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

France

818.98 book titles per million people

in 1996

Ireland

756.78 book titles per million people

in 1985

France rank

21st

Ireland rank

24th

Number of new book titles published per million people over time

France
Ireland

How they compare

France currently reports 818.98 book titles per million people against 756.78 book titles per million people in Ireland, a difference of 62.2 book titles per million people.

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

The two have swapped places 23 times across 336 shared years of data; in 1500 it was France ahead.

France ranks 21st and Ireland ranks 24th 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.