The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. Year Number of sheep (millions) 1851 223 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1523 1859 1860 1861 2761 1862 1863 1864 4937 1865 1866 1867 8419 1868 1869 1870 1871 9701 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 11705 1877 1878 13069 1879 1880 1881 12985 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 16565 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 18128 1892 1893 19380 1894 1895 19827 1896 1897 19688 1898 1899 19308 1900 1901 20233 1902 1903 18954 1904 1905 19131 1906 1907 20984 1908 1909 23481 1910 1911 23996 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 25270 1918 1919 25828 1920 1921 23285 1922 1923 23081 1924 1925 24548 1926 1927 25649 1928 1929 29051 1930 1931 29792 1932 1933 27756 1934 1935 29077 1936 30114 1937 31306 1938 32379 1939 31897 1940 31063 1941 31752 1942 29256 1943 29636 1944 33200 1945 33975 1946 30476 1947 32682 1948 32483 1949 32845 1950 33856 1951 34786 1952 35384 1953 36193 1954 38011 1955 39117 1956 40255 1957 42382 1958 46026 1959 46876 1960 47133 1961 48462 1962 48988 1963 50190 1964 51292 1965 53748 1966 57343 1967 60030 1968 60473 1969 59937 1970 60276 1971 58911 1972 60883 1973 56684 1974 55883 1975 55320 1976 56400 1977 59105 1978 62163 1979 63523 1980 68772 1981 69884 1982 70301 1983 70263 1984 69739 1985 67854 1986 67470 1987 64244 1988 64600 1989 60569 1990 57852 1991 55162 1992 52568 1993 50298 1994 49466 1995 48816 1996 47394 1997 1998 1999 45680 2000 2001 2002 39571 2003 39552 2004 39271 2005 39880 2006 40082 2007 38460 2008 34088 2009 32384 2010 32563 2011 31132 2012 31263 2013 30787 2014 29556 Source: old graph & Stats See the web-page for source information Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz