As of 01 January 2020, the total cattle inventory in the country was 2.54 million heads, 0.3 percent higher than the 2.54 million heads recorded in the same period of the previous year. Of the total cattle inventory, 94.1 percent were raised in backyard farms while the remaining 5.9 percent were from commercial farms.

Among all ages, cows accounted for 43.4 percent of the total cattle population.  Heifers shared 18.9 percent to the total cattle count while the remaining 37.6 percent were combined population of yearlings, bulls, and cattles of other ages. (Figure 2 and Table 2)