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 English in the UK (% of UK population) English in NZ (% of UK-born population) 1861 64.6 59.2 1871 67.3 49.7 1881 69.7 53.4 1891 71.9 53.5 1901 73.3 54.6 1911 74.2 58.5 1921 75 62.8 1936 81.1 70.2 1945 66.9 1951 81.9 68.7 1961 82.5 71.5 1971 82.9 74.1 1981 83.1 76.7 1991 83.2 80.4 2001 83.7 82.2 2013 82.9 84.2 See the web-page for source information Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz