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Top 10 Countries with the Most Horses

Can you name the ten countries that have the most domesticated horses?
For the year 2020, according to FAOSTAT
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Last updated: March 22, 2022
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First submittedDecember 3, 2016
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# Horses
Continent
Country
10.5 mil
Americas
United States
6.38 mil
Americas
Mexico
5.96 mil
Americas
Brazil
4.09 mil
Asia
Mongolia
3.67 mil
Asia
China
2.59 mil
Americas
Argentina
3.14 mil
Asia
Kazakhstan
2.15 mil
Africa
Ethiopia
1.58 mil
Americas
Colombia
1.32 mil
Africa
Chad
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Level 60
Dec 3, 2016
Surprised by Kazakhstan and Ethiopia.
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Level 76
Apr 8, 2017
The steppes will rise again!
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Level 57
Apr 8, 2017
I thought that Ethiopia ate them all :-)
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Level 75
Apr 8, 2017
That reminds me of a comedian in the mid-'80s who yelled at Ethiopians for their presumed stupidity in choosing to live in a desert. The central highlands which cover much of Ethiopian are among the greenest, most fertile places on Earth. By the way, Ethiopia (and Eritrea) probably have Africa's finest cuisine, explaining the proliferation of restaurants serving that food across much of the world.
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Level 72
Apr 11, 2017
There is a great Ethiopian restaurant in Toronto that I've been to a couple times. really tasty food and some fantastic coffee.
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Level 44
Mar 22, 2022
@tshalla, I believe you are referring to the Sam Kinison bit
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Level 40
Jun 16, 2022
Oy vey. I thought you Mericuns were smarter than this.
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Level 74
Apr 11, 2017
Surprised by Ethiopia, not by Kazakhstan. Central Asian culture is hugely dependent on the horse.
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Level 66
Sep 17, 2019
yea my surprise was colombia and ethiopia (though I did try egypt )
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Level 48
Apr 11, 2017
I guessed Ethiopia because horses are used as a main form of transport in the highlands. In some places you see more horse carts than tuk tuks or cars!
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Level 62
Oct 24, 2017
since Mongolia, Russia and China were listed, It seemed like a logical guess to try their neighbor Kazakhstan.
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Level 82
May 4, 2020
Horses were first domesticated in central Asia. Probably around Turkmenistan.
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Level 77
Dec 3, 2016
I would have thought Colombia would have more mules than horses......
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Level 69
Dec 5, 2016
Ouch!
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Level 82
Dec 3, 2016
Mongolia has almost more horses than people.
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Level 54
Apr 8, 2017
It does!
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Level 59
Dec 4, 2016
Ethiopia?????!!!!!
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Level 78
Jan 9, 2017
This one baffled me too.
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Level 69
Apr 8, 2017
Guessed Ethiopia, didn't get Brazil. Sigh.
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Level 66
Jan 14, 2020
Had all of the others and well over a minute left, but couldn't come up with Ethiopia.
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Level 68
Jan 26, 2017
Got all but Ethiopia. I thought Australia had room for a few horses.
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Level 61
Apr 8, 2017
Australia ranks 38.
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Level 60
May 12, 2022
There just aren't that many people in Australia. And the farmers/stockmen who are there raise way more cattle and sheep than horses.
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Level 70
Apr 4, 2017
ETHIOPIA??????
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Level 75
Apr 8, 2017
Only one I missed. Had no idea.
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Level 58
Apr 8, 2017
I'm pretty surprised about a lot of these. I thought there would be more European countries since there's a lot of horse breeds that originate there.
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Level 77
Apr 8, 2017
Whoo hoo! My strategy of typing random African countries worked this time!!!
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Level 76
Apr 9, 2017
Ran out of time with one letter to finish typing "Mongolia"... would never have guessed Ethiopa though
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Level 58
Apr 10, 2017
Would never have thought of Mexico as a horse superpower!
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Level 93
Sep 11, 2018
I was sure France would be on here and it looks like it should be with the figures here: https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2015/jun/12/how-many-horses-european-union-eu-equine-census-population Also tried Ireland as they are big on racing but I guess they are just don't have the space some of the others here have - only about 100,000
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Level ∞
Jul 24, 2019
France is #32 with about 367,000 horses.
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Level 82
Sep 17, 2019
They would have more if they weren't so delicious
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Level 33
Sep 17, 2019
Whooaaaaaaaaa
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Level 89
Oct 25, 2019
I was shocked Australia didn't rank. Maybe they wound up on the barbie.
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Level 22
Sep 17, 2019
Got them all but Ethiopia. Never would've guessed that.
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Level 66
Sep 17, 2019
Sometimes I just wish all the countries would get redivided and be equally big, so quizzes like this actually tells you something about the culture instead of the size.

With this quiz it is not AS much the case, but it did remind me of all those quizzes where it would be 90% name the biggest countries, plus a few that actually really stand out in that theme.

Actually redividing the people would be great too, no more "we are better than you bullshit" (not that I actually think that would work out though... some think they are better where ever and with whomever you put them... still less us and them, more individuals)

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Level 70
Mar 22, 2022
Making a per capita version may be a slightly easier solution.
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Level 29
Oct 4, 2019
made it with 1.11 the second try
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Level 82
Jan 14, 2020
Only 10.5 million horses in the US? Where I live out west there must be one horse for every human--or so it seems.
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Level 65
Jan 14, 2020
Hi
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Level 67
Jan 14, 2020
Only missed Ethiopia
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Level 68
Mar 22, 2022
It was easy until African countries 😁
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Level 82
Mar 22, 2022
Kinda crazy that Mongolia has more horses than all of China.
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Level 87
Mar 23, 2022
What do horses in Chad drink? Lake Chad is usually dry.
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Level 40
Apr 29, 2022
Hi, Quizmaster - quick question - do you do the New York Times' Spelling Bee game? I saw the moniker 'Hostetler' from Seattle while browsing the comments yesterday, and wondered whether that was you - was it?
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Level 67
Apr 29, 2022
Description states "domesticated" horses... Do these countries change much if counting wild horses too? Or would they just not be able to get an accurate number?
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Level 70
Apr 29, 2022
Interesting point.

The number of truly wild horses - Przewalski's - is miniscule.

But feral horses might be a large part of say Australia's horse population.

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Level 37
Apr 29, 2022
I don't even know how did I managed to get 100% on this one first try
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Level 17
Apr 29, 2022
Rohan
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Level 26
May 3, 2022
i sawed what yu did don,t worry it has not gone unoticed
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Level 65
Apr 29, 2022
People seem surprised about Ethiopia, which is one of the most populated countries in Africa, but what about Chad??? Seems pretty random to me, but there must be a good explanation to explain this anomaly.

Top 10 countries with camels ok, but horses?

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Level 32
Apr 29, 2022
Chad? Okay, off to read more about Chad.
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Level 55
Mar 31, 2023
I just didn't get CHAD!!

who would of guessed

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Level 68
Jun 18, 2023
Full Metal Jacket taught me not to guess Vietnam :)
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Level 63
Sep 19, 2023
No Russia?
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Level 79
Mar 6, 2024
When I got the final one (Chad) I was surprised. It was a complete shot in the dark.