In absolute numbers that&#x27;s not even remotely true. According to FAOSTAT the undisputed top 1 is mainland China (175M) followed by Australia (75M), India (64M), Sudan (52M) and Iran (50M). New Zealand is down to 31M heads and it&#x27;s been falling pretty much continually since the 1999 uptick to 46M heads.<p>NZ <i>may</i> have the highest number of sheep per capita and highest sheep density (especially since FAOSTAT doesn&#x27;t list Wales independently)