Netherlands vs Sweden: Number of new book titles published per million people
Netherlands
2,629 book titles per million people
in 2009
Sweden
2,504 book titles per million people
in 2009
Netherlands rank
3rd
Sweden rank
5th
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- Netherlands
- Sweden
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 2,629 book titles per million people against 2,504 book titles per million people in Sweden, a difference of 125 book titles per million people.
The two have swapped places 32 times across 510 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Netherlands ahead.
Netherlands ranks 3rd and Sweden ranks 5th of 69 countries.
Across the 51 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 44 and Sweden in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500s | 41.27 book titles per million people | 0 book titles per million people | 41.27 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1510s | 49.48 book titles per million people | 0.3425 book titles per million people | 49.14 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1520s | 26.04 book titles per million people | 2.5 book titles per million people | 23.55 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1530s | 12.71 book titles per million people | 1.79 book titles per million people | 10.93 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1540s | 7.36 book titles per million people | 2.82 book titles per million people | 4.53 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1550s | 11.64 book titles per million people | 2.43 book titles per million people | 9.21 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1560s | 17.26 book titles per million people | 1.93 book titles per million people | 15.33 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1570s | 17.79 book titles per million people | 2.15 book titles per million people | 15.63 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1580s | 68.47 book titles per million people | 1.11 book titles per million people | 67.36 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1590s | 119.16 book titles per million people | 1.07 book titles per million people | 118.09 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1600s | 168.32 book titles per million people | 17.5 book titles per million people | 150.82 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1610s | 221.17 book titles per million people | 36.21 book titles per million people | 184.96 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1620s | 192.66 book titles per million people | 57.83 book titles per million people | 134.83 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1630s | 191.78 book titles per million people | 71.67 book titles per million people | 120.11 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1640s | 318.45 book titles per million people | 90.93 book titles per million people | 227.51 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1650s | 358.14 book titles per million people | 68 book titles per million people | 290.14 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1660s | 378.05 book titles per million people | 71.17 book titles per million people | 306.88 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1670s | 333.01 book titles per million people | 80.76 book titles per million people | 252.24 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1680s | 395.14 book titles per million people | 76.06 book titles per million people | 319.08 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1690s | 391.87 book titles per million people | 82.26 book titles per million people | 309.61 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1700s | 446.15 book titles per million people | 93.68 book titles per million people | 352.47 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1710s | 416.08 book titles per million people | 68.55 book titles per million people | 347.53 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1720s | 392.91 book titles per million people | 77.32 book titles per million people | 315.59 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1730s | 501.17 book titles per million people | 89.71 book titles per million people | 411.47 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1740s | 571.21 book titles per million people | 155.44 book titles per million people | 415.77 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1750s | 536.14 book titles per million people | 157.99 book titles per million people | 378.15 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1760s | 452.16 book titles per million people | 238.02 book titles per million people | 214.14 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1770s | 503.98 book titles per million people | 268.06 book titles per million people | 235.93 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1780s | 662.08 book titles per million people | 191.72 book titles per million people | 470.36 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1790s | 556.64 book titles per million people | 220.4 book titles per million people | 336.24 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1800s | 620.25 book titles per million people | 333.68 book titles per million people | 286.57 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1810s | 508.52 book titles per million people | 434.88 book titles per million people | 73.64 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1820s | 501.07 book titles per million people | 379.33 book titles per million people | 121.75 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1830s | 557.24 book titles per million people | 252.89 book titles per million people | 304.35 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1840s | 579.11 book titles per million people | 210.21 book titles per million people | 368.89 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1850s | 679.54 book titles per million people | 223.54 book titles per million people | 456 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1860s | 682.89 book titles per million people | 270.41 book titles per million people | 412.48 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 643.41 book titles per million people | 360.83 book titles per million people | 282.58 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 592.56 book titles per million people | 395.8 book titles per million people | 196.76 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 615.48 book titles per million people | 512.4 book titles per million people | 103.08 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 710.06 book titles per million people | 748.27 book titles per million people | 38.21 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1910s | 737.08 book titles per million people | 935.62 book titles per million people | 198.54 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1920s | 725.47 book titles per million people | 858.55 book titles per million people | 133.08 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1930s | 826.1 book titles per million people | 898.2 book titles per million people | 72.1 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1940s | 691.38 book titles per million people | 958.66 book titles per million people | 267.29 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1950s | 871.6 book titles per million people | 902.65 book titles per million people | 31.05 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1960s | 1,079 book titles per million people | 1,046 book titles per million people | 32.7 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 1,752 book titles per million people | 1,799 book titles per million people | 47.93 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1980s | 2,697 book titles per million people | 2,383 book titles per million people | 314.38 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 3,219 book titles per million people | 2,580 book titles per million people | 639 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 2,811 book titles per million people | 2,660 book titles per million people | 151.09 book titles per million people | Netherlands |
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 Sweden?
- Netherlands, at 2,629 book titles per million people against 2,504 book titles per million people in Sweden as of 2009.
- What is the difference in number of new book titles published per million people between Netherlands and Sweden?
- 125 book titles per million people, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Sweden?
- 510 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 2009.
- How do Netherlands and Sweden rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- Netherlands ranks 3rd and Sweden ranks 5th 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.