Most Translated Books in History

About This Dataset

Books ranked by the number of languages they have been translated into. The Bible is the most translated book in history with complete or partial translations into over 3,500 languages — reaching an estimated 5 billion copies in circulation, making it also the best-selling book of all time.

Analysis

The Bible heads the table on 3,500, ahead of Pinocchio (300) and The Little Prince (300) in Number of Languages Translated. The Bible alone accounts for more than the other 7 entities combined: 3,500 against 1,129 Number of Languages Translated. Only 1 of the 8 reaches even half the leader's figure (1,750 or more).

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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The Bible leads in Number of Languages Translated with 3,500.

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Average Number of Languages Translated: 579 · median: 157.

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Gap: The Bible is 70× larger than One Thousand and One Nights.

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Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points

8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

3,500

The Bible

Number of Languages Translated · All Time

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Number of Languages Translated

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 8 observations
Measure: Number of Languages Translated
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Number of Languages Translated · ranked by All Time

✓ 8 sourced

#	Category	All Time
🥇	The Bible	3,500
🥈	Pinocchio	300
🥉	The Little Prince	300
4	Alice in Wonderland	174
5	Don Quixote	140
6	Harry Potter (series)	85
7	The Alchemist	80
8	One Thousand and One Nights	50