Number of cat owners - Worldwide

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  • I am interested in finding out how many cat owners there are in the world, by country. Ideally I would like a chart that lists the country, the number of cats kept as pets and the number of cat owners. For example, in the US there are 85 million cats (kept as pets) and 35 million cat owners. I am not interested in the overall cat population, just those kept as pets in a household.


  • Hi panos14, Ok, here's your data – everything I could find. I have created a chart below which presents the data in a clean logical format. As I mentioned in my Request for Clarification, all of the ownership data comes in terms of "percentage of households." This is because actual "owners" can't really be counted. If a cat lives in a house with 6 people, how many people are its owners? A household is basically a group of individuals (usually related but sometimes including staff or tenants) who reside in a single dwelling-unit – generally a house or apartment. Beneath the chart I have cited all of the sources I used to garner the data. As you can see there are a lot of holes in the chart, but I'm confident that it gives you a good overview of pet cat populations in many areas of the world and the number of households that have cats. I exhausted every option I could think of to fill in the blanks. Most of this information is a result of market research for the pet food/supplies industry. Unfortunately, as with a lot of market research, free information is not easy to come by. You'll find that most of the data I have provided comes from large research reports that only leak tidbits of information for free. Also, in many cases the number of cats and the % households came from two different sources. I have provided you links to sites to purchase the reports if you want them. ==================================================== PET CAT POPULATIONS AND OWNERSHIP DATA ==================================================== # CATS %HOUSEHOLDS NOTES m = million w/ CATS =======================+============+=============== EUROPE 47 m -----------------------+------------+-------------- AUSTRALIA 3 m 25% -----------------------+------------+--------------- JAPAN 7 - 8 m 10.7% -----------------------+------------+--------------- UK 7.5 – 9 m 25% -----------------------+------------+--------------- CANADA 4.5 m 38% -----------------------+------------+--------------- MEXICO 14 m -----------------------+------------+--------------- SPAIN 3 m -----------------------+------------+--------------- SWEDEN 1.3 m 21% -----------------------+------------+--------------- NEW ZEALAND .9 – 1.5 m 47% -----------------------+------------+-------------- GERMANY 7 m 14% -----------------------+------------+-------------- BRAZIL 11 m 2003 6.6 m 1997 FAS -----------------------+------------+-------------- AUSTRIA 1.5 M 2000 FAS 1.4 m 27% 2002 VOEK -----------------------+------------+-------------- SWITZERLAND 1.2 m 35% -----------------------+------------+-------------- HUNGARY 1.9 m -----------------------+------------+-------------- COSTA RICA 15% -----------------------+------------+-------------- POLAND 14% -----------------------+------------+-------------- NETHERLANDS 21% -----------------------+------------+-------------- ================================ LARGE DATA SOURCES / REPORTS ================================ This is where the bulk of your data resides. Unfortunately, you would have to purchase the relevant reports at around $1000 USD to get all of the details. There is an individual report for every European country and each report contains sections called: Pet Population Dog and Cat Owning Households: % Analysis 1998/2002 Which is exactly what you are looking for. EUROMONITOR'S PET PRODUCTS RESEARCH REPORTS http://www.euromonitor.com/Petfoodandpetcareproducts I have gleaned as much information as I could from the free data available. -------------------------------- AMERICAN PET PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (APPMA) SURVEY http://www.appma.org/membership/survey.asp -------------------------- TRENDS IN THE U.S. PET FOOD INDUSTRY: THE POTENTIAL FOR ALASKA SEAFOOD PRODUCTS http://www.dced.state.ak.us/cbd/seafood/pub/PetFoodIndustryReport.pdf ------------------------- USDA FOREIGN AGRICULTURE SERVICE http://www.fas.usda.gov/default.htm =========================== COUNTRY DATA ========================== ==================== EUROPE ==================== According to a survey carried out by the European Pet Food association, FEDIAF, there are currently 47 million cats in Europe, and 41 million dogs. Around 55 million European households own a pet. Petfood Industry Electronic Newsletter ://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:oTAai7322TIJ:www.wattnet.com/enews/pet/ptnws052.doc+%22households+with+cats%22+spain&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 FEDIAF http://www.fediaf.org/gentree.htm ======================= AUSTRALIA ========================= "..one in four Australian households own cats" http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/05/26/1053801329339.html ================ JAPAN ================ "…Cat and dog ownership declined from its 2000 peak by just over 2% to a total of 17.4 million animals. This is expected to continue in 2002, with the dog and cat population falling by a further 2.4% to less than 17 million animals." http://www.euromonitor.com/Pet_Food_and_Pet_Care_Products_in_Japan "According to the Japan Pet Food Association, as of 2001 there are 10.05 million registered dogs and 7.72 million cats in Japan." PETS http://www.jetro.go.jp/ec/e/market/mgb/3-30.pdf " The Pet Food Manufactures' Association of Japan has recently conducted a survey on the status of pet keeping in the country. …On the national level, 16.7% of the households own dogs followed by 10.7% owning cats.." TREND OF MOTIVES AND CONCERN WITH SOCIAL MANNERS OF PET KEEPING [JAPAN] http://www.zenoaq.jp/html_e/aj2_0303.html ============= UK ============= "9 million cats in the UK, 8 million of which live in British households" http://www.powdermilltrust.co.uk/page3.html "..October 2002: There are now 7.5 million cats in the UK … The figures were revealed yesterday in a study by Mintel, the market analysts…" http://lifestyle.scotsman.com/families/pets_specific.cfm?articleid=6705 "..In 2001 there were an estimated 7.5 million cats in the UK. (Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association Ltd)" http://www.adventist.org.uk/lifedevelopment/lifestylemagazine.htm "..According to RSPCA figures there are between 7.5 and 9 million cats in the UK of which some 2 to 3 million are strays." http://www.geocities.com/samson2002002/ "Five million people [in the UK] own cats" http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/1100ichomes/0400advice/content_objectid=12984864_method=full_siteid=50061_headline=-A-pet-friendly-garden-name_page.html "1996: Britain's seven million cat owners" http://131.104.232.9/fsnet/1996/4-1996/fs-04-25-96-01.txt ============ CANADA ============== "According to Statistics Canada, there are approximately 3.5 million dogs and 4.5 million cats in the country." CANADA PRODUCT BRIEF - PET FOOD INDUSTRY SECTOR REPORT 2000 http://www.fas.usda.gov/GainFiles/200011/55678719.pdf ------------------------ "Some 6.4 million households own 14.2 million cats in Canada." DOG DIGEST - 2002 http://www.dog-digest.com/html/oct2002.html -------------------- "5-6 million cats.." http://www.cwf-fcf.org/pages/nww2001/projects/project30_e.htm ================= SWEDEN ================= 1999: "…21 per cent of households own cats (as opposed to the 15.5 per cent which own dogs)" DOGSWORLD - NEWS http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:gYUzCKCgySsJ:www.dogsworldwide.com/news/sept3-99.htm+%22households+own+cats%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 ------------ There are around 800,000 dogs and 1.3 million cats in Sweden, which has a population of roughly nine million people. Pet Food and Pet Care Products in Sweden [report can be purchased] http://www.euromonitor.com/Pet_Food_and_Pet_Care_Products_in_Sweden ======================== NEW ZEALAND ======================= "Approximately 47% of New Zealand households own cats…" http://www.forest-bird.org.nz/dawnchorus/cats/responsiblecatownership.pdf "…There are in New Zealand between 900,000 and 1.5 million cats. Nobody knows exactly how many.." SPCA – AUCKLAND NZ http://www.spca.org.nz/av/av2001_summer_cats_under_attack.htm ================= GERMANY =================== According to the statistics, there are approximately 4.7 million dogs and 7 million cats in Germany. BAYER – PRESS RELEASE http://bayer-animal-health.de/ah/Portal/cpool_prtl.nsf/DocsWeb/AboutUsPressReleasesTenProducts?OpenDocument ------------- According to market research data, on the average14% of households in Germany own cats. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF TOXOPLASMA INFECTION http://www.svepm.org.uk/Posters2001/Broll.pdf ==================== BRAZIL ====================== 2003 "…Brazil has 27 million dogs and 11 million cats. They consume about 95 percent of Brazil’s pet food and supplies. GLOBAL NEWS LINE http://www.ita.doc.gov/exportamerica/GlobalNewsLine/gnl_0203.pdf --------- 1997: only a quarter of the country's 22-million dog and cat population (70 percent are dogs) eat manufactured pet foods. BRAZIL'S PET OWNERS OPT FOR U.S. PET FOOD http://www.fas.usda.gov/info/agexporter/1997/petowners.html ============ AUSTRIA ============= In Austria there are around 1,5 million cats and a half million dogs. USDA FAS – Austria Exporter Guide 2000 http://www.fas.usda.gov/GainFiles/200010/35678337.pdf --------------- "Austria has a population of 7.8 million people. The pet population is as follows: 524,000 dogs in 16 % of the households, 1.396 million cats in 27 % of households" Austrian Small Animal Veterinary Association VOEK - 2002 http://www.voek.at/profile_e.htm =================== SWITZERLAND ==================== Pets achieved a high household penetration during the late 1990s – nearly 15% of households own a dog and 35% own a cat – and incremental growth has therefore slowed down. Pet Food and Pet Care Products in Switzerland http://www.euromonitor.com/Pet_Food_and_Pet_Care_Products_in_Switzerland "The number of dogs and cats in Switzerland is relatively high (approximately 500,000 dogs and 1.2 million cats)." PREVALENCE OF ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS IN ANIMALS ://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:KL7YEksrJTIJ:www.medscape.com/viewarticle/414430_5+%22cats+in+switzerland%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 ====================== HUNGARY ======================= With 1.8 million dogs and 1.9 million cats, the average number of pets per household is above the European average. BUSINESS HUNGARY http://www.amcham.hu/BusinessHungary/16-07/articles/16-06_06.asp =========== COSTA RICA ============= A nationwide survey that included personal interviews in 1,021 households studied the incidence, species, and numbers of nonhuman animals kept in Costa Rican households. A total of 71% of households keep animals. The proportion of households keeping dogs (53%) is 3.6 higher than the proportion of households keeping cats (15%). Wild Animals and Other Pets Kept in Costa Rican Households: Incidence, Species and Numbers http://www.psyeta.org/sa/abst9-2.shtml =========== POLAND ========== CLARITAS - COUNTRY STATISTICS - POLAND http://www.claritas-europe.com/europe/country_overview/poland/Country_statistics_pl ================ NETHERLANDS ================ CLARITAS - COUNTRY STATISTICS - NETHERLAND http://www.claritas-europe.com/europe/country_overview/netherlands/Countrystats_nl?view=Standard So, that's everything I found! Please let me know if anything I've said isn't clear or if any of the links don't work and I'll be happy to clarify my answer. Thank you for your question, -K~ SEARCH STRATEGY Combined country names with terms: "million cats" "million cats in" "million cat owners" "million people own cats" "households with cats" "households owning cats" "million households own cats" "cat owners in"


  • Hi, I am looking for as many as possible, but at the minimum the UK, Germany, Japan, France, Canada and Australia. Thank you.


  • Do you require every single country? Many countries, especially third-world, are unlikely to have any such statistics.


  • Hi K, It would be acceptable if you can include the number of households for each country. How is households defined? Kind regards, P


  • Hi panos14, Ok here's the story with your answer -- I got hit with that huge power outage yesterday at the very moment that I was about to post your answer. (Literally between the copy and the paste!). I have power back now, but it's temporary - rolling blackouts for the next 2 days. So, that means I'm really not going to be able to do any further research on this. What I have for you is 17 countries world-wide with either pet cat populations or % households with cats or both. (9 have both). To further research the number of households in each of those countries, even if I could, would be well beyond the scope of this question. I would recommend you ask that as a separate question once I have provided you with the list of countries. So, my question is, what would you like me to do? Post my answer or no? Just let me know. And remember, I could be without power when your reply comes, so there may be some delay in getting back to you. -K~


  • Hi panos14, I've been working on your question for about an hour now and have found lots of good pet-cat population numbers for a wide variety of countries, however in nearly every case the cat owners are listed in terms of "percentage of households." For example, "25% of Australian households own at least one cat." Is that an acceptable way for me to present the ownership data to you? -K~


  • Hi K, Sorry to hear you were affected by the blackouts. Please go ahead and post. The information you have found will be helpful for my research. Thanks!







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