Books published per country per year

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) monitors both the number and type of books published per country per year as an important index of standard of living and education, and of a country's self-awareness.[1]

List of countries

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

  1.  China (2013) 440,000 (new titles and re-editions) [2]
  2.  United States (2013) 304,912 (new titles and re-editions) [2]
  3.  United Kingdom (2011) 184,000 (new and revised) [3]
  4.  Russian Federation (2013) 101,981 (120,512 total) [4]
  5.  India (2013) 90,000 (total; 26% in Hindi, 24% in English, and the rest in other Indian languages) [5]
  6.  Japan (2013) 82,589 (new) [6]
  7.  Germany (2011) 82,048 (new) [3]
  8.  Italy (2013) 61,966 (new) [7]
  9.  South Korea (2014) 47,589 (new) [8]
  10.  Spain (2011) 44,000 [3] (74,244 total[9])
  11.  Turkey (2011) 43,100 (total) [10]
  12.  France (2011) 41,902 (new) [3]
  13.  Iran (2012; 01Jan12-15Oct12) 28,322 (53,958 total) [11]
  14.  Australia (2014) 28,234 [12]
  15.  Taiwan (2010) 28,084 (43,258 total) [13]
  16.  Argentina (2014) 28,010 (new) [14]
  17.  Vietnam (2009) 24,589 [15]
  18.  Indonesia (2009) 24,000+ [15]
  19.  Brazil (2012) 20,792 (57,473 total) [16]
  20.  Canada (1996) 19,900 [17]
  21.  Czech Republic (2011) 18,985 [18]
  22.  Malaysia (2011) 17,923 [19]
  23.  Romania (2008) 14,984 [20]
  24.  Ukraine (2004) 14,790 [21]
  25.  Hong Kong (2005) 14,603 [22]
  26.  Belgium (1991) 13,913 [23]
  27.  Finland (2006) 13,656 [24]
  28.  Thailand (2009) 13,607 [15]
  29.  Poland (2012) 13,410 (27,060 total) [25]
  30.  Belarus (2009) 12,885 [26]
  31.  Denmark (1996) 12,352 [23]
  32.  Colombia (2010) 12,334 (13,294 total) [27]
  33.   Switzerland (2001) 12,156 [28]
  34.  Singapore (2007) 12,000+ [29]
  35.  Hungary (2012) 11,645 [30]
  36.  Netherlands (2010) 11,500 [31]
  37.  Slovakia (2006) 9,400 [32]
  38.  Egypt (2000) 9,022 [33]
  39.  Israel (2013) 8,411 [34]
  40.  Austria (1996) 8,056 [23]
  41.  Portugal (1996) 7,868 [23]
  42.  Mexico (2012) 7,521 (23,948 total)[35]
  43.  Greece (2002) 6,826 [36]
  44.  Chile (2012) 5,641 (6,045 total) [37]
  45.  South Africa (1995) 5,418 [38]
  46.  Sri Lanka (1996) 4,115 [39]
  47.  Peru (2006) 4,101 [40]
  48.  Sweden (2010) 4,074 (30,857 total)[41]
  49.  Saudi Arabia (1996) 3,900 [39]
  50.  Pakistan (2012) 3,811 (total; 2,943 in Urdu and 868 in English and European languages)[42]
  51.  Lebanon (2005) 3,686 [43]
  52.  Myanmar (1993) 3,660 [39]
  53.  New Zealand (2003) 3,600 [44]
  54.  Ecuador (2010) 2,854 (4,164 total) [45]
  55.  Afghanistan (1990) 2,795 [39]
  56.  Venezuela (2003) 2,061 [28]
  57.  Luxembourg (2001) 2,000 [28]
  58.  Latvia (1996) 1,965 [23]
  59.  Iceland (2007) 1,533 [46]
  60.  Philippines (1996) 1,507 [39]
  61.  Cuba (2003) 1,488 [28]
  62.  Costa Rica (2003) 1,315 [28]
  63.  Nigeria (1991) 1,314 [38]
  64.  Kazakhstan (1996) 1,226 [39]
  65.  Syria (2004) 1,138 [47]
  66.  Uzbekistan (1996) 1,003 [39]
  67.  Cyprus (1996) 930 [39]
  68.  Morocco (1996) 918 [38]
  69.  Tunisia (1996) 720 [38]
  70.  Dominican Republic (2003) 705 [28]
  71.  Algeria (1996) 670 [38]
  72.  Uruguay (2003) 605 [28]
  73.  Bolivia (2003) 584 [28]
  74.  Georgia (1998) 581 [39]
  75.  Azerbaijan (1996) 542 [39]
  76.  Jordan (1996) 511 [39]
  77.  Panama (2003) 506 [28]
  78.  Turkmenistan (1994) 450 [39]
  79.  Guatemala (2003) 446 [28]
  80.  Kyrgyzstan (1998) 420 [39]
  81.  Malta (1995) 404 [23]
  82.  Fiji (1994) 401 [48]
  83.  Armenia (1996) 396 [39]
  84.  Paraguay (2003) 390 [28]
  85.  Albania (1991) 381 [23]
  86.  Nicaragua (2003) 306 [28]
  87.  Kenya (1994) 300 [38]
  88.  United Arab Emirates (1993) 293 [39]
  89.  Honduras (2003) 290 [28]
  90.  Uganda (1996) 288 [38]
  91.  Mongolia (1992) 285 [39]
  92.  El Salvador (2003) 250 [28]
  93.  Ethiopia (1991) 240 [38]
  94.  Zimbabwe (1992) 232 [38]
  95.   Vatican City (1996) 228 [23]
  96.  Qatar (1996) 209 [39]
  97.  Kuwait (1992) 196 [39]
  98.  Tanzania (1990) 172 [38]
  99.  Botswana (1991) 158 [38]
  100.  Tajikistan (1996) 132 [39]
  101.  Papua New Guinea (1991) 122 [48]
  102.  Madagascar (1996) 119 [38]
  103.  Malawi (1996) 117 [38]
  104.  Palestine (1996) 114 [39]
  105.  Namibia (1990) 106 [38]
  106.  Eritrea (1993) 106 [38]
  107.  Brunei Darussalam (2009) 91 [15]
  108.  Laos (1995) 88 [39]
  109.  Benin (1994) 84 [38]
  110.  Mauritius (1996) 80 [38]
  111.  Réunion (1992) 69 [38]
  112.  Democratic Republic of the Congo (1992) 64 [38]
  113.  Andorra (1994) 57 [23]
  114.  Suriname (1996) 47 [17]
  115.  Guyana (1996) 42 [17]
  116.  Monaco (1990) 41 [23]
  117.  Bahrain (1996) 40 [39]
  118.  Ghana (1992) 28 [38]
  119.  Libya (1994) 26 [38]
  120.  Angola (1995) 22 [38]
  121.  Mali (1995) 14 [38]
  122.  Gambia (1996) 14 [38]
  123.  Burkina Faso (1996) 12 [38]
  124.  Oman (1996) 7 [39]

TOTAL: approximately 2,200,000

References

  1. ↑ Wresch, William. Have and Have-Nots in the Information Age. Rutgers University Press, 1996, p. 39
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 EUROPEAN BOOK PUBLISHING STATISTICS
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  5. ↑ "Book Market in India". 2013-11-30. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  6. ↑ 出版年鑑 2014年版 (In Japanese)
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  20. ↑ Autori: Mirabela Tiron , Izabela Badarau (2009-12-04). "La fiecare miliard de euro din PIB, in Romania se publica 113 titluri noi de carti, la fel ca in Anglia | Ziarul Financiar". Zf.ro. Retrieved 2012-06-14.
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  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.4 38.5 38.6 38.7 38.8 38.9 38.10 38.11 38.12 38.13 38.14 38.15 38.16 38.17 38.18 38.19 38.20 38.21 38.22 38.23 38.24 UNESCO "Africa", Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.6 39.7 39.8 39.9 39.10 39.11 39.12 39.13 39.14 39.15 39.16 39.17 39.18 39.19 39.20 39.21 39.22 ""Asia", Book production: number of titles by UDC classes". UNESCO Institute of Statistics. Archived from the original on 2009-02-05.
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  41. ↑ "Svenska Förläggareföreningen - statistics 2010" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  42. ↑ THE PAKISTAN NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 2012
  43. ↑ Lebanon - Book Production Data
  44. ↑ New Zealand gov publications
  45. ↑ "Cámara Ecuatoriana del Libro - El Libro En El Ecuador" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-14.
  46. ↑ National and University Library of Iceland. Icelandic National Bibliography. "Statistical summary of material published in Iceland in the year 2007" Retrieved 1 January 2010.
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  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 UNESCO "Oceania", Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics

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