Finland vs Sweden: Number of new book titles published per million people
Finland
2,559 book titles per million people
in 1996
Sweden
2,504 book titles per million people
in 2009
Finland rank
4th
Sweden rank
5th
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- Finland
- Sweden
How they compare
Finland currently reports 2,559 book titles per million people against 2,504 book titles per million people in Sweden, a difference of 55 book titles per million people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1914 it was Sweden ahead.
Finland ranks 4th and Sweden ranks 5th of 68 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 394.37 book titles per million people | 969.25 book titles per million people | 574.89 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1930s | 420.9 book titles per million people | 920.68 book titles per million people | 499.78 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1940s | 448.31 book titles per million people | 958.66 book titles per million people | 510.35 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1950s | 499.65 book titles per million people | 916.91 book titles per million people | 417.26 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1960s | 905.45 book titles per million people | 1,046 book titles per million people | 140.7 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1970s | 1,004 book titles per million people | 1,799 book titles per million people | 795.64 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1980s | 1,771 book titles per million people | 2,383 book titles per million people | 611.58 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1990s | 2,351 book titles per million people | 2,538 book titles per million people | 186.81 book titles per million people | Sweden |
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 Sweden?
- Finland, at 2,559 book titles per million people against 2,504 book titles per million people in Sweden as of 1996.
- What is the difference in number of new book titles published per million people between Finland and Sweden?
- 55 book titles per million people, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Sweden?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1914 to 1996.
- How do Finland and Sweden rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- Finland ranks 4th and Sweden ranks 5th of 68 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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About this data
The number of new book titles published per year, per million inhabitants.