Estimated Pet Cat Population by Country (Proxy for “Purple Cat Count”)
No official dataset tracks “purple cats” by country. This proxy maps estimated pet cat population counts by country using compiled sources.
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Key Insights
- •The United States and China have the largest estimated pet cat populations in this dataset.
- •Large absolute cat populations often coincide with large human populations, so a per-capita view may change rankings substantially.
- •European countries show substantial cat populations relative to their size, making Europe prominent on per-capita layers.
- •Because methods vary by country, differences between similarly sized countries may reflect measurement differences as well as real ownership patterns.
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: 12,175,833.3cats)
About This Statistic
There is no credible, official, country-by-country dataset that tracks cats by color (e.g., “purple cat count”). To support a map visualization for the user’s query, the closest measurable proxy is the estimated total pet cat population in each country.
The values below use a compiled country table of estimated cat populations published by World Population Review. This is suitable for global mapping, but it is not a harmonized UN/World Bank series; methodologies vary by country and may reflect different survey years and estimation approaches.
Methodology
Proxy approach: because “purple cat count” is not tracked, use estimated total pet cat population by country from World Population Review’s compiled table. These are secondary estimates aggregated from available national/industry sources and surveys. Year is set to ~2020 as a representative snapshot because the underlying table mixes mid/late-2010s to early-2020s figures depending on country.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 95,600,000.0cats |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 53,100,000.0cats |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 22,750,000.0cats |
| 4 | Brazil | 22,100,000.0cats |
| 5 | France | 15,100,000.0cats |
| 6 | Germany | 14,800,000.0cats |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 12,000,000.0cats |
| 8 | Italy | 10,100,000.0cats |
| 9 | Japan | 9,600,000.0cats |
| 10 | Canada | 8,500,000.0cats |
| 11 | Spain | 5,800,000.0cats |
| 12 | Poland | 4,100,000.0cats |
| 13 | Australia | 3,800,000.0cats |
| 14 | Netherlands | 2,900,000.0cats |
| 15 | Belgium | 2,200,000.0cats |
| 16 | Switzerland | 1,700,000.0cats |
| 17 | Austria | 1,600,000.0cats |
| 18 | Portugal | 1,400,000.0cats |
| 19 | Sweden | 1,400,000.0cats |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 1,300,000.0cats |
| 21 | Norway | 770,000.0cats |
| 22 | Denmark | 650,000.0cats |
| 23 | Finland | 600,000.0cats |
| 24 | Ireland | 350,000.0cats |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Population Review (2020).
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