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 Māori population 1840 80000 1858 56000 1874 47000 1878 46000 1881 46000 1886 44000 1891 44000 1896 42000 1901 46000 1906 50000 1911 53000 1916 53000 1921 57000 1926 64000 1931 73000 1936 82000 1941 91000 1945 99000 1951 116000 1956 137000 1961 167000 1966 201000 1971 227000 1976 270000 1981 283000 1986 405000 1991 435000 1996 523000 2001 526000 2006 565000 2013 599000 Source: Pool (1991); Statistics New Zealand Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz