Denmark vs Sweden: Number of new book titles published per million people
Denmark
2,405 book titles per million people
in 2009
Sweden
2,504 book titles per million people
in 2009
Denmark rank
6th
Sweden rank
5th
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 2,504 book titles per million people against 2,405 book titles per million people in Denmark, a difference of 99 book titles per million people.
The two have swapped places 23 times across 210 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 6th and Sweden ranks 5th of 69 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 19 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 544.67 book titles per million people | 333.68 book titles per million people | 210.99 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1810s | 414.52 book titles per million people | 434.88 book titles per million people | 20.37 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1820s | 454.04 book titles per million people | 379.33 book titles per million people | 74.71 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1830s | 590.79 book titles per million people | 252.89 book titles per million people | 337.9 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1840s | 720.21 book titles per million people | 210.21 book titles per million people | 509.99 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1850s | 856.4 book titles per million people | 223.54 book titles per million people | 632.86 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1860s | 916.41 book titles per million people | 270.41 book titles per million people | 645.99 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1870s | 932.91 book titles per million people | 360.83 book titles per million people | 572.08 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1880s | 1,109 book titles per million people | 395.8 book titles per million people | 713.06 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1890s | 1,207 book titles per million people | 512.4 book titles per million people | 695.07 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1900s | 1,345 book titles per million people | 748.27 book titles per million people | 597.18 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1910s | 1,491 book titles per million people | 935.62 book titles per million people | 554.91 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1920s | 1,097 book titles per million people | 858.55 book titles per million people | 238.86 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1930s | 924.93 book titles per million people | 898.2 book titles per million people | 26.73 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1940s | 1,091 book titles per million people | 958.66 book titles per million people | 131.91 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1950s | 932.45 book titles per million people | 902.65 book titles per million people | 29.8 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1960s | 1,257 book titles per million people | 1,046 book titles per million people | 210.36 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1970s | 1,819 book titles per million people | 1,799 book titles per million people | 19.29 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 1980s | 2,268 book titles per million people | 2,383 book titles per million people | 114.66 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1990s | 2,933 book titles per million people | 2,580 book titles per million people | 352.49 book titles per million people | Denmark |
| 2000s | 2,739 book titles per million people | 2,660 book titles per million people | 78.37 book titles per million people | Denmark |
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 Sweden?
- Sweden, at 2,504 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 Sweden?
- 99 book titles per million people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?
- 210 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2009.
- How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- Denmark ranks 6th and Sweden ranks 5th 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.