| Number of Cattle, Northern Territory, mil | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 1.049 | 1.019 | 1.058 | 0.936 | 0.966 | 0.969 | 1.028 | 1.176 | 1.244 | 1.099 | 1.111 | 1.154 | 1.064 | 1.087 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 1.105 | 1.068 | 1.032 | 1.097 | 1.13 | 1.19 | 1.179 | 1.145 | 1.165 | 1.237 | 1.321 | 1.434 | 1.603 | 1.664 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 1.674 | 1.785 | 1.727 | 1.675 | 1.624 | 1.548 | 1.39 | 1.495 | 1.477 | 1.439 | 1.385 | 1.388 | 1.327 | 1.353 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Number | 1.334 | 1.347 | 1.435 | 1.421 | 1.503 | 1.53 | 1.567 | 1.567 | 1.571 | 1.707 | 1.777 | 1.683 | 1.73 | 2.23837476 |
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 1.67 | 2.08 | 2.04 | 1.68 | 2.07 | 2.20 | 2.20 | 1.93 | 2.16 | 2.11 | 2.24 | 2.19 | 2.12 | 2.42 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 2.07 | 2.01 | 1.86 | 1.91 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||