Denmark vs Netherlands: Number of new book titles published per million people
Denmark
2,405 book titles per million people
in 2009
Netherlands
2,629 book titles per million people
in 2009
Denmark rank
6th
Netherlands rank
3rd
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- Denmark
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 2,629 book titles per million people against 2,405 book titles per million people in Denmark, a difference of 224 book titles per million people.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 21 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 6th and Netherlands ranks 3rd of 69 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 15 and Netherlands in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 544.67 book titles per million people | 620.25 book titles per million people | 75.58 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1810s | 414.52 book titles per million people | 508.52 book titles per million people | 94 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1820s | 454.04 book titles per million people | 501.07 book titles per million people | 47.04 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1830s | 590.79 book titles per million people | 557.24 book titles per million people | 33.55 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1840s | 720.21 book titles per million people | 579.11 book titles per million people | 141.1 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1850s | 856.4 book titles per million people | 679.54 book titles per million people | 176.86 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1860s | 916.41 book titles per million people | 682.89 book titles per million people | 233.52 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1870s | 932.91 book titles per million people | 643.41 book titles per million people | 289.5 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1880s | 1,109 book titles per million people | 592.56 book titles per million people | 516.3 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1890s | 1,207 book titles per million people | 615.48 book titles per million people | 591.99 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1900s | 1,345 book titles per million people | 710.06 book titles per million people | 635.39 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1910s | 1,491 book titles per million people | 737.08 book titles per million people | 753.45 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1920s | 1,097 book titles per million people | 725.47 book titles per million people | 371.94 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1930s | 924.93 book titles per million people | 826.1 book titles per million people | 98.83 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1940s | 1,091 book titles per million people | 691.38 book titles per million people | 399.2 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1950s | 932.45 book titles per million people | 871.6 book titles per million people | 60.85 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1960s | 1,257 book titles per million people | 1,079 book titles per million people | 177.66 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1970s | 1,819 book titles per million people | 1,752 book titles per million people | 67.21 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1980s | 2,268 book titles per million people | 2,697 book titles per million people | 429.05 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 2,933 book titles per million people | 3,219 book titles per million people | 286.52 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 2,739 book titles per million people | 2,811 book titles per million people | 72.73 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of new book titles published per million people, Denmark or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 2,629 book titles per million people against 2,405 book titles per million people in Denmark as of 2009.
- What is the difference in number of new book titles published per million people between Denmark and Netherlands?
- 224 book titles per million people, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Netherlands?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2009.
- How do Denmark and Netherlands rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- Denmark ranks 6th and Netherlands ranks 3rd 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.