |
| Russia | 12,520,000 |
| Japan | 12,000,000 |
| Philippines | 11,600,000 |
| India | 10,200,000 |
| Germany | 10,100,000 |
| Argentina | 9,200,000 |
| United Kingdom | 9,000,000 |
| France | 7,600,000 |
| South Africa | 7,400,000 |
| Poland | 7,311,000 |
| Italy | 7,011,000 |
| Spain | 6,733,00 |
| Ethiopia | 5,000,000 |
| Romania | 4,150,000 |
| Austria | 3,700,000 |
| Portugal | 2,050,000 |
| Hungary | 2,050,000 |
| Czechia | 2,000,000 |
| Netherlands | 1,690,000 |
| Belgium | 1,320,000 |
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Some of the data from this page was based on this article.
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