India vs Indonesia: Number of new book titles published per million people
India
12.73 book titles per million people
in 1996
Indonesia
20.4 book titles per million people
in 1996
India rank
66th
Indonesia rank
64th
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- India
- Indonesia
How they compare
Indonesia currently reports 20.4 book titles per million people against 12.73 book titles per million people in India, a difference of 7.67 book titles per million people.
That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.6 times India's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 82 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Indonesia ahead.
India ranks 66th and Indonesia ranks 64th of 69 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, India averaged higher in 3 and Indonesia in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1750s | 0.1 book titles per million people | 0.4 book titles per million people | 0.3 book titles per million people | Indonesia |
| 1760s | 0.1 book titles per million people | 0.4 book titles per million people | 0.3 book titles per million people | Indonesia |
| 1770s | 0.1 book titles per million people | 0.4 book titles per million people | 0.3 book titles per million people | Indonesia |
| 1780s | 0.1 book titles per million people | 0.4 book titles per million people | 0.3 book titles per million people | Indonesia |
| 1790s | 0.1 book titles per million people | 0.4 book titles per million people | 0.3 book titles per million people | Indonesia |
| 1950s | 42.96 book titles per million people | 12.51 book titles per million people | 30.44 book titles per million people | India |
| 1960s | 23.12 book titles per million people | 9.48 book titles per million people | 13.64 book titles per million people | India |
| 1970s | 22.07 book titles per million people | 15.39 book titles per million people | 6.68 book titles per million people | India |
| 1980s | 16.52 book titles per million people | 17.61 book titles per million people | 1.09 book titles per million people | Indonesia |
| 1990s | 16.1 book titles per million people | 18.15 book titles per million people | 2.05 book titles per million people | Indonesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of new book titles published per million people, India or Indonesia?
- Indonesia, at 20.4 book titles per million people against 12.73 book titles per million people in India as of 1996.
- What is the difference in number of new book titles published per million people between India and Indonesia?
- 7.67 book titles per million people, with Indonesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Indonesia?
- 82 years are reported by both, from 1750 to 1996.
- How do India and Indonesia rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- India ranks 66th and Indonesia ranks 64th 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.