The data on books published displayed on the Worldometer’s counter is based on statistics published by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
Below is shown the number of new titles per year, per country, as of the latest year available:
United States (2010) | 328,259 (new titles and editions) |
United Kingdom (2005) | 206,000 |
China (2010) | 189,295 (328,387 total) |
Russian Federation (2008) | 123,336 |
Germany (2009) | 93,124 |
Spain (2008) | 86,300 |
India (2004) | 82,537 (21,370 in Hindi and 18,752 in English) |
Japan (2009) | 78,555 |
Iran (2010) | 65,000 |
France (2010) | 63,690 (67,278 total) |
South Korea (2011) | 44,036 |
Taiwan (2010) | 43,309 |
Turkey (2011) | 43,100 |
Netherlands (1993) | 34,067 |
Italy (2005) | 33,641 (59,743 total) |
Poland (2010) | 31,500 |
Vietnam (2009) | 24,589 |
Indonesia (2009) | 24,000+ |
Argentina (2010) | 22,781 (26,387 total) |
Canada (1996) | 19,900 |
Brazil (2010) | 18,712 (54,754 total) |
Malaysia (2011) | 17,923 |
Romania (2008) | 14,984 |
Ukraine (2004) | 14,790 |
Hong Kong (2005) | 14,603 |
Belgium (1991) | 13,913 |
Finland (2006) | 13,656 |
Thailand (2009) | 13,607 |
Belarus (2009) | 12,885 |
Denmark (1996) | 12,352 |
Colombia (2010) | 12,334 (13,294 total) |
Switzerland (2001) | 12,156 |
Singapore (2007) | 12,000+ |
Czech Republic (1996) | 10,244 |
Hungary (1996) | 9,193 |
Mexico (2010) | 9,075 (25,348 total) |
Egypt (2000) | 9,022 [ |
Australia (2004) | 8,602 |
Austria (1996) | 8,056 |
Portugal (1996) | 7,868 |
Israel (2006) | 6,866 |
Greece (2002) | 6,826 |
South Africa (1995) | 5,418 |
Chile (2011) | 5,326 (5,720 total) |
Sri Lanka (1996) | 4,115 |
Peru (2006) | 4,101 |
Sweden (2010) | 4,074 (30,857 total) |
Saudi Arabia (1996) | 3,900 |
Lebanon (2005) | 3,686 |
Myanmar (1993) | 3,660 |
New Zealand (2003) | 3,600 |
Ecuador (2010) | 2,854 (4,164 total) |
Afghanistan (1990) | 2,795 |
Venezuela (2003) | 2,061 |
Luxembourg (2001) | 2,000 |
Latvia (1996) | 1,965 |
Iceland (2007) | 1,533 |
Philippines (1996) | 1,507 |
Cuba (2003) | 1,488 |
Costa Rica (2003) | 1,315 |
Nigeria (1991) | 1,314 |
Kazakhstan (1996) | 1,226 |
Syria (2004) | 1,138 |
Pakistan (2005) | 1,036 |
Uzbekistan (1996) | 1,003 |
Cyprus (1996) | 930 |
Morocco (1996) | 918 |
Tunisia (1996) | 720 |
Dominican Republic (2003) | 705 |
Algeria (1996) | 670 |
Uruguay (2003) | 605 |
Bolivia (2003) | 584 |
Georgia (1998) | 581 |
Azerbaijan (1996) | 542 |
Jordan (1996) | 511 |
Panama (2003) | 506 |
Turkmenistan (1994) | 450 |
Guatemala (2003) | 446 |
Kyrgyzstan (1998) | 420 |
Malta (1995) | 404 |
Fiji (1994) | 401 |
Armenia (1996) | 396 |
Paraguay (2003) | 390 |
Albania (1991) | 381 |
Nicaragua (2003) | 306 |
Kenya (1994) | 300 |
United Arab Emirates (1993) | 293 |
Honduras (2003) | 290 |
Uganda (1996) | 288 |
Mongolia (1992) | 285 |
El Salvador (2003) | 250 |
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 |
Palestine (1996) | 114 |
Namibia (1990) | 106 |
Eritrea (1993) | 106 |
Brunei Darussalam (2009) | 91 |
Laos (1995) | 88 |
Benin (1994) | 84 |
Mauritius (1996) | 80 |
Réunion (1992) | 69 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1992) | 64 |
Andorra (1994) | 57 |
Suriname (1996) | 47 |
Guyana (1996) | 42 |
Monaco (1990) | 41 |
Bahrain (1996) | 40 |
Ghana (1992) | 28 |
Libya (1994) | 26 |
Angola (1995) | 22 |
Mali (1995) | 14 |
Gambia (1996) | 14 |
Burkina Faso (1996) | 12 |
Oman (1996) | 7 |
TOTAL: | approximately 2,200,000 |