Belgium vs Spain: Number of new book titles published per million people
Belgium
1,322 book titles per million people
in 2004
Spain
1,164 book titles per million people
in 1996
Belgium rank
11th
Spain rank
13th
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- Belgium
- Spain
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 1,322 book titles per million people against 1,164 book titles per million people in Spain, a difference of 158 book titles per million people.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 63 times across 360 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 11th and Spain ranks 13th of 69 countries.
Across the 38 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 32 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500s | 6.65 book titles per million people | 7.51 book titles per million people | 0.8633 book titles per million people | Spain |
| 1510s | 12.86 book titles per million people | 7.4 book titles per million people | 5.46 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1520s | 38.76 book titles per million people | 7.67 book titles per million people | 31.09 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1530s | 60.43 book titles per million people | 7.6 book titles per million people | 52.83 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1540s | 71.33 book titles per million people | 7.49 book titles per million people | 63.84 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1550s | 85.99 book titles per million people | 7.38 book titles per million people | 78.62 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1560s | 124.3 book titles per million people | 7.39 book titles per million people | 116.91 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1570s | 117.67 book titles per million people | 6.59 book titles per million people | 111.08 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1580s | 110.23 book titles per million people | 7.27 book titles per million people | 102.96 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1590s | 83.32 book titles per million people | 7.05 book titles per million people | 76.27 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1600s | 54.25 book titles per million people | 10.14 book titles per million people | 44.1 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1610s | 75.5 book titles per million people | 11.52 book titles per million people | 63.98 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1620s | 79.41 book titles per million people | 13.91 book titles per million people | 65.5 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1630s | 63.47 book titles per million people | 14.02 book titles per million people | 49.46 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1640s | 70.43 book titles per million people | 15.3 book titles per million people | 55.13 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1650s | 67.18 book titles per million people | 15.88 book titles per million people | 51.3 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1660s | 100.41 book titles per million people | 17.2 book titles per million people | 83.2 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1670s | 118.83 book titles per million people | 19.11 book titles per million people | 99.73 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1680s | 104.48 book titles per million people | 20.17 book titles per million people | 84.31 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1690s | 101.87 book titles per million people | 21.86 book titles per million people | 80.01 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1700s | 77.1 book titles per million people | 20.89 book titles per million people | 56.22 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1710s | 43.09 book titles per million people | 19.97 book titles per million people | 23.12 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1720s | 27.88 book titles per million people | 21.02 book titles per million people | 6.86 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1730s | 22.63 book titles per million people | 23.45 book titles per million people | 0.8223 book titles per million people | Spain |
| 1740s | 21.94 book titles per million people | 23.69 book titles per million people | 1.74 book titles per million people | Spain |
| 1750s | 25.89 book titles per million people | 23.34 book titles per million people | 2.56 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1760s | 21.7 book titles per million people | 27.86 book titles per million people | 6.16 book titles per million people | Spain |
| 1770s | 29.84 book titles per million people | 29.3 book titles per million people | 0.5435 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1780s | 50.13 book titles per million people | 34.32 book titles per million people | 15.82 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1790s | 54.95 book titles per million people | 32.29 book titles per million people | 22.65 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1800s | 6.31 book titles per million people | 28.13 book titles per million people | 21.82 book titles per million people | Spain |
| 1930s | 636.56 book titles per million people | 49.13 book titles per million people | 587.43 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1940s | 553.37 book titles per million people | 144.79 book titles per million people | 408.58 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1950s | 505.48 book titles per million people | 158.25 book titles per million people | 347.23 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1960s | 574.94 book titles per million people | 482.85 book titles per million people | 92.09 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1970s | 758.5 book titles per million people | 644.49 book titles per million people | 114.01 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1980s | 927.1 book titles per million people | 880.82 book titles per million people | 46.28 book titles per million people | Belgium |
| 1990s | 1,048 book titles per million people | 1,071 book titles per million people | 23 book titles per million people | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of new book titles published per million people, Belgium or Spain?
- Belgium, at 1,322 book titles per million people against 1,164 book titles per million people in Spain as of 2004.
- What is the difference in number of new book titles published per million people between Belgium and Spain?
- 158 book titles per million people, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Spain?
- 360 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 1996.
- How do Belgium and Spain rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- Belgium ranks 11th and Spain ranks 13th of 69 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jonathan Fink-Jensen, IISH Data Collection (2015) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of new book titles published per million people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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Number of new book titles published per year, per million inhabitants.