India vs Nigeria: Number of new book titles published per million people

India

12.73 book titles per million people

in 1996

Nigeria

12 book titles per million people

in 1995

India rank

65th

Nigeria rank

66th

Number of new book titles published per million people over time

India
Nigeria

How they compare

India currently reports 12.73 book titles per million people against 12 book titles per million people in Nigeria, a difference of 0.7309 book titles per million people.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1963 it was India ahead.

India ranks 65th and Nigeria ranks 66th 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.