Countries with the Most Sheep

Can you name the countries that have the most sheep?

For 2021, according to FAOSTAT

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First submitted	July 7, 2013
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Average score	65.0%
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# Sheep	Country
186 mil	China
74.3 mil	India
68.0 mil	Australia
48.6 mil	Nigeria
45.3 mil	Iran
45.2 mil	Turkey
41.8 mil	Chad

# Sheep	Country
41.0 mil	Sudan
38.6 mil	Ethiopia
33.0 mil	United Kingdom
31.6 mil	Pakistan
31.1 mil	Algeria
31.1 mil	Mongolia
25.7 mil	New Zealand

# Sheep	Country
24.8 mil	Kenya
22.7 mil	Morocco
21.5 mil	South Africa
21.1 mil	Mali
20.5 mil	Brazil
19.8 mil	Russia

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76 Comments

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Level 81

Jul 8, 2013

Yay. 100% with 2:49 remaining. First try. New Zealand has more sheep than it has orcs.

Level 14

Jul 8, 2013

Good job :)

Level 33

Jan 29, 2016

What do you mean by "orcs"?

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Level 17

Nov 28, 2016

It's nice to live in New Zealand

+10

Level 61

Dec 9, 2016

New Zealand --> Lord of the Rings --> Orcs

Level 49

Dec 10, 2016

new zealand is awesome

Level 71

Jan 26, 2017

Maybe sheep are related to orcs.

+14

Level 55

Jan 26, 2017

^ I'm not sure if that thought makes orcs less scary, or sheep more scary...

Level 81

Oct 7, 2021

After the update I missed Mali. :-( bah. Baaahhhhh, even.

Level 63

Oct 7, 2021

Baaahmako is known for them

Level 74

Dec 10, 2016

I never associate sheep with India or China, but with so many people, I guessed.

The 3 African countries surprised me - just guesses that got me 100% but with only 4 secs left.

Fun quizzes, thanks.

Level 48

Sep 26, 2021

Conversely, I consider lamb/mutton the epitome of Indian cuisine - there's nothing like a lamb rogan josh or a sag gosht washed down with a pint or three!

Level 61

Oct 7, 2021

"Mutton" meats goat meat in Indian and Carribean cuisine.

Level 34

Apr 21, 2024

Mutton also mean pig, apart from goat in india

Level 37

Dec 21, 2016

Only guessed china because it has a lot of people

+32

Level 66

Jan 22, 2017

Man I only got one, I feel pretty... SHEEPISH!

+32

Level 55

Jan 26, 2017

Wow. Ewe've got to be kidding me.

+29

Level 45

Jan 26, 2017

Woold everyone please stop?

+24

Level 91

Jan 26, 2017

Nah, it's cool to have puns rammed down our throats every now and then.

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Level 68

Jan 27, 2017

No lambasting people on this site.

+15

Level 73

Jul 9, 2019

I am shear ewe wool not kid about that, ram i right?

Level 26

May 7, 2022

Yes

Level 54

Sep 15, 2023

these puns are so barn funny

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Level 38

Jul 26, 2017

That is really baaad

+17

Level 72

Mar 30, 2020

Fleece.., no more. I felt I ve had enough

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Level 29

Aug 28, 2020

I’ve had enough of this shear

+13

Level 71

Mar 4, 2021

I've shepherd plenty of puns, but this is still pretty impressive.

Level 75

Oct 7, 2021

kind of surprising coming from a wolf

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Level 74

Oct 7, 2021

Stop it for flock's sake

Level 67

Jan 26, 2017

Being from New Zealand, which has such a high proportion of sheep compared to its population, it was hard for me to work out that the only other countries with such high numbers of sheep had to have huge populations, and so spent the whole time just guessing random European, Central Asian, and South American countries, to little avail.

Level 75

Jan 26, 2017

Surprised the US was so low on this list (50). There are lots of sheep in our area, including on our farm.

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Level 85

Dec 5, 2017

Coming from New Zealand, we probably have very different definitions of "lots of sheep".

Level 52

Jan 26, 2017

Was disappointed that Wales was not in the list. We all know how much welsh love sheep!

Level 64

Jul 30, 2019

Wales is part of the UK. England and Scotland also have copious amounts of sheep.

Level 24

Jan 26, 2017

Wales is a part of the UK!!!!! (Even though....yeah)

Level 33

Jan 26, 2017

Would have never guessed Turkey, Sudan and Ethiopia.

Level 64

Jan 26, 2017

Very very interesting and original quiz!

Level 57

Feb 4, 2017

WTF I forgot Australia :-(

Level 68

Jul 7, 2019

DON’T SAY THAT ON OUR CHRISTIAN MINECRAFT SERVER!

Level 26

Mar 23, 2017

Missed Turkey.

Level 88

Jul 7, 2019

Am I the only one who thinks 30 more seconds might be called for here, esp for picking out the African countries?

Level 66

Jul 8, 2019

got all but Algeria, well

Level 73

Jul 9, 2019

That is the most ridiculously adorable picture of a lambkin I have ever seen.

Level 78

Jul 11, 2019

Not so easy.

Level 72

Jul 12, 2019

To put it into perspective, maybe make it/ a quiz relative to size of the country? That is more telling/informative imo.

Level 70

Jul 29, 2019

Surprised no country in the Americas made the list. Something new learnt today

Level 19

Dec 9, 2021

Brazil

Level 68

Jul 30, 2019

Got them all with 1 second left on the clock!

Level 68

Jul 31, 2019

Think Wales would be able to make this list on their own. How many of the UKs stats belong to Wales?

Level 56

Apr 8, 2020

According to google Wales has 11 million sheep while England has 15 million, Scotland has 6 million and NI has 2 million

Level 56

Apr 8, 2020

Started guessing African countries in the last 20 seconds and got 3 of them in the last 10 seconds- got Algeria with 1 second left.

Level 14

Jun 27, 2020

It was very interesting

Level 51

Dec 20, 2020

#Sheep4Life and #SaveTheSheep sksksksk ;)

Level 62

Apr 3, 2021

Are you sure that all of these answers are correct? Nearly half of the countries mentioned here are located in a desert and I doubt that sheep can live in a desert. Please correct me if I am wrong.

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Level ∞

Apr 3, 2021

When the data doesn't align with your assumptions perhaps you should question your assumptions.

Level 68

Oct 20, 2021

That was a surprisingly spicy response for an innocuous comment.

Level 59

Sep 6, 2021

Sheep can definitely live in deserts, or dry arid, areas. I have been to many farms in Outback Australia that farm sheep in VERY arid conditions.

Level 82

Sep 20, 2021

BigGeographyGuy: might want to reconsider your username, too.

From my perspective, 5 countries (Australia, Algeria, Chad, Morocco, Mali, Sudan) all have significant desert areas, but are all large enough to have plentiful grazing areas. I don't think of any of the other countries as being "in the desert", certainly not nearly half.

Level 84

Oct 14, 2021

On the other hand, I imagine BigGeographyGuy can count to six, so I guess you're even ;-)

Level 68

Oct 21, 2021

Mongolia also has a lot of desert, no?

Level 74

Jan 15, 2022

There is a wide variety in sheep breeds. Those sheep grazed in semi arid conditions generally resemble goats.

Level 86

Sep 19, 2021

I underestimated how many sheep were in North Africa. My apologies, sheep.

Level 83

Sep 20, 2021

I remembered halfway through how many Maghreb/Middle Eastern dishes I've come across containing mutton, which gave me a lot more answers.

Level 72

Sep 23, 2021

Baa. I mean bah. Chad & Mali.

Level 73

Oct 7, 2021

Mongolia has fewer population than New Zealand and more sheeps. But it's territory is eight times bigger than the other one

Level 67

Sep 11, 2023

The plural of sheep is sheep and not sheeps btw

English has strange plurals.

Level 70

Dec 22, 2024

It can be sheeps sometimes when in things like "The sheeps of Scotland and New Zealand are similar."

Level 75

Oct 7, 2021

I was doing very badly until I remembered that Africa exists.

Level 68

Feb 25, 2022

Ohhh, you mean the farm animal.

Level 32

Apr 24, 2022

Took me to the very end to figure out the country with the MOST sheep. I guessed all of the African countries before considering China. I'll have to think very hard about whether I've ever had lamb at a Chinese restaurant. *heads off to research traditional Chinese lamb dishes*

Level 24

Sep 12, 2023

New Zealand ahh quiz

Level 26

Sep 12, 2023

nice

Level 47

Sep 13, 2023

first try. Missed only Iran and Kenya.

Level 21

Jun 11, 2024

Im from IRAN and WHY TF do we have this many sheep? what? I mean we do have sheepmeat in every single food but STILL. I didnt know having kaleh pache (sheep head) for breakfast affected our country this much

Level 61

Dec 11, 2024

I think the answers might need an update, according to worldstats, Saudi Arabia has bumped above South Africa and bumped out Russia something along those lines

https://worldostats.com/sheep-population-by-country-2024/

Level ∞

Dec 11, 2024

We get our data from official government sources. It is one year behind the latest year available (2022) but I'm waiting to update.