Books Published Per Country Per Year

LIST OF COUNTRIES

In descending order of number of new titles per year, as of 1996 . Note: this list is incomplete.

# United Kingdom (1996) 107,263 (2005) 206,000, "Bookish Britain overtakes America as top publisher" , ''Reuters Entertainment'', May 10, 2006
# China (1994) 100,951 UNESCO "Asia" , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics
# United States (1996) 68,175 (2005) 172,000,
# Germany (1996) 71,515 UNESCO. "Europe" , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics.
# Japan (1996) 56,221 (2002) 67,522,
# Spain (1996) 46,330
# Russian Federation (1996) 36,237
# Italy (1996) 35,236
# France (1995) 34,766
# Netherlands (1993) 34,067
# South Korea (1996) 30,487
# Brazil (1994) 21,574
# Canada (1996) 19,900 UNESCO. "America" , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics.
# Mexico (1997) 15,505 (1999) 18,097 (2002) 15,542 Libros publicados en México 1991-2002
# Switzerland (1996) 15,371
# Iran (1996) 15,073
# Poland (1996) 14,104
# Belgium (1991) 13,913
# Sweden (1996) 13,496
# Finland (1996) 13,104
# Denmark (1996) 12,352
# India (1996) 11,903
# Australia (1994) 10,835 UNESCO "Oceania" , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics
# Czech Republic (1996) 10,244
# Argentina (1996) 9,850
# Hungary (1996) 9,193
# Thailand (1996) 8,142
# Austria (1996) 8,056
# Portugal (1996) 7,868
# Romania (1996) 7,199
# Norway (1996) 6,900
# Turkey (1996) 6,546
# Ukraine (1995) 6,225
# Malaysia (1996) 5,843
# Vietnam (1993) 5,581
# South Africa (1995) 5,418 UNESCO "Africa" , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics
# Bulgaria (1996) 4,840
# Greece (1996) 4,225
# Sri Lanka (1996) 4,115
# Indonesia (1996) 4,018
# Israel (2005) 4,000, "Understanding Israel's Book Market" , ''Haaretz'', December 23, 2005 (1996) 2,310
# Saudi Arabia (1996) 3,900
# Belarus (1996) 3,809
# Slovakia (1996) 3,800
# Myanmar (1993) 3,660
# Lithuania (1996) 3,645
# Venezuela (1996) 3,468
# Slovenia (1996) 3,441
# Estonia (1999) 3,265 "Book Production: Number of Titles by the Universal Decimal Classification"
# Chile (1995) 2,469
# Afghanistan (1990) 2,795
# Chile (1995) 2,469
# Egypt (1995) 2,215
# Latvia (1996) 1,965
# Croatia (1996) 1,718
# Iceland (1996) 1 527
# Philippines (1996) 1,507
# Colombia (1991) 1,481
# Nigeria (1995) 1,314
# Kazakhstan (1996) 1,226
# Uzbekistan (1993) 1,003
# Uruguay (1996) 934
# Cyprus (1996) 930
# Moldova (1996) 921
# Morocco (1996) 918
# Macedonia (1996) 892
# Tunisia (1996) 720
# Luxembourg (1994) 681
# Algeria (1996) 670
# Peru (1996) 612
# Syria (1992) 598
# Georgia (1996) 581
# Jordan (1996) 511
# Azerbaijan (1996) 542
# Turkmenistan (1994) 450
# Malta (1995) 404
# Fiji 401
# Armenia (1996) 396
# Albania (1991) 381
# Kyrgyzstan (1996) 351
# Kenya (1994) 300
# United Arab Emirates (1993) 293
# Uganda (1996) 288
# Mongolia (1992) 285
# Ethiopia (1991) 240
# Zimbabwe (1992) 232
# Vatican City (1996) 228
# Qatar (1996) 209
# Kuwait (1992) 196
# Tanzania (1990) 172
# Botswana (1991) 158
# Tajikistan (1996) 132
# Papua New Guinea (1991) 122
# Madagascar (1996) 119
# Malawi (1996) 117
# Palestinian Territories (1996) 114
# Namibia (1990) 106
# Eritrea (1993) 106
# Laos (1995) 88
# Benin (1994) 84
# Mauritius (1996) 80
# Paraguay (1993) 152
# Réunion (1992) 69
# Congo (1992) 64
# Andorra (1994) 57
# Suriname (1996) 47
# Brunei Darussalam (1992) 45
# Guyana (1996) 42
# Monaco (1990) 41
# Bahrain (1996) 40
# Ghana (1992) 28
# Libya (1994) 26
# Angola (1990) 22
# Mali (1995) 14
# Burkina Faso (1996) 12
# Ecuador (1995) 12
# Oman (1996) 7
# Niger (1991) 5

HIGHLIGHTS

Both Israel and the UK are cited as leading the world with Per Capita new titles per year.

Britain overtook the U.S. in 2006 for the second time in 20 years. The last time was 2001.

New titles in the UK increased by 28 per cent in 2005-6, whereas output in the U.S. dropped 18 per cent.

NOTES

REFERENCES

"Understanding Israel's Book Market" , ''Haaretz, December 23, 2005

"Bookish Britain overtakes America as top publisher" , ''Reuters Entertainment'', May 10, 2006, retrieved May 11, 2006

UNESCO. "Europe" , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006

UNESCO "America" , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006

UNESCO "Asia" , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006

UNESCO "Africa" , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006

UNESCO "Oceania" , Book production: number of titles by UDC classes, UNESCO Institute of Statistics, retrieved May 11, 2006

Wresch, William. ''Have and Have-Nots in the Information Age''. Rutgers University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8135-2370-2

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