| Number of Cattle, Australia, mil | ||||||||||||||
| Year | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
| Number | 14.64 | 15.229 | 14.893 | 15.247 | 15.601 | 15.836 | 16.457 | 17.257 | 16.892 | 16.257 | 16.503 | 17.332 | 18.033 | 18.549 |
| Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 |
| Number | 19.055 | 18.816 | 17.936 | 18.27 | 19.218 | 20.606 | 22.162 | 24.373 | 27.372 | 29.132 | 30.814 | 32.775 | 33.433 | 31.533 |
| Year | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Number | 29.33 | 27.112 | 26.203 | 25.168 | 24.553 | 22.644 | 22.332 | 22.784 | 23.443 | 21.915 | 21.851 | 22.424 | 23.191 | 23.644 |
| Year | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005* |
| Number | 23.88 | 24.062 | 25.758 | 25.731 | 26.377 | 26.795 | 26.826 | 26.578 | 27.588 | 27.722 | 27.87 | 26.664 | 27.465 | 27.782 |
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| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 1019 |
| Number | 28.48 | 28.04 | 27.32 | 27.91 | 26.55 | 28.51 | 28.42 | 28.35 | 29.10 | 27.41 | 24.97 | 24.97 | 26.40 | 28.99 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 |
| Number | 27.70 | 28.72 | 28.74 | 29.88 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na |
| Source: | ABS, | |||||||||||||