Books published per country per year
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In descending order of number of new titles per year, as of the latest year available, sometimes “new titles & editions”.
|
Country
|
Books
|
|
China
|
440,000
|
|
United
States |
304,912
|
|
United
Kingdom |
184,000
|
|
Russia
|
101,981
|
|
India
|
90,000
|
|
Japan
|
82,589
|
|
Germany
|
82,048
|
|
Italy
|
61,966
|
|
South
Korea |
47,589
|
|
Spain
|
44,000
|
|
Turkey
|
43,100
|
|
France
|
41,902
|
|
Iran
|
28,322
|
|
Australia
|
28,234
|
|
Taiwan
|
28,084
|
|
Argentina
|
28,010
|
|
Vietnam
|
24,589
|
|
Indonesia
|
24,000
|
|
Brazil
|
20,792
|
|
Canada
|
19,900
|
|
Czech
Republic |
18,985
|
|
Malaysia
|
17,923
|
|
Poland
|
15,580
|
|
Romania
|
14,984
|
|
Ukraine
|
14,790
|
|
Hong
Kong |
14,603
|
|
Belgium
|
13,913
|
|
Finland
|
13,656
|
|
Thailand
|
13,607
|
|
Belarus
|
12,885
|
|
Denmark
|
12,352
|
|
Colombia
|
12,334
|
|
Switzerland
|
12,156
|
|
Singapore
|
12,000
|
|
Hungary
|
11,645
|
|
Netherlands
|
11,500
|
|
Slovakia
|
9,400
|
|
Egypt
|
9,022
|
|
Israel
|
8,411
|
|
Austria
|
8,056
|
|
Portugal
|
7,868
|
|
Mexico
|
7,521
|
|
Greece
|
6,826
|
|
Chile
|
5,641
|
|
South
Africa |
5,418
|
|
Sri
Lanka |
4,115
|
|
Peru
|
4,101
|
|
Sweden
|
4,074
|
|
Saudi
Arabia |
3,900
|
|
Pakistan
|
3,811
|
|
Lebanon
|
3,686
|
|
Myanmar
|
3,660
|
|
New
Zealand |
3,600
|
|
Ecuador
|
2,854
|
|
Afghanistan
|
2,795
|
|
Venezuela
|
2,061
|
|
Luxembourg
|
2,000
|
|
Latvia
|
1,965
|
|
Iceland
|
1,533
|
|
Philippines
|
1,507
|
|
Cuba
|
1,488
|
|
Costa
Rica |
1,315
|
|
Nigeria
|
1,314
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
1,226
|
|
Syria
|
1,138
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
1,003
|
|
Cyprus
|
930
|
|
Morocco
|
918
|
|
Tunisia
|
720
|
|
Dominican
Republic |
705
|
|
Algeria
|
670
|
|
Uruguay
|
605
|
|
Bolivia
|
584
|
|
Georgia
|
581
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
542
|
|
Jordan
|
511
|
|
Panama
|
506
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
450
|
|
Guatemala
|
446
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
420
|
|
Malta
|
404
|
|
Fiji
|
401
|
|
Armenia
|
396
|
|
Paraguay
|
390
|
|
Albania
|
381
|
|
Nicaragua
|
306
|
|
Kenya
|
300
|
|
United
Arab Emirates |
293
|
|
Honduras
|
290
|
|
Uganda
|
288
|
|
Mongolia
|
285
|
|
El
Salvador |
250
|
|
Ethiopia
|
240
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
232
|
|
Vatican
City |
228
|
|
Qatar
|
209
|
|
Kuwait
|
196
|
|
Tanzania
|
172
|
|
Botswana
|
158
|
|
Tajikistan
|
132
|
|
Papua
New Guinea |
122
|
|
Madagascar
|
119
|
|
Malawi
|
117
|
|
Palestine
|
114
|
|
Eritrea
|
106
|
|
Namibia
|
106
|
|
Brunei
|
91
|
|
Laos
|
88
|
|
Benin
|
84
|
|
Mauritius
|
80
|
|
Réunion
|
69
|
|
Congo,
DRC |
64
|
|
Andorra
|
57
|
|
Suriname
|
47
|
|
Guyana
|
42
|
|
Monaco
|
41
|
|
Bahrain
|
40
|
|
Ghana
|
28
|
|
Libya
|
26
|
|
Angola
|
22
|
|
Mali
|
14
|
|
The
Gambia |
14
|
|
Burkina
Faso |
12
|
|
Oman
|
7
|
|
Country
|
Books
published per 100,000 population |
|
Iceland
|
507.73
|
|
Luxembourg
|
416.47
|
|
United
Kingdom |
302.75
|
|
Singapore
|
263.56
|
|
Finland
|
260.69
|
|
Denmark
|
225.89
|
|
Czech
Republic |
185.60
|
|
Slovakia
|
172.56
|
|
Switzerland
|
160.91
|
|
Australia
|
138.17
|
|
Belgium
|
133.88
|
|
Belarus
|
132.50
|
|
Israel
|
130.88
|
|
Monaco
|
125.49
|
|
Cyprus
|
117.95
|
|
Hungary
|
116.96
|
|
Spain
|
108.78
|
|
Italy
|
106.57
|
|
United
States |
101.25
|
|
Malta
|
100.53
|
|
Germany
|
99.57
|
|
Austria
|
98.25
|
|
South
Korea |
97.03
|
|
Lebanon
|
94.00
|
|
New
Zealand |
87.47
|
|
Latvia
|
86.95
|
|
Andorra
|
79.36
|
|
Portugal
|
73.93
|
|
Malaysia
|
72.21
|
|
Russia
|
72.13
|
|
Argentina
|
69.50
|
|
Netherlands
|
69.40
|
|
France
|
68.60
|
|
Romania
|
67.27
|
|
Japan
|
64.79
|
|
Greece
|
63.76
|
|
Turkey
|
60.57
|
|
Canada
|
59.60
|
|
Sweden
|
45.11
|
|
Fiji
|
43.65
|
|
Iran
|
43.31
|
|
Poland
|
40.45
|
|
Chile
|
34.64
|
|
China
|
33.29
|
|
Ukraine
|
31.94
|
|
Costa
Rica |
31.81
|
|
Vietnam
|
28.84
|
|
Colombia
|
27.89
|
|
Brunei
|
23.54
|
|
Qatar
|
23.04
|
|
Thailand
|
20.91
|
|
Ecuador
|
20.75
|
|
Sri
Lanka |
19.66
|
|
Uruguay
|
17.55
|
|
Panama
|
15.61
|
|
Peru
|
14.30
|
|
Saudi
Arabia |
14.13
|
|
Armenia
|
13.33
|
|
Cuba
|
13.03
|
|
Georgia
|
12.51
|
|
South
Africa |
12.31
|
|
Egypt
|
11.24
|
|
United
Arab Emirates |
11.09
|
|
Brazil
|
10.94
|
|
Albania
|
10.58
|
|
Indonesia
|
10.23
|
|
Suriname
|
9.98
|
|
Mongolia
|
9.92
|
|
Botswana
|
9.64
|
|
Afghanistan
|
8.76
|
|
Turkmenistan
|
8.76
|
|
Jordan
|
8.44
|
|
Kazakhstan
|
8.02
|
|
India
|
7.97
|
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
7.95
|
|
Venezuela
|
7.90
|
|
Kuwait
|
7.82
|
|
Myanmar
|
7.73
|
|
Dominican
Republic |
7.53
|
|
Tunisia
|
7.01
|
|
Mexico
|
6.92
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
6.67
|
|
Bolivia
|
6.40
|
|
Mauritius
|
6.40
|
|
Syria
|
5.89
|
|
Paraguay
|
5.85
|
|
Bahrain
|
5.65
|
|
Guyana
|
5.46
|
|
Nicaragua
|
5.39
|
|
Namibia
|
5.16
|
|
Honduras
|
3.88
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
3.61
|
|
El
Salvador |
3.60
|
|
Guatemala
|
3.50
|
|
Morocco
|
2.72
|
|
Pakistan
|
2.25
|
|
Eritrea
|
2.16
|
|
Papua
New Guinea |
2.10
|
|
Algeria
|
2.01
|
|
Zimbabwe
|
1.88
|
|
Tajikistan
|
1.87
|
|
Philippines
|
1.65
|
|
Laos
|
1.35
|
|
Benin
|
1.04
|
|
Nigeria
|
0.97
|
|
Uganda
|
0.95
|
|
Malawi
|
0.86
|
|
The
Gambia |
0.83
|
|
Kenya
|
0.81
|
|
Madagascar
|
0.61
|
|
Tanzania
|
0.45
|
|
Libya
|
0.43
|
|
Ethiopia
|
0.31
|
|
Oman
|
0.22
|
|
Angola
|
0.18
|
|
Ghana
|
0.12
|
|
Mali
|
0.12
|
|
Congo,
DRC |
0.10
|
|
Burkina
Faso |
0.08
|
Source: Wikipedia.org & Vividmaps.com
