France vs Germany: Number of new book titles published per million people

France

818.98 book titles per million people

in 1996

Germany

873.3 book titles per million people

in 1996

France rank

21st

Germany rank

20th

Number of new book titles published per million people over time

France
Germany

How they compare

Germany currently reports 873.3 book titles per million people against 818.98 book titles per million people in France, a difference of 54.32 book titles per million people.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 34 times across 347 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Germany ahead.

France ranks 21st and Germany ranks 20th 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.