Number of Breeding Ewes, Australia, mil
Year	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963
Number	52.100	52.800	53.000	55.400	55.500	58.600	62.500	66.800	66.000	69.500	68.400	69.700	70.700	70.900
Year	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977
Number	72.900	75.600	73.600	76.600	76.700	83.600	85.500	84.400	75.600	68.700	70.000	70.600	68.500	64.700
Year	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Number	63.600	65.900	66.500	66.900	68.500	65.600	70.300	70.800	72.100	72.100	71.600	74.800	74.800	67.000
Year	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005^*
Number	65.500	61.400	60.800	59.000	57.200	57.400	55.700	52.100	50.200	47.000	45.800	43.700	43.800	46.100
				^*
Year	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	1019
Number	43.00	46.40	46.60	40.90	42.29	41.82	44.85	39.72	40.65	39.35	37.18	39.90	39.91	37.77
Year	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033
Number	35.37	37.62	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Source:	ABS,