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.

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		2013	440,000	New titles and re-editions
2		2013	304,912	New titles and re-editions
3		2011	184,000	New and revised
4		2017	139,078	New titles and re-editions
5		2013	101,981	120,512 total
6		2013	93,600	New
7		2013	90,000	total: revised editions not included; 26% in Hindi, 24% in English, and the rest in other Indian languages
8		2018	89,000+	This figure consists of titles listed in book store records and assigned ISBNs.
9		2016	77,986	New titles
10		2014	72,871	1 January 2012 to 15 October 2012; 53,958 total
11		2019	75,667	New titles and re-editions
12		2018	63,476	New
13		2013	61,966	New
14		2012	57,473
15		2011	44,000	74,244 total
16		2014	28,234
17		2010	28,084	43,258 total
18		2014	28,010	New
19		2009	24,589
20		2015	21,130	34,920 total
21		1996	19,900
22		2011	18,985
23		2017	17,066	18,508 total
24		2014	16,502	Only physical Dutch new titles
25		2015	15,354	Declined since 2013 at 19,987
26		2008	14,984
27		2016	14,833
28		2004	14,790
29		2005	14,603
30		1991	13,913
31		2006	13,656
32		2009	13,607
33		2009	12,885
34		1996	12,352
35		2001	12,156
36		2007	12,000+
37		2012	11,645
38		2015	10,204
39		2017	10,068
40		2006	9,400
41		2000	9,022
42		2013	8,411
43		1996	8,056
44		1996	7,868
45		2012	7,521	23,948 total
46		2002	6,826
47		2012	5,641	6,045 total
48		1995	5,418
49		1996	4,115
50		2006	4,101
51		2010	4,074	30,857 total
52		2008	3,955
53		2017	3,916
54		2014	2,387
55		2012	3,811	Total; 2,943 in Urdu and 868 in English
56		2005	3,686
57		2018/2019	3677
58		1993	3,660
59		2003	3,600
60		2010	2,854	4,164 total
61		1990	2,795
62		2003	2,061
63		2001	2,000
64		1996	1,965
65		1996	1,507
66		2003	1,488
67		2014	1,402
68		2003	1,315
69		1991	1,314
70		1996	1,226
71		2004	1,138
72		1996	1,003
73		2015	970
74		1996	930
75		1996	720
76		2003	705
77		2003	605
78		2003	584
79		1996	581
80		1996	542
81		1996	511
82		2003	506
83		1994	450
84		2003	446
85		1998	420
86		1995	404
87		1994	401
88		1996	396
89		2003	390
89		1991	390
90		2003	306
91		1994	300
92		1993	293
93		2003	290
94		1996	288
95		1992	285
96		2003	250
97		1991	240
98		1992	232
99		1996	228
100		1996	209
101		1992	196
102		1990	172
103		1991	158
104		1996	132
105		1991	122
106		1996	119
107		1996	117
108		1996	114
109		1990	106
111		2009	91
112		1995	88
113		1994	84
114		1996	80
—		1992	69
115		1992	64
116		1994	57
117		1996	47
118		1996	42
119		1990	41
120		1996	40
121		1992	28
122		1994	26
123		1995	22
124		1995	14
125		1996	14
126		1996	12
127		1996	7

TOTAL: approximately 2,210,000

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