World's Most Translated Books of All Time

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World's Most Translated Books of All Time

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Key Findings

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The Bible leads in Languages Translated Into with 3,500.

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Average Languages Translated Into: 604 · median: 165.

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Gap: The Bible is 42.7× larger than The Adventures of Tintin (Herge).

About This Dataset

World's Most Translated Books of All Time

Books ranked by the number of languages they have been officially translated into. The Bible is the most translated document in human history, with at least portions available in over 3,500 languages and the complete text in more than 700 — a feat of translation effort spanning millennia and representing the work of thousands of missionaries, scholars, and translators across every continent and nearly every language family on Earth.

Analysis

The Bible heads the table on 3,500, ahead of The Little Prince (Saint-Exupery) (386) and Pinocchio (Collodi) (300) in Languages Translated Into. 3,418 separates the highest figure (3,500) from the lowest (82). Most of that gap is between first and second alone (3,114 of 3,418); the other 7 are separated by just 304. Only 1 of the 8 reaches even half the leader's figure (1,750 or more).

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Data Points

8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

3,500

The Bible

Languages Translated Into · All Time

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Languages Translated Into

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All Time

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Methodology & source

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

How the figures are calculated

Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.

Rankings & Full Data

8 records · Languages Translated Into · ranked by All Time

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#	Category	All Time
🥇	The Bible	3,500
🥈	The Little Prince (Saint-Exupery)	386
🥉	Pinocchio (Collodi)	300
4	Alice in Wonderland (Carroll)	174
5	Andersen Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)	156
6	Don Quixote (Cervantes)	145
7	Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone	85
8	The Adventures of Tintin (Herge)	82

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_translations Visit ↗

2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince Visit ↗

3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Pinocchio Visit ↗

4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland Visit ↗

5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote Visit ↗

6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Philosopher%27s_Stone Visit ↗

7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin Visit ↗

8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tales_of_Hans_Christian_Andersen Visit ↗

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