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  United States 2013 275,232 New titles and re-editions [3]
2  China 2013 208,418 New titles and re-editions [3]
3  United Kingdom 2020 186,000 [4]
4  Japan 2017 139,078 New titles and re-editions [5]
5  Indonesia 2020 135,081 [6]
6  Italy 2020 125,948 [4]
7  Russia 2019 115,171 [4]
8  France 2018 106,799 [7]
9  Iran 2018 102,691 New and revised [8]
10  India 2013 90,000 total: revised editions not included; 26% in Hindi, 24% in English, and the rest in other Indian languages [9][10]
11  Turkey 2020 88,975 [4]
12  Spain 2020 83,622 [4]
13  Germany 2018 79,916 [7]
14  South Korea 2018 63,476 New [11]
15  Brazil 2018 46,829 [7]
16  Taiwan 2010 28,084 43,258 total [12]
17  Vietnam 2009 24,589 [13]
18  Ukraine 2019 24,416 [14]
19  Egypt 2019 23,000 [15]
20  Poland 2015 21,130 34,920 total [16]
21  Australia 2020 19,241 [4]
22  Portugal 2020 18,925 [4]
23  Mexico 2020 18,713 [4]
24  Colombia 2017 17,066 18,508 total [17]
25  Netherlands 2014 16,502 Only physical Dutch new titles [18]
26  Czechia 2020 16,474 [4]
27  Malaysia 2015 15,354 Declined since 2013 at 19,987 [19]
28  Romania 2008 14,984 [20]
29  Serbia 2020 14,901 [4]
30  Hong Kong 2005 14,603 [21]
31  Norway 2020 14,114 [4]
32  Belgium 1991 13,913 [22]
33  Bulgaria 2019 12 194 [4]
34   Switzerland 2001 12,156 [23]
35  Singapore 2007 12,000 [24]
36  Argentina 2019 11,514 [4]
37  Denmark 2020 10,715 [4]
38  Canada 2020 10,433 [4]
39  Finland 2020 10,208 [4]
40  Hungary 2019 9,589 [4]
41  Greece 2020 9,583 [4]
42  Slovakia 2006 9,400 [25]
43  Austria 2020 8,711 [4]
44  Israel 2013 8,411 [26]
45  Belarus 2020 8,205 [27]
46  Sweden 2021 8,118 30,857 total [28]
47  Chile 2020 7,058 [4]
48  Peru 2020 6,885 [4]
49  Thailand 2018 6,750 Only trade sector data; educational sector data not available [7]
50  Estonia 2020 5,809 [4]
51  South Africa 1995 5,418 [29]
52  Slovenia 2020 5,076 [4]
53  Moldova 2020 4559 [4]
54  Ecuador 2020 4,153 [4]
55  Sri Lanka 1996 4,115 [30]
56  Algeria 2008 3,955 [31]
57  Pakistan 2012 3,811 Total; 2,943 in Urdu and 868 in English [32]
58  Morocco 2018/2019 3,677 [33]
59  Myanmar 1993 3,660 [30]
60  Lithuania 2019 3,479 [4]
61  Uruguay 2018 3,231 [7]
62  Afghanistan 1990 2,795 [30]
63  New Zealand 2020 2,526 [4]
64  Saudi Arabia 2014 2,387 [34]
65  Latvia 2020 2,375 [4]
66  Venezuela 2018 2,275 [7]
67  Costa Rica 2018 2,158 [7]
68  Lebanon 2020 2,000 [4]
69  Luxembourg 2001 2,000 [23]
70  Dominican Republic 2018 1,866 [7]
71  Ireland 2020 1,773 [4]
72  Iceland 2019 1,767 [35]
73  Bolivia 2018 1,578 [7]
74  Philippines 1996 1,507 [30]
75  Kyrgyzstan 2018 1,455 [7]
76  Nigeria 1991 1,314 [29]
77  Kazakhstan 1996 1,226 [30]
78  Syria 2004 1,138 [36]
79  Guatemala 2018 1,042 [7]
80  Paraguay 2018 1,007 [7]
81  Uzbekistan 1996 1,003 [30]
82  Eritrea 2015 970 [29]
83  Panama 2018 940 [7]
84  Cyprus 1996 930 [30]
85  Cuba 2020 728 [4]
86  Tunisia 1996 720 [29]
87  El Salvador 2018 661 [7]
88  Georgia 1996 581 [30]
89  Azerbaijan 1996 542 [30]
90  Jordan 1996 511 [30]
91  Malta 2020 511 [4]
92  Turkmenistan 1994 450 [30]
93  Fiji 1994 401 [37]
94  Armenia 1996 396 [30]
95  Albania 1991 390 [22]
96  Kenya 1994 300 [29]
97  United Arab Emirates 1993 293 [30]
98  Uganda 1996 288 [29]
99  Mongolia 1992 285 [30]
100  Ethiopia 1991 240 [29]
101  Zimbabwe 1992 232 [29]
102  Vatican City 1996 228 [22]
103  Qatar 1996 209 [30]
104  Kuwait 1992 196 [30]
105  Tanzania 1990 172 [29]
106  Botswana 1991 158 [29]
107  Tajikistan 1996 132 [30]
108  Papua New Guinea 1991 122 [37]
109  Madagascar 1996 119 [29]
110  Malawi 1996 117 [29]
111  Palestine 1996 114 [30]
112  Namibia 1990 106 [29]
113  Honduras 2018 102 [7]
114  Brunei 2009 91 [13]
115  Laos 1995 88 [30]
116  Benin 1994 84 [29]
117  Mauritius 1996 80 [29]
118  Réunion 1992 69 [29]
119  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1992 64 [29]
120  Andorra 1994 57 [22]
121  Suriname 1996 47 [38]
122  American Samoa 1980 46 [39]
123  Guyana 1996 42 [38]
124  Monaco 1990 41 [22]
125  Bahrain 1996 40 [30]
126  Ghana 1992 28 [29]
127  Nicaragua 2018 27 [7]
128  Libya 1994 26 [29]
129  Angola 1995 22 [29]
130  Gambia 1996 14 [29]
131  Mali 1995 14 [29]
132  Burkina Faso 1996 12 [29]
133  Oman 1996 7 [30]

TOTAL: approximately 2,210,000

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  Indonesia 89,056
10  Spain 86,872
11  Turkey 67,135
12  Canada 61,000
13  Mexico 27,635
14  Argentina 27,428
15  Colombia 20,867
16  Thailand 20,484
17  Norway 9,209
18  Netherlands 6,143
19  Ecuador 4,744
20  Nigeria 2,465
21  Guatemala 1,137
22  Honduras 388

References

  1. ↑ Wresch, William. Have and Have-Nots in the Information Age. Rutgers University Press, 1996, p. 39.
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  6. ↑ "Statistik - ISBN Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia".
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Further reading

  • Wresch, William. Have and Have-Nots in the Information Age. Rutgers University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8135-2370-2
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