US EditionYes, New Zealand still has more sheep than people. But humans are catching up
- New Zealand has 23.6 million sheep and 5.3 million people, yielding about 4.5 sheep per person, according to Stats NZ.
- In 1982, the ratio was 22 sheep per person, when the sheep industry was crucial to New Zealand's economy.
- The sheep population peaked in 1982 at over 70 million sheep and just 3.2 million people, as noted by Stats NZ.
- An unnamed source commented on the wool industry's decline, saying, 'the wool industry is almost at that tipping point'.
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Are humans about to outnumber sheep in New Zealand?
New Zealand contains a vast army of sheep, which famously outnumber humans there. But the ratio is slowly trending down with the international decline of the wool trade. Government statistics show that the jokes are old: long-gone are the days when there were fifty sheep for every man. — Read the rest The post Are humans about to outnumber sheep in New Zealand? appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Yes, New Zealand still has more sheep than people. But humans are catching up
New Zealand is still one of a few countries in the world where sheep outnumber people. But the human population is catching up, according to official figures.
New Zealand has 4.5 more sheep than people
Statistics by New Zealand Government Agency has revealed that there were still more sheep than human in the country. With a population of 23.6 million sheep and 5.3 million people, there are about 4.5 sheep for each New Zealander, the statistic showed. According to the statistics, that’s down from 22 sheep per person in 1982, …
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