Table 1. Korea’s livestock population in 1990 and 2020
Animal Category | Population (head) |
1990 | 2020 |
Dairy cattle | 499,689 | 408,243 |
Hanwoo cattle* | 1,502,768 | 3,190,768 |
Beef cattle* | 76,230 | 161,855 |
Swine | 4,412,206 | 11,184,873 |
Chicken layer | 40,127,223 | 73,541,183 |
Chicken broiler | 24,049,628 | 97,557,487 |
Duck | 716,871 | 8,676,228 |
Data from KOSIS [18] and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and FIsheries [19].
No divided categories for beef cattle and Hanwoo in 1990, using the proportion in year 2020 to divide Hanwoo and beef cattle