Finland vs Netherlands: Number of new book titles published per million people
Finland
2,559 book titles per million people
in 1996
Netherlands
2,629 book titles per million people
in 2009
Finland rank
4th
Netherlands rank
3rd
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- Finland
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 2,629 book titles per million people against 2,559 book titles per million people in Finland, a difference of 70 book titles per million people.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1914 it was Netherlands ahead.
Finland ranks 4th and Netherlands ranks 3rd of 69 countries.
Netherlands has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 394.37 book titles per million people | 633.11 book titles per million people | 238.74 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 420.9 book titles per million people | 895.08 book titles per million people | 474.18 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 448.31 book titles per million people | 691.38 book titles per million people | 243.07 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 499.65 book titles per million people | 873.81 book titles per million people | 374.16 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 905.45 book titles per million people | 1,079 book titles per million people | 173.39 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 1,004 book titles per million people | 1,752 book titles per million people | 747.72 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 1,771 book titles per million people | 2,697 book titles per million people | 925.96 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 2,351 book titles per million people | 3,250 book titles per million people | 899.54 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, Finland or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 2,629 book titles per million people against 2,559 book titles per million people in Finland as of 2009.
- What is the difference in number of new book titles published per million people between Finland and Netherlands?
- 70 book titles per million people, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Netherlands?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1914 to 1996.
- How do Finland and Netherlands rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- Finland ranks 4th 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.