Estimated number of pet cats (proxy for “count of gray cats”)
Country-level estimates of pet cat populations (millions). Used as the closest available proxy for “count of gray cats,” which is not tracked officially.
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Key Insights
- •The largest estimated pet cat populations in this dataset are the United States (66.8M) and China (56.4M).
- •Several European countries show substantial pet cat ownership (e.g., Germany 15.2M, France 13.5M, UK 12.0M, Italy 10.0M).
- •Russia (22.8M) and Brazil (20.7M) are major cat-population countries outside the US/China.
- •Many smaller European countries have pet cat populations below 1 million, reflecting both population size and rounding in industry estimates.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 7.6million)
About This Statistic
Official country-level statistics for the specific “count of gray cats” (coat-color specific counts) are not collected by governments or major international statistical agencies. Coat color (“gray/blue”) is typically only recorded in limited veterinary, breeder, or academic genetics contexts, and not in comprehensive national registries.
As the closest measurable proxy with broad country coverage, this dataset provides the estimated total number of pet cats by country (in millions). If a reliable country-specific share of gray-coated cats were ever available, a gray-cat count could be approximated by multiplying that share by these totals; however, such shares are not consistently available at national scale.
Methodology
Values represent estimated numbers of pet cats (household companion cats) per country, primarily from Statista’s cross-country compilation for leading countries (2022) and supplemented with FEDIAF’s European pet population figures (2022) to expand coverage. Units are expressed in millions of cats. This is explicitly a proxy dataset for the query topic because coat-color-specific national counts are not systematically measured.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 66.8million |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 56.4million |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 22.8million |
| 4 | Cyprus | 20.7million |
| 5 | Germany | 15.2million |
| 6 | France | 13.5million |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 12.0million |
| 8 | Italy | 10.0million |
| 9 | Canada | 8.1million |
| 10 | Japan | 7.7million |
| 11 | Ukraine | 7.5million |
| 12 | Poland | 7.0million |
| 13 | Spain | 5.9million |
| 14 | Australia | 5.3million |
| 15 | Romania | 4.3million |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 3.6million |
| 17 | Netherlands | 2.6million |
| 18 | Czech Republic | 2.1million |
| 19 | Hungary | 2.1million |
| 20 | Switzerland | 2.1million |
| 21 | Türkiye | 2.1million |
| 22 | Portugal | 1.9million |
| 23 | Austria | 1.7million |
| 24 | Sweden | 1.4million |
| 25 | Greece | 1.1million |
| 26 | Slovakia | 1.1million |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 0.9million |
| 28 | Norway | 0.8million |
| 29 | Croatia | 0.6million |
| 30 | Denmark | 0.6million |
| 31 | Belgium | 0.6million |
| 32 | Ireland | 0.5million |
| 33 | Lithuania | 0.4million |
| 34 | Latvia | 0.3million |
| 35 | Estonia | 0.2million |
| 36 | Slovenia | 0.2million |
| 37 | Luxembourg | 0.1million |
| 38 | Malta | 0.1million |
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Data Source
This data comes from Statista (compiled from industry and survey sources); supplemented by FEDIAF (2022).
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