Countries by New Book Titles Published per Year

About This Dataset

This chart ranks countries by the number of new book titles (and re-editions) published per year, based on the latest available national figures. Reporting years differ by country, from 2013 to 2020, and counting methods vary.

✨ AI Insight

China leads the world in new book titles at around 470,000 per year, far ahead of the United States at roughly 339,000. Together the two largest publishing nations produce more titles than the rest of this top ten combined. The United Kingdom ranks third at about 188,000, a remarkably high figure for its population size, reflecting the global reach of English-language publishing. Japan, Indonesia, Russia and France form a middle group between 106,000 and 139,000, while Iran's presence at nearly 103,000 titles highlights a large publishing culture less visible in Western rankings. Because the underlying figures come from different years and use varying definitions, the ranking is best read as an approximate picture of relative publishing output rather than an exact league table.

Source: Wikipedia / national libraries (books published per country)

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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China leads with 470,000 in All Time.

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Average value in All Time: 177,577 · median: 125,126.

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Gap in All Time: China is 5.2× larger than Spain.