The following article lists the world's largest producers of milk. Global milk production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data, global milk production has nearly tripled since 1961, reaching around 918 million tonnes in 2021. The most popular milk is cow milk, followed by buffalo milk, goat milk, sheep milk and camel milk.
Production by country
The table shows the countries by milk production. [1]
| Rank | Country | Milk production in tonnes | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India
|
208,984,430 | 2021 |
| 2 |  United States
|
102,654,616 | 2021 |
| 3 |  Pakistan
|
65,785,000 | 2021 |
| 4 |  China
|
41,245,664 | 2021 |
| 5 |  Brazil
|
36,663,708 | 2021 |
| 6 |  Germany
|
33,188,890 | 2020 |
| 7 |  Russia
|
32,333,278 | 2021 |
| 8 |  France
|
25,834,800 | 2021 |
| 9 |  Turkey
|
23,200,306 | 2021 |
| 10 |  New Zealand
|
21,886,376 | 2021 |
| 11 |  United Kingdom
|
15,221,000 | 2021 |
| 12 |  Poland
|
14,890,270 | 2021 |
| 13 |  Netherlands
|
14,607,880 | 2021 |
| 14 |  Italy
|
13,997,970 | 2021 |
| 15 |  Mexico
|
13,074,771 | 2021 |
| 16 |  Argentina
|
11,553,306 | 2021 |
| 17 |  Uzbekistan
|
11,242,745 | 2021 |
| 18 |  Canada
|
9,466,272 | 2021 |
| 19 |  Ireland
|
9,039,990 | 2021 |
| 20 |  Australia
|
8,858,135 | 2021 |
| 21 |  Ukraine
|
8,713,900 | 2021 |
| 22 |  Spain
|
8,702,590 | 2021 |
| 23 |  Iran
|
7,852,424 | 2021 |
| 24 |  Belarus
|
7,846,884 | 2021 |
| 25 |  Japan
|
7,592,061 | 2021 |
| 26 |  Colombia
|
6,789,000 | 2021 |
| 27 |  Kazakhstan
|
6,247,200 | 2021 |
| 28 |  Denmark
|
6,029,352 | 2021 |
| 29 |  Egypt
|
5,371,835 | 2021 |
| 30 |  Sudan
|
4,633,581 | 2021 |
| 31 |  Belgium
|
4,477,270 | 2021 |
| 32 |  Ethiopia
|
4,307,794 | 2021 |
| 33 |  Romania
|
4,299,700 | 2021 |
| 34 |  Austria
|
3,867,490 | 2021 |
| 35 |  Switzerland
|
3,840,200 | 2021 |
| 36 |  South Africa
|
3,837,000 | 2021 |
| 37 |  South Sudan
|
3,660,448 | 2021 |
| 38 |  Bangladesh
|
3,578,283 | 2021 |
| 39 |  Tanzania
|
3,331,067 | 2021 |
| 40 |  Algeria
|
3,263,600 | 2021 |
| 41 |  Czech Republic
|
3,092,702 | 2017 |
| 42 |  Saudi Arabia
|
2,916,104 | 2021 |
| 43 |  Sweden
|
2,782,220 | 2021 |
| 44 |  Mozambique
|
2,762,660 | 2021 |
| 45 |  Nepal
|
2,637,879 | 2021 |
| 46 |  Morocco
|
2,593,401 | 2021 |
| 47 |  Venezuela
|
2,444,177 | 2021 |
| 48 |  Finland
|
2,406,520 | 2020 |
| 49 |  Chile
|
2,276,569 | 2021 |
| 50 |  Azerbaijan
|
2,223,426 | 2021 |
| 51 |  Peru
|
2,208,732 | 2021 |
| 52 |  Uruguay
|
2,182,000 | 2021 |
| 53 |  Somalia
|
2,180,314 | 2021 |
| 54 |  Myanmar
|
2,152,350 | 2021 |
| 55 |  Afghanistan
|
2,143,004 | 2021 |
| 56 |  Portugal
|
2,100,190 | 2021 |
| 57 |  Hungary
|
2,085,000 | 2021 |
| 58 |  Syria
|
2,050,599 | 2021 |
| 59 |  South Korea
|
2,045,147 | 2021 |
| 60 |  Greece
|
2,027,730 | 2021 |
| 61 |  Turkmenistan
|
1,959,191 | 2021 |
| 62 |  Ecuador
|
1,873,349 | 2021 |
| 63 |  Kyrgyzstan
|
1,699,548 | 2021 |
| 64 |  Uganda
|
1,671,599 | 2021 |
| 65 |  Norway
|
1,595,178 | 2021 |
| 66 |  Indonesia
|
1,592,559 | 2021 |
| 67 |  Israel
|
1,572,321 | 2021 |
| 68 |  Serbia
|
1,518,789 | 2021 |
| 69 |  Lithuania
|
1,476,890 | 2021 |
| 70 |  Tunisia
|
1,442,064 | 2021 |
| 71 |  Nicaragua
|
1,342,997 | 2021 |
| 72 |  Niger
|
1,270,610 | 2021 |
| 73 |  Costa Rica
|
1,217,184 | 2021 |
| 74 |  Thailand
|
1,200,000 | 2021 |
| 75 |  Tajikistan
|
1,098,140 | 2021 |
| 76 |  Vietnam
|
1,097,422 | 2021 |
| 77 |  Mali
|
1,037,509 | 2021 |
| 78 |  Albania
|
1,013,033 | 2021 |
| 79 |  Latvia
|
992,220 | 2021 |
| 80 |  Bulgaria
|
953,070 | 2021 |
| 81 |  Slovakia
|
914,410 | 2021 |
| 82 |  Dominican Republic
|
861,565 | 2021 |
| 83 |  Estonia
|
839,400 | 2021 |
| 84 |  Mongolia
|
789,454 | 2021 |
| 85 |  Honduras
|
697,351 | 2021 |
| 86 |  Armenia
|
673,300 | 2021 |
| 87 |  Slovenia
|
642,940 | 2021 |
| 88 |  Bolivia
|
604,069 | 2021 |
| 89 |  Georgia
|
588,000 | 2021 |
| 90 |  Croatia
|
570,000 | 2021 |
| 91 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
545,928 | 2021 |
| 92 |  Paraguay
|
536,808 | 2021 |
| 93 |  Nigeria
|
531,587 | 2021 |
| 94 |  Sri Lanka
|
530,261 | 2021 |
| 95 |  Guatemala
|
519,144 | 2021 |
| 96 |  Madagascar
|
488,165 | 2021 |
| 97 |  Taiwan
|
461,510 | 2021 |
| 98 |  Luxembourg
|
446,670 | 2021 |
| 99 |  Burkina Faso
|
445,670 | 2021 |
| 100 |  Chad
|
445,431 | 2021 |
| 101 |  Zimbabwe
|
417,568 | 2021 |
| 102 |  Jordan
|
417,483 | 2021 |
| 103 |  El Salvador
|
394,195 | 2021 |
| 104 |  Zambia
|
386,601 | 2021 |
| 105 |  Lebanon
|
384,639 | 2021 |
| 106 |  Cuba
|
384,299 | 2021 |
| 107 |  Cyprus
|
382,700 | 2021 |
| 108 |  Macedonia
|
377,872 | 2021 |
| 109 |  Mauritania
|
362,099 | 2021 |
| 110 |  Oman
|
358,415 | 2021 |
| 111 |  Yemen
|
347,284 | 2021 |
| 112 |  Iraq
|
339,197 | 2021 |
| 113 |  Botswana
|
292,333 | 2021 |
| 114 |  Guinea
|
278,536 | 2021 |
| 115 |  Republic of Moldova
|
264,900 | 2021 |
| 116 |  Rwanda
|
264,022 | 2021 |
| 117 |  Cameroon
|
257,644 | 2021 |
| 118 |  Senegal
|
248,869 | 2021 |
| 119 |  Puerto Rico
|
239,059 | 2021 |
| 120 |  United Arab Emirates
|
238,727 | 2021 |
| 121 |  Angola
|
221,470 | 2021 |
| 122 |  Libya
|
220,128 | 2021 |
| 123 |  Malawi
|
217,631 | 2021 |
| 124 |  Jamaica
|
206,062 | 2021 |
| 125 |  Panama
|
181,523 | 2021 |
| 126 |  Sierra Leone
|
175,525 | 2021 |
| 127 |  Lesotho
|
174,444 | 2021 |
| 128 |  Montenegro
|
173,409 | 2021 |
| 129 |  Iceland
|
153,294 | 2021 |
| 130 |  Eritrea
|
147,431 | 2021 |
| 131 |  Palestinian Territory
|
142,188 | 2021 |
| 132 |  Benin
|
120,650 | 2021 |
| 133 |  Burundi
|
117,638 | 2021 |
| 134 |  Namibia
|
111,968 | 2021 |
| 135 |  Haiti
|
105,601 | 2021 |
| 136 |  North Korea
|
84,507 | 2021 |
| 137 |  Central African Republic
|
82,192 | 2021 |
| 138 |  Gambia
|
75,379 | 2021 |
| 139 |  Kuwait
|
74,365 | 2021 |
| 140 |  Guyana
|
55,000 | 2021 |
| 141 |  Bhutan
|
54,654 | 2021 |
| 142 |  Malaysia
|
49,365 | 2021 |
| 143 |  Qatar
|
48,373 | 2021 |
| 144 |  Ghana
|
45,850 | 2021 |
| 145 |  Malta
|
42,320 | 2021 |
| 146 |  Guinea-Bissau
|
41,128 | 2021 |
| 147 |  Swaziland
|
39,935 | 2021 |
| 148 |  Côte d'Ivoire
|
31,846 | 2021 |
| 149 | Réunion
|
26,146 | 2006 |
| 150 |  Cambodia
|
23,615 | 2021 |
| 151 |  Philippines
|
16,080 | 2021 |
| 152 |  Djibouti
|
14,978 | 2021 |
| 153 |  Gabon
|
13,978 | 2021 |
| 154 |  Comoros
|
13,470 | 2021 |
| 155 |  Togo
|
11,546 | 2021 |
| 156 |  Fiji
|
11,399 | 2021 |
| 157 |  Bahrain
|
10,484 | 2021 |
| 158 |  Liberia
|
9,400 | 2021 |
| 159 |  Cape Verde
|
9,154 | 2021 |
| 160 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
8,913 | 2021 |
| 161 |  Belize
|
7,528 | 2021 |
| 162 |  Laos
|
7,300 | 2021 |
| 163 |  Dominica
|
7,120 | 2021 |
| 164 |  East Timor
|
6,827 | 2021 |
| 165 |  Barbados
|
4,341 | 2021 |
| 166 |  Republic of the Congo
|
4,052 | 2021 |
| 167 |  Solomon Islands
|
3,132 | 2021 |
| 168 |  Antigua and Barbuda
|
3,043 | 2021 |
| 169 |  Bahamas
|
2,821 | 2021 |
| 170 |  Suriname
|
2,501 | 2021 |
| 171 |  Vanuatu
|
2,348 | 2021 |
| 172 |  Samoa
|
1,713 | 2021 |
| 173 |  Trinidad and Tobago
|
1,708 | 2021 |
| 174 |  Mauritius
|
1,320 | 2021 |
| 175 |  Saint Lucia
|
1,032 | 2021 |
| 176 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
913 | 2021 |
| 177 |  French Polynesia
|
844 | 2021 |
| 178 |  Sao Tome and Principe
|
568 | 2021 |
| 179 |  Grenada
|
562 | 2021 |
| 180 |  New Caledonia
|
486 | 2021 |
| 181 |  Tonga
|
324 | 2021 |
| 182 | French Guiana
|
293 | 2006 |
| 183 |  Papua New Guinea
|
203 | 2021 |
| 184 |  Brunei
|
183 | 2021 |
| 185 | Guadeloupe
|
160 | 2006 |
| 186 |  Seychelles
|
83 | 2021 |
| 187 |  Hong Kong
|
60 | 2021 |
| 188 |  Niue
|
58 | 2021 |
World production
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|
|
|
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See also
References
- ^ a b "Milk production". Our World in Data. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
The following article lists the world's largest producers of milk. Global milk production has increased rapidly over the past 50 years. According to Our World in Data, global milk production has nearly tripled since 1961, reaching around 918 million tonnes in 2021. The most popular milk is cow milk, followed by buffalo milk, goat milk, sheep milk and camel milk.
Production by country
The table shows the countries by milk production. [1]
| Rank | Country | Milk production in tonnes | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India
|
208,984,430 | 2021 |
| 2 | United States
|
102,654,616 | 2021 |
| 3 | Pakistan
|
65,785,000 | 2021 |
| 4 | China
|
41,245,664 | 2021 |
| 5 | Brazil
|
36,663,708 | 2021 |
| 6 | Germany
|
33,188,890 | 2020 |
| 7 | Russia
|
32,333,278 | 2021 |
| 8 | France
|
25,834,800 | 2021 |
| 9 | Turkey
|
23,200,306 | 2021 |
| 10 | New Zealand
|
21,886,376 | 2021 |
| 11 | United Kingdom
|
15,221,000 | 2021 |
| 12 | Poland
|
14,890,270 | 2021 |
| 13 | Netherlands
|
14,607,880 | 2021 |
| 14 | Italy
|
13,997,970 | 2021 |
| 15 | Mexico
|
13,074,771 | 2021 |
| 16 | Argentina
|
11,553,306 | 2021 |
| 17 | Uzbekistan
|
11,242,745 | 2021 |
| 18 | Canada
|
9,466,272 | 2021 |
| 19 | Ireland
|
9,039,990 | 2021 |
| 20 | Australia
|
8,858,135 | 2021 |
| 21 | Ukraine
|
8,713,900 | 2021 |
| 22 | Spain
|
8,702,590 | 2021 |
| 23 | Iran
|
7,852,424 | 2021 |
| 24 | Belarus
|
7,846,884 | 2021 |
| 25 | Japan
|
7,592,061 | 2021 |
| 26 | Colombia
|
6,789,000 | 2021 |
| 27 | Kazakhstan
|
6,247,200 | 2021 |
| 28 | Denmark
|
6,029,352 | 2021 |
| 29 | Egypt
|
5,371,835 | 2021 |
| 30 | Sudan
|
4,633,581 | 2021 |
| 31 | Belgium
|
4,477,270 | 2021 |
| 32 | Ethiopia
|
4,307,794 | 2021 |
| 33 | Romania
|
4,299,700 | 2021 |
| 34 | Austria
|
3,867,490 | 2021 |
| 35 | Switzerland
|
3,840,200 | 2021 |
| 36 | South Africa
|
3,837,000 | 2021 |
| 37 | South Sudan
|
3,660,448 | 2021 |
| 38 | Bangladesh
|
3,578,283 | 2021 |
| 39 | Tanzania
|
3,331,067 | 2021 |
| 40 | Algeria
|
3,263,600 | 2021 |
| 41 | Czech Republic
|
3,092,702 | 2017 |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia
|
2,916,104 | 2021 |
| 43 | Sweden
|
2,782,220 | 2021 |
| 44 | Mozambique
|
2,762,660 | 2021 |
| 45 | Nepal
|
2,637,879 | 2021 |
| 46 | Morocco
|
2,593,401 | 2021 |
| 47 | Venezuela
|
2,444,177 | 2021 |
| 48 | Finland
|
2,406,520 | 2020 |
| 49 | Chile
|
2,276,569 | 2021 |
| 50 | Azerbaijan
|
2,223,426 | 2021 |
| 51 | Peru
|
2,208,732 | 2021 |
| 52 | Uruguay
|
2,182,000 | 2021 |
| 53 | Somalia
|
2,180,314 | 2021 |
| 54 | Myanmar
|
2,152,350 | 2021 |
| 55 | Afghanistan
|
2,143,004 | 2021 |
| 56 | Portugal
|
2,100,190 | 2021 |
| 57 | Hungary
|
2,085,000 | 2021 |
| 58 | Syria
|
2,050,599 | 2021 |
| 59 | South Korea
|
2,045,147 | 2021 |
| 60 | Greece
|
2,027,730 | 2021 |
| 61 | Turkmenistan
|
1,959,191 | 2021 |
| 62 | Ecuador
|
1,873,349 | 2021 |
| 63 | Kyrgyzstan
|
1,699,548 | 2021 |
| 64 | Uganda
|
1,671,599 | 2021 |
| 65 | Norway
|
1,595,178 | 2021 |
| 66 | Indonesia
|
1,592,559 | 2021 |
| 67 | Israel
|
1,572,321 | 2021 |
| 68 | Serbia
|
1,518,789 | 2021 |
| 69 | Lithuania
|
1,476,890 | 2021 |
| 70 | Tunisia
|
1,442,064 | 2021 |
| 71 | Nicaragua
|
1,342,997 | 2021 |
| 72 | Niger
|
1,270,610 | 2021 |
| 73 | Costa Rica
|
1,217,184 | 2021 |
| 74 | Thailand
|
1,200,000 | 2021 |
| 75 | Tajikistan
|
1,098,140 | 2021 |
| 76 | Vietnam
|
1,097,422 | 2021 |
| 77 | Mali
|
1,037,509 | 2021 |
| 78 | Albania
|
1,013,033 | 2021 |
| 79 | Latvia
|
992,220 | 2021 |
| 80 | Bulgaria
|
953,070 | 2021 |
| 81 | Slovakia
|
914,410 | 2021 |
| 82 | Dominican Republic
|
861,565 | 2021 |
| 83 | Estonia
|
839,400 | 2021 |
| 84 | Mongolia
|
789,454 | 2021 |
| 85 | Honduras
|
697,351 | 2021 |
| 86 | Armenia
|
673,300 | 2021 |
| 87 | Slovenia
|
642,940 | 2021 |
| 88 | Bolivia
|
604,069 | 2021 |
| 89 | Georgia
|
588,000 | 2021 |
| 90 | Croatia
|
570,000 | 2021 |
| 91 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
545,928 | 2021 |
| 92 | Paraguay
|
536,808 | 2021 |
| 93 | Nigeria
|
531,587 | 2021 |
| 94 | Sri Lanka
|
530,261 | 2021 |
| 95 | Guatemala
|
519,144 | 2021 |
| 96 | Madagascar
|
488,165 | 2021 |
| 97 | Taiwan
|
461,510 | 2021 |
| 98 | Luxembourg
|
446,670 | 2021 |
| 99 | Burkina Faso
|
445,670 | 2021 |
| 100 | Chad
|
445,431 | 2021 |
| 101 | Zimbabwe
|
417,568 | 2021 |
| 102 | Jordan
|
417,483 | 2021 |
| 103 | El Salvador
|
394,195 | 2021 |
| 104 | Zambia
|
386,601 | 2021 |
| 105 | Lebanon
|
384,639 | 2021 |
| 106 | Cuba
|
384,299 | 2021 |
| 107 | Cyprus
|
382,700 | 2021 |
| 108 | Macedonia
|
377,872 | 2021 |
| 109 | Mauritania
|
362,099 | 2021 |
| 110 | Oman
|
358,415 | 2021 |
| 111 | Yemen
|
347,284 | 2021 |
| 112 | Iraq
|
339,197 | 2021 |
| 113 | Botswana
|
292,333 | 2021 |
| 114 | Guinea
|
278,536 | 2021 |
| 115 | Republic of Moldova
|
264,900 | 2021 |
| 116 | Rwanda
|
264,022 | 2021 |
| 117 | Cameroon
|
257,644 | 2021 |
| 118 | Senegal
|
248,869 | 2021 |
| 119 | Puerto Rico
|
239,059 | 2021 |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates
|
238,727 | 2021 |
| 121 | Angola
|
221,470 | 2021 |
| 122 | Libya
|
220,128 | 2021 |
| 123 | Malawi
|
217,631 | 2021 |
| 124 | Jamaica
|
206,062 | 2021 |
| 125 | Panama
|
181,523 | 2021 |
| 126 | Sierra Leone
|
175,525 | 2021 |
| 127 | Lesotho
|
174,444 | 2021 |
| 128 | Montenegro
|
173,409 | 2021 |
| 129 | Iceland
|
153,294 | 2021 |
| 130 | Eritrea
|
147,431 | 2021 |
| 131 | Palestinian Territory
|
142,188 | 2021 |
| 132 | Benin
|
120,650 | 2021 |
| 133 | Burundi
|
117,638 | 2021 |
| 134 | Namibia
|
111,968 | 2021 |
| 135 | Haiti
|
105,601 | 2021 |
| 136 | North Korea
|
84,507 | 2021 |
| 137 | Central African Republic
|
82,192 | 2021 |
| 138 | Gambia
|
75,379 | 2021 |
| 139 | Kuwait
|
74,365 | 2021 |
| 140 | Guyana
|
55,000 | 2021 |
| 141 | Bhutan
|
54,654 | 2021 |
| 142 | Malaysia
|
49,365 | 2021 |
| 143 | Qatar
|
48,373 | 2021 |
| 144 | Ghana
|
45,850 | 2021 |
| 145 | Malta
|
42,320 | 2021 |
| 146 | Guinea-Bissau
|
41,128 | 2021 |
| 147 | Swaziland
|
39,935 | 2021 |
| 148 | Côte d'Ivoire
|
31,846 | 2021 |
| 149 | Réunion
|
26,146 | 2006 |
| 150 | Cambodia
|
23,615 | 2021 |
| 151 | Philippines
|
16,080 | 2021 |
| 152 | Djibouti
|
14,978 | 2021 |
| 153 | Gabon
|
13,978 | 2021 |
| 154 | Comoros
|
13,470 | 2021 |
| 155 | Togo
|
11,546 | 2021 |
| 156 | Fiji
|
11,399 | 2021 |
| 157 | Bahrain
|
10,484 | 2021 |
| 158 | Liberia
|
9,400 | 2021 |
| 159 | Cape Verde
|
9,154 | 2021 |
| 160 | Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
8,913 | 2021 |
| 161 | Belize
|
7,528 | 2021 |
| 162 | Laos
|
7,300 | 2021 |
| 163 | Dominica
|
7,120 | 2021 |
| 164 | East Timor
|
6,827 | 2021 |
| 165 | Barbados
|
4,341 | 2021 |
| 166 | Republic of the Congo
|
4,052 | 2021 |
| 167 | Solomon Islands
|
3,132 | 2021 |
| 168 | Antigua and Barbuda
|
3,043 | 2021 |
| 169 | Bahamas
|
2,821 | 2021 |
| 170 | Suriname
|
2,501 | 2021 |
| 171 | Vanuatu
|
2,348 | 2021 |
| 172 | Samoa
|
1,713 | 2021 |
| 173 | Trinidad and Tobago
|
1,708 | 2021 |
| 174 | Mauritius
|
1,320 | 2021 |
| 175 | Saint Lucia
|
1,032 | 2021 |
| 176 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
913 | 2021 |
| 177 | French Polynesia
|
844 | 2021 |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe
|
568 | 2021 |
| 179 | Grenada
|
562 | 2021 |
| 180 | New Caledonia
|
486 | 2021 |
| 181 | Tonga
|
324 | 2021 |
| 182 | French Guiana
|
293 | 2006 |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea
|
203 | 2021 |
| 184 | Brunei
|
183 | 2021 |
| 185 | Guadeloupe
|
160 | 2006 |
| 186 | Seychelles
|
83 | 2021 |
| 187 | Hong Kong
|
60 | 2021 |
| 188 | Niue
|
58 | 2021 |
World production
|
|
|
|
|
|
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See also
References
- ^ a b "Milk production". Our World in Data. Retrieved 2023-07-13.