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.
The vast number of sheep in New Zealand relative to the country’s scant human population has long been the subject of jokes aimed at New Zealanders abroad.
But humans are reducing the gap, according to government statistics agency data.
With a population of 23.6 million sheep and 5.3 million people, there are about 4.5 sheep for each New Zealander, the data shows.
That is down from 22 sheep per person in 1982, when farming sheep for meat and wool was New Zealand’s biggest earner.
Now, years От падащите цени на вълната, провокирани от световна прекосяване към синтетични нишки, накара фермерите да трансформират това, което вършат със своята земя, съобщи най -голямата лобистка група в бранша.
По земята, Нова Зеландия е с размера на Обединеното кралство, само че има човешко обитаеми...
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