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 99.04 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 68 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Number of new book titles published per million people
Unit: book titles per million people
Source: Jonathan Fink-Jensen, IISH Data Collection (2015) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 69 places, 8,270 data points, 1500–2009
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of new book titles published per year, per million inhabitants.