Netherlands vs Norway: Number of new book titles published per million people
Netherlands
2,629 book titles per million people
in 2009
Norway
3,277 book titles per million people
in 2009
Netherlands rank
3rd
Norway rank
2nd
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- Netherlands
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 3,277 book titles per million people against 2,629 book titles per million people in Netherlands, a difference of 648 book titles per million people.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 209 shared years of data; in 1801 it was Netherlands ahead.
Netherlands ranks 3rd and Norway ranks 2nd of 69 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 16 and Norway in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 633.34 book titles per million people | 50.79 book titles per million people | 582.54 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1810s | 508.52 book titles per million people | 76.84 book titles per million people | 431.68 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1820s | 501.07 book titles per million people | 83.77 book titles per million people | 417.3 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1830s | 557.24 book titles per million people | 120.81 book titles per million people | 436.43 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1840s | 579.11 book titles per million people | 149.26 book titles per million people | 429.84 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1850s | 679.54 book titles per million people | 180.66 book titles per million people | 498.87 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1860s | 682.89 book titles per million people | 212.38 book titles per million people | 470.52 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 643.41 book titles per million people | 281.44 book titles per million people | 361.97 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 592.56 book titles per million people | 425.81 book titles per million people | 166.75 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 615.48 book titles per million people | 466.27 book titles per million people | 149.21 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 710.06 book titles per million people | 481.78 book titles per million people | 228.28 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1910s | 737.08 book titles per million people | 507.96 book titles per million people | 229.12 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 725.47 book titles per million people | 564.59 book titles per million people | 160.88 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 826.1 book titles per million people | 645.81 book titles per million people | 180.29 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 691.38 book titles per million people | 736.25 book titles per million people | 44.87 book titles per million people | Norway |
| 1950s | 871.6 book titles per million people | 863.7 book titles per million people | 7.9 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 1,079 book titles per million people | 1,151 book titles per million people | 71.84 book titles per million people | Norway |
| 1970s | 1,752 book titles per million people | 1,871 book titles per million people | 119.41 book titles per million people | Norway |
| 1980s | 2,697 book titles per million people | 2,250 book titles per million people | 446.91 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 3,219 book titles per million people | 4,583 book titles per million people | 1,364 book titles per million people | Norway |
| 2000s | 2,811 book titles per million people | 3,712 book titles per million people | 900.65 book titles per million people | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of new book titles published per million people, Netherlands or Norway?
- Norway, at 3,277 book titles per million people against 2,629 book titles per million people in Netherlands as of 2009.
- What is the difference in number of new book titles published per million people between Netherlands and Norway?
- 648 book titles per million people, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Norway?
- 209 years are reported by both, from 1801 to 2009.
- How do Netherlands and Norway rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- Netherlands ranks 3rd and Norway ranks 2nd 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.