Please find here below a summary of the figures on dogs, and an overview of data on dogs in the World, in Europe and by European Country
Summary
|
World |
Europe |
EU |
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
CATS and DOGS together including strays |
100.000.000 |
||
|
DOGS including strays |
500-600.000.000 |
||
|
OWNED DOGS |
223.000.000 |
43.000.000 (Istituto) 75.342.000 (FEDIAF) |
60.847.000 |
|
STRAY DOGS |
480.000.000 |
In the World 
|
Source |
Date |
What |
Data |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Vetnosis |
2012? |
Dogs excluding strays |
223 million |
|
WSPA International |
2008 |
Dogs ALL |
600 million |
|
Dogs strays |
480 million |
||
|
Istituto G Caporale |
2008 |
Dogs ALL |
500 million |
In Europe
|
Source |
Date |
What |
Data |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Istituto G Caporale |
2008 |
Dogs excluding strays |
41 million |
|
"Evaluation of the EU policy on animal welfare and possible policy options for the future" (source used by the AW Strategy) |
2010 Dec |
Cats and Dogs
ALL |
100 Millions |
|
FEDIAF “Facts and Figures” |
2012 |
Dogs excluding strays |
60,847 million |
|
Dogs excluding strays |
75,342 million |
Per Country
NB: Data without a source are coming from the FEDIAF report of 2012
|
Number per country |
Dogs |
|
|
Owned |
Stray |
|
|
Austria |
1.775.000 |
|
|
Belgium |
7.430.000 |
|
|
Bulgaria |
455.000 |
50.000-100.000 (2009-VIER PFOTEN) |
|
Czech Republic |
1.590.000 |
4,404 dogs in shelters (2012 – Czech Health Ministry) |
|
Denmark |
740.000 |
|
|
Estonia |
260.000 |
|
|
Finland |
6.947.000 |
|
|
France |
430.000 |
60.000 (2008- UAB Barcelona) |
|
Germany |
2.100.000 |
|
|
Greece |
660.000 |
|
|
Hungary |
5.300.000 |
|
|
Ireland |
7.421.000 |
|
|
Italy |
650.000 |
800.000 (2008-LAV) 816.610 (2001-Italian Ministry of Health) |
|
Latvia |
180.000 |
|
|
Lithuania |
590.000 |
|
|
Netherlands |
2.200.000 |
|
|
Norway |
750.000 |
|
|
Poland |
1.320.000 |
|
|
Portugal |
615.000 |
12.000 (2009-Rodrigues Honorio Banitz, Maria Jose (Deutsche Botschaft Lissabon)) |
|
Romania |
4.130.000 |
65.000 in Bucharest alone (2013-Bucharest City hall) |
|
Russia |
12.500.000 |
|
|
Slovakia |
884.000 |
|
|
Slovenia |
245.000 |
|
|
Spain |
5.400.000 |
109.000 (2008- UAB Barcelona) |
|
Sweden |
730.000 |
|
|
Switzerland |
440.300 |
|
|
Turkey |
1.100.000 |
|
|
United Kingdom |
8.500.000 |
105.068 (2009-VIER PFOTEN) 111.000 (2013-Dog Trust) |
