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This page lists the number of book titles published per country per year from various sources. According to UNESCO, this is an important index of standard of living, education, and of a country's self-awareness.[1] No standardised way to track the number of books published exists which can make it difficult to compare countries or track the industry as a whole.[2] One method is to track how many International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs) are registered by each country.[2]

List of countries

In descending order of number of new titles per year, as of the latest year available, sometimes "new titles and editions"

Rank Country Year Titles Notes References
1 China 2015 470,000 New titles and re-editions [3]
2 United States 2015 338,986 New titles and re-editions [3]
3 United Kingdom 2018 188,000 New titles and re-editions [4]
4 Japan 2017 139,078 New titles and re-editions [5]
5 Indonesia 2020 135,081 [6]
6 Russia 2019 115,171 [7]
7 France 2018 106,799 [4]
8 Iran 2018 102,691 New titles and re-editions [8]
9 India 2013 90,000 Total; revised editions not included; 26% in Hindi, 24% in English, and the rest in other Indian languages [9][10]
10 Spain 2017 89,962 New titles and re-editions (ediciones y reimpresiones) [11]
11 Turkey 2019 75,667 New titles and re-editions ("Derlenen Kitap Sayısı") [12]
12 Italy 2015 65,886 New titles and re-editions [3]
13 Germany 2024 65,717 Including 58,346 first editions [13]
14 South Korea 2018 63,476 New [14]
15 Brazil 2018 46,829 [4]
16 Argentina 2025 36,942 New [15]
17 Australia 2014 28,234 [16]
18 Taiwan 2010 28,084 43,258 total [17]
19 Vietnam 2009 24,589 [18]
20 Ukraine 2019 24,416 [19]
21 Netherlands 2015 23,658 New titles and re-editions [3]
22 Poland 2015 21,130 34,920 total [20]
23 Czech Republic 2019 17,330 [21]
24 Colombia 2017 17,066 18,508 total [22]
25 Malaysia 2015 15,354 Declined since 2013 at 19,987 [23]
26 Romania 2008 14,984 [24]
27 Canada 2018 14,625 [25]
28 Hong Kong 2005 14,603 [26]
29 Denmark 2020 13,096 [27]
30  Switzerland 2015 12,208 New titles and re-editions [3]
31 Singapore 2007 12,000+ [28]
32 Egypt 2010 12,000 [29]
33 Serbia 2019 11,897 [30]
34 Hungary 2012 11,645 [31]
35 Norway 2015 10,204 [32]
36 Bulgaria 2017 10,068 [33]
37 Philippines 2015 9,480 New titles and re-editions [3]
38 Slovakia 2006 9,400 [34]
39 Finland 2018 9,368 [4]
40 Israel 2013 8,411 [35]
41 Belarus 2020 8,205 [36]
42 Austria 1996 8,056 [37]
43 Portugal 1996 7,868 [37]
44 Mexico 2012 7,521 23,948 total [38]
45 Greece 2002 6,826 [39]
46 Thailand 2018 6,750 Only trade sector data; educational sector data not available [4]
47 Sweden 2015 6,739 [3]
48 Chile 2012 5,641 6,045 total [40]
49 South Africa 1995 5,418 [41]
50 Belgium 2015 5,130 New titles and re-editions [3]
51 Georgia 2015 4,173 New titles and re-editions [3]
52 Sri Lanka 1996 4,115 [42]
53 Peru 2006 4,101 [43]
54 Algeria 2008 3,955 [44]
55 Estonia 2017 3,916 [45]
56 Pakistan 2012 3,811 Total; 2,943 in Urdu and 868 in English [46]
57 Lebanon 2005 3,686 [47]
58 Morocco 2018/2019 3,677 [48]
59 Myanmar 1993 3,660 [42]
60 New Zealand 2003 3,600 [49]
61 Slovenia 1996 3,406 [50][51]
62 Uruguay 2018 3,231 [4]
63 Lithuania 2018 3,075 [4]
64 Latvia 2018 2,910 [4]
65 Ecuador 2010 2,854 4,164 total [52]
66 Afghanistan 1990 2,795 [42]
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015 2,791 New titles and re-editions [3]
68 Saudi Arabia 2015 2,387 New titles and re-editions [3]
69 Venezuela 2018 2,275 [4]
70 Costa Rica 2018 2,158 [4]
71 Luxembourg 2001 2,000 [53]
72 Dominican Republic 2018 1,866 [4]
73 Iceland 2019 1,767 [54]
74 Bolivia 2018 1,578 [4]
75 Kyrgyzstan 2018 1,455 [4]
76 Nigeria 1991 1,314 [41]
77 Kazakhstan 1996 1,226 [42]
78 Syria 2004 1,138 [55]
79 Guatemala 2018 1,042 [4]
80 Uzbekistan 1996 1,003 [42]
81 Paraguay 2018 1,007 [4]
82 Cuba 2018 992 [4]
83 Eritrea 2015 970 [41]
84 Panama 2018 940 [4]
85 Cyprus 1996 930 [42]
86 Tunisia 1996 720 [41]
87 El Salvador 2018 661 [4]
88 Azerbaijan 1996 542 [42]
89 Jordan 1996 511 [42]
90 Kenya 2015 491 New titles and re-editions [3]
91 Turkmenistan 1994 450 [42]
92 Malta 1995 404 [37]
93 Fiji 1994 401 [56]
94 Armenia 1996 396 [42]
95 Albania 1991 390 [37]
96 United Arab Emirates 1993 293 [42]
97 Uganda 1996 288 [41]
98 Mongolia 1992 285 [42]
99 Ethiopia 1991 240 [41]
100 Zimbabwe 1992 232 [41]
101 Vatican City 1996 228 [37]
102 Qatar 1996 209 [42]
103 Kuwait 1992 196 [42]
104 Tanzania 1990 172 [41]
105 Botswana 1991 158 [41]
106 Tajikistan 1996 132 [42]
107 Papua New Guinea 1991 122 [56]
108 Madagascar 1996 119 [41]
109 Malawi 1996 117 [41]
110 Palestine 1996 114 [42]
111 Namibia 1990 106 [41]
112 Honduras 2018 102 [4]
113 Brunei 2009 91 [18]
114 Laos 1995 88 [42]
115 Benin 1994 84 [41]
116 Mauritius 1996 80 [41]
117 Réunion 1992 69 [41]
118 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1992 64 [41]
119 Andorra 1994 57 [37]
120 Suriname 1996 47 [57]
121 American Samoa 1980 46 [58]
122 Guyana 1996 42 [57]
123 Monaco 1990 41 [37]
124 Bahrain 1996 40 [42]
125 Ghana 1992 28 [41]
126 Nicaragua 2018 27 [4]
127 Libya 1994 26 [41]
128 Angola 1995 22 [41]
129 Mali 1995 14 [41]
130 Gambia 1996 14 [41]
131 Burkina Faso 1996 12 [41]
132 Oman 1996 7 [42]

Total: approximately 2,660,000

Countries by ISBN

Many published books have an ISBN and it is a useful measure for how productive a country's publishing industry is.[2] However, this data is not collected for all countries. It may not represent the total number of books a country has published, as not every registered ISBN is then used and as books may have multiple ISBNs.[2]

Number of ISBNs registered per country[2]
Rank Country 2018
1 United States 3,485,322
2 United Kingdom 185,721
3 Germany 139,940
4 Italy 137,397
5 India 129,326
6 Russia 103,826
7 Brazil 95,336
8 Japan 95,129
9 Spain 86,872
10 Turkey 67,135
11 Canada 61,000
12 Mexico 27,635
13 Argentina 27,428
14 Colombia 20,867
15 Thailand 20,484
16 Norway 9,209
17 Netherlands 6,143
18 Ecuador 4,744
19 Nigeria 2,465
20 Guatemala 1,137
21 Honduras 388

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Further reading

  • Fink-Jensen, Jonathan (2015). Book Titles per Capita. (Excel dataset for the period from 1500 until 2010 CE, worldwide)