The horse was domesticated on a broad scale by 3000 BC.
 The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that in 2008, there were almost 59,000,000 horses in the world, with around 33,500,000 in the Americas, 13,800,000 in Asia and 6,300,000 in Europe and smaller portions in Africa and Oceania
A 2021 genetic study suggested that most modern domestic horses descend from the lower Volga-Don region

