Horse Breeds by Country

There are approximately 58,372,106 horses in the world, as of 2006.Horses are bred for many activities, including racing, trail riding, working, rodeos, and showing.  Size may also be a factor in determining the breed. 

The United States has approximately 9.5 million horses, according to the 2006 Global Horse Population report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Nine other countries have horse populations of more than a million.

The United States, China, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, Mongolia, Ethiopia, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation are the top 10 horse producing countries in the world.

Horses are not as old as other domesticated species such as sheep, goats, pigs, cattle and dogs, but they are the species most differentiated into breeds throughout the world (Hall & Raune, 1993). The contribution of horse breeds to the total number of mammalian breeds in the world is an astonishing 10.33 %.