Japan vs Poland: Number of new book titles published per million people
Japan
447.46 book titles per million people
in 1996
Poland
365.11 book titles per million people
in 1996
Japan rank
31st
Poland rank
34th
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- Japan
- Poland
How they compare
Japan currently reports 447.46 book titles per million people against 365.11 book titles per million people in Poland, a difference of 82.35 book titles per million people.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Poland's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 148 shared years of data; in 1597 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 31st and Poland ranks 34th of 69 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Poland in 16.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1590s | 0.5882 book titles per million people | 0.4018 book titles per million people | 0.1864 book titles per million people | Japan |
| 1600s | 0.5882 book titles per million people | 0.9896 book titles per million people | 0.4014 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1610s | 0.5882 book titles per million people | 9.42 book titles per million people | 8.84 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1620s | 0.5882 book titles per million people | 7.92 book titles per million people | 7.34 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1630s | 0.5882 book titles per million people | 7.65 book titles per million people | 7.07 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1640s | 0.5882 book titles per million people | 14.71 book titles per million people | 14.12 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1650s | 0.5882 book titles per million people | 9.86 book titles per million people | 9.27 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1720s | 5.52 book titles per million people | 8.05 book titles per million people | 2.54 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1730s | 5.52 book titles per million people | 10.16 book titles per million people | 4.64 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1750s | 9.37 book titles per million people | 19.99 book titles per million people | 10.62 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1760s | 10.46 book titles per million people | 17.35 book titles per million people | 6.89 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1770s | 10.46 book titles per million people | 22.73 book titles per million people | 12.27 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1780s | 10.46 book titles per million people | 29.89 book titles per million people | 19.43 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1790s | 10.46 book titles per million people | 26.17 book titles per million people | 15.71 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1800s | 10.46 book titles per million people | 30.22 book titles per million people | 19.76 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1930s | 431.16 book titles per million people | 258.97 book titles per million people | 172.19 book titles per million people | Japan |
| 1950s | 227 book titles per million people | 238.85 book titles per million people | 11.85 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1960s | 267.2 book titles per million people | 267.62 book titles per million people | 0.4224 book titles per million people | Poland |
| 1970s | 326.16 book titles per million people | 322.05 book titles per million people | 4.11 book titles per million people | Japan |
| 1980s | 360.68 book titles per million people | 276.51 book titles per million people | 84.17 book titles per million people | Japan |
| 1990s | 366.48 book titles per million people | 322.33 book titles per million people | 44.15 book titles per million people | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of new book titles published per million people, Japan or Poland?
- Japan, at 447.46 book titles per million people against 365.11 book titles per million people in Poland as of 1996.
- What is the difference in number of new book titles published per million people between Japan and Poland?
- 82.35 book titles per million people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Poland?
- 148 years are reported by both, from 1597 to 1996.
- How do Japan and Poland rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- Japan ranks 31st and Poland ranks 34th 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.