Books published per country per year

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 [2]
4 Japan 2017 139,078 New titles and re-editions [4]
5 Indonesia 2020 135,081 [5]
6 Russia 2019 115,171 [6]
7 France 2018 106,799 [2]
8 Iran 2018 102,691 New titles and re-editions [7]
9 India 2013 90,000 Total; revised editions not included; 26% in Hindi, 24% in English, and the rest in other Indian languages [8][9]
10 Spain 2017 89,962 New titles and re-editions (ediciones y reimpresiones) [10]
11 Turkey 2019 75,667 New titles and re-editions ("Derlenen Kitap Sayısı") [11]
12 Italy 2015 65,886 New titles and re-editions [3]
13 Germany 2024 65,717 Including 58,346 first editions [12]
14 South Korea 2018 63,476 New [13]
15 Brazil 2018 46,829 [2]
16 Argentina 2025 36,942 New [14]
17 Australia 2014 28,234 [15]
18 Taiwan 2010 28,084 43,258 total [16]
19 Vietnam 2009 24,589 [17]
20 Ukraine 2019 24,416 [18]
21 Netherlands 2015 23,658 New titles and re-editions [3]
22 Poland 2015 21,130 34,920 total [19]
23 Sweden 2025 19,260 Including 11,518 non-fiction books and 7,742 fiction books [20]
24 Czech Republic 2019 17,330 [21]
25 Colombia 2017 17,066 18,508 total [22]
26 Malaysia 2015 15,354 Declined since 2013 at 19,987 [23]
27 Romania 2008 14,984 [24]
28 Canada 2018 14,625 [25]
29 Hong Kong 2005 14,603 [26]
30 Egypt 2021 13,255 [27]
31 Denmark 2024 12,979 [28]
32  Switzerland 2015 12,208 New titles and re-editions [3]
33 Singapore 2007 12,000+ [29]
34 Serbia 2019 11,897 [30]
35 Hungary 2012 11,645 [31]
36 Bulgaria 2017 10,068 [32]
37 Philippines 2015 9,480 New titles and re-editions [3]
38 Slovakia 2006 9,400 [33]
39 Israel 2013 8,411 [34]
40 Finland 2024 8,350 [35]
41 Belarus 2020 8,205 [36]
42 Austria 1996 8,056 [37]
43 Portugal 1996 7,868 [37]
44 Norway 2025 7,623 [38]
45 Mexico 2012 7,521 23,948 total [39]
46 Greece 2002 6,826 [40]
47 Thailand 2018 6,750 Only trade sector data; educational sector data not available [2]
48 Chile 2012 5,641 6,045 total [41]
49 South Africa 1995 5,418 [42]
50 Estonia 2025 5,197 Including 3,296 printed books and 1,901 e-books [43]
51 Belgium 2015 5,130 New titles and re-editions [3]
52 Georgia 2015 4,173 New titles and re-editions [3]
53 Sri Lanka 1996 4,115 [44]
54 Peru 2006 4,101 [45]
55 Algeria 2008 3,955 [46]
56 Pakistan 2012 3,811 Total; 2,943 in Urdu and 868 in English [47]
57 Lebanon 2005 3,686 [48]
58 Morocco 2018/2019 3,677 [49]
59 Myanmar 1993 3,660 [44]
60 New Zealand 2003 3,600 [50]
61 Slovenia 1996 3,406 [51][52]
62 Uruguay 2018 3,231 [2]
63 Lithuania 2025 3,135 [53]
64 Ecuador 2010 2,854 4,164 total [54]
65 Afghanistan 1990 2,795 [44]
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015 2,791 New titles and re-editions [3]
67 Moldova 2024 2,457 [55]
68 Saudi Arabia 2015 2,387 New titles and re-editions [3]
69 Venezuela 2018 2,275 [2]
70 Latvia 2025 2,196 [56]
71 Costa Rica 2018 2,158 [2]
72 Luxembourg 2001 2,000 [57]
73 Dominican Republic 2018 1,866 [2]
74 Iceland 2019 1,767 [58]
75 Bolivia 2018 1,578 [2]
76 Kyrgyzstan 2018 1,455 [2]
77 Nigeria 1991 1,314 [42]
78 Kazakhstan 1996 1,226 [44]
79 Syria 2004 1,138 [59]
80 Guatemala 2018 1,042 [2]
81 Uzbekistan 1996 1,003 [44]
82 Paraguay 2018 1,007 [2]
83 Cuba 2018 992 [2]
84 Eritrea 2015 970 [42]
85 Panama 2018 940 [2]
86 Cyprus 1996 930 [44]
87 North Macedonia 2025 813 [60]
88 Tunisia 1996 720 [42]
89 El Salvador 2018 661 [2]
90 Azerbaijan 1996 542 [44]
91 Jordan 1996 511 [44]
92 Kenya 2015 491 New titles and re-editions [3]
93 Turkmenistan 1994 450 [44]
94 Malta 1995 404 [37]
95 Fiji 1994 401 [61]
96 Armenia 1996 396 [44]
97 Albania 1991 390 [37]
98 United Arab Emirates 1993 293 [44]
99 Uganda 1996 288 [42]
100 Mongolia 1992 285 [44]
101 Ethiopia 1991 240 [42]
102 Zimbabwe 1992 232 [42]
103 Vatican City 1996 228 [37]
104 Qatar 1996 209 [44]
105 Kuwait 1992 196 [44]
106 Tanzania 1990 172 [42]
107 Botswana 1991 158 [42]
108 Tajikistan 1996 132 [44]
109 Papua New Guinea 1991 122 [61]
110 Madagascar 1996 119 [42]
111 Malawi 1996 117 [42]
112 Palestine 1996 114 [44]
113 Namibia 1990 106 [42]
114 Honduras 2018 102 [2]
115 Brunei 2009 91 [17]
116 Laos 1995 88 [44]
117 Benin 1994 84 [42]
118 Mauritius 1996 80 [42]
119 Réunion 1992 69 [42]
120 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1992 64 [42]
121 Andorra 1994 57 [37]
122 Suriname 1996 47 [62]
123 American Samoa 1980 46 [63]
124 Guyana 1996 42 [62]
125 Monaco 1990 41 [37]
126 Bahrain 1996 40 [44]
127 Ghana 1992 28 [42]
128 Nicaragua 2018 27 [2]
129 Libya 1994 26 [42]
130 Angola 1995 22 [42]
131 Mali 1995 14 [42]
132 Gambia 1996 14 [42]
133 Burkina Faso 1996 12 [42]
134 Oman 1996 7 [44]

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[64][65][2]
Rank Country 2022 2021 2020 2018
1 United States 3,279,217 2,884,609 3,931,270 3,485,322
2 Japan 902,311 184,985 114,272 95,129
3 South Korea 338,237 340,506 329,582
4 India 281,091 129,326
5 Germany 277,000 284,000 284,000
6 China 263,066
7 Brazil 179,042 114,114 95,336
8 United Kingdom 153,167 168,960 188,553 185,721
9 Italy 139,970 142,267 135,133 137,397
10 Indonesia 107,856 159,330 144,793
11 Russia 124,454 103,826
12 Poland 99,995
13 Spain 95,811 95,985 80,704 86,872
14 Iran 89,888 90,000
15 Turkey 83,653 87,231 78,500 67,135
16 Canada 61,000
17 Netherlands 59,283 62,251 40,105 6,143
18 Denmark 39,183 39,479
19 Sweden 37,338 34,984 34,016
20 Argentina 35,500 34,256 27,694 27,428
21 Czechia 34,985 26,597 26,367
22 Australia 31,708 33,464 32,114
23 Mexico 27,534 23,304 20,925 27,635
24 Singapore 25,980
25 Estonia 25,391 13,342 11,221
26 Greece 22,622
27 Portugal 21,115 21,379
28 Colombia 20,840 20,347 18,925 20,867
29 Hungary 20,339
30 Thailand 19,362 18,225 17,952 20,484
31 Slovakia 14,603 12,065 12,586
32 Nigeria 14,392 18,300 13,900 2,465
33 Bulgaria 12,738 13,085 11,698
34 Bangladesh 10,298
35 Philippines 9,889 9,497 6,510
36 Ukraine 9,691 25,722 23,640
37 Slovenia 9,656
38  Switzerland 9,490
39 Norway 9,033 9,324 8,599 9,209
40 Peru 8,310 7,885 5,698
41 Chile 8,288 8,528 8,353
42 Croatia 7,179 7,260 6,785
43 Sri Lanka 6,705
44 Ecuador 5,128 4,477 4,264 4,744
45 Jordan 4,785
46 Lithuania 4,748 5,187 4,810
47 Mongolia 3,794 3,916 3,331
48 Latvia 3,411 3,541 3,391
49 Albania 3,174
50 Tunisia 3,143
51 Venezuela 2,855 3,050 2,186
52 Uruguay 2,786 2,697 2,220
53 Syria 2,540 1,900 1,600
54 Cyprus 2,193
55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,163
56 Ghana 2,000 2,200 2,500
57 Costa Rica 1,959 2,007 1,724
58 Cuba 1,944 2,361 2,950
59 Dominican Republic 1,937 1,853 1,765
60 Bolivia 1,718 1,544 1,103
61 Iceland 1,470
62 Panama 1,319 1,596 884
63 Guatemala 1,291 1,258 1,073 1,137
64 Malta 1,229 1,032 1,134
65 Paraguay 1,030 1,112 823
66 Kenya 854
67 El Salvador 719 661 675
68 Malawi 395 311 412
69 Honduras 388

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See also

Books published per language per annum

Further reading

  • Wresch, William. Have and Have-Nots in the Information Age. Rutgers University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8135-2370-2
  • Fink-Jensen, Jonathan (2015). Book Titles per Capita. (Excel dataset for the period from 1500 until 2010 CE, worldwide)
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