Norway vs Sweden: Number of new book titles published per million people
Norway
3,277 book titles per million people
in 2009
Sweden
2,504 book titles per million people
in 2009
Norway rank
2nd
Sweden rank
5th
Number of new book titles published per million people over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 3,277 book titles per million people against 2,504 book titles per million people in Sweden, a difference of 773 book titles per million people.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.3 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 209 shared years of data; in 1801 it was Sweden ahead.
Norway ranks 2nd and Sweden ranks 5th of 68 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 16.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 50.79 book titles per million people | 334.47 book titles per million people | 283.67 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1810s | 76.84 book titles per million people | 434.88 book titles per million people | 358.04 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1820s | 83.77 book titles per million people | 379.33 book titles per million people | 295.56 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1830s | 120.81 book titles per million people | 252.89 book titles per million people | 132.08 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1840s | 149.26 book titles per million people | 210.21 book titles per million people | 60.95 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1850s | 180.66 book titles per million people | 223.54 book titles per million people | 42.88 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1860s | 212.38 book titles per million people | 270.41 book titles per million people | 58.04 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1870s | 281.44 book titles per million people | 360.83 book titles per million people | 79.39 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1880s | 425.81 book titles per million people | 395.8 book titles per million people | 30.01 book titles per million people | Norway |
| 1890s | 466.27 book titles per million people | 512.4 book titles per million people | 46.13 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1900s | 481.78 book titles per million people | 748.27 book titles per million people | 266.48 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1910s | 507.96 book titles per million people | 935.62 book titles per million people | 427.66 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1920s | 564.59 book titles per million people | 858.55 book titles per million people | 293.96 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1930s | 645.81 book titles per million people | 898.2 book titles per million people | 252.39 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1940s | 736.25 book titles per million people | 958.66 book titles per million people | 222.41 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1950s | 863.7 book titles per million people | 902.65 book titles per million people | 38.95 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1960s | 1,151 book titles per million people | 1,046 book titles per million people | 104.53 book titles per million people | Norway |
| 1970s | 1,871 book titles per million people | 1,799 book titles per million people | 71.49 book titles per million people | Norway |
| 1980s | 2,250 book titles per million people | 2,383 book titles per million people | 132.53 book titles per million people | Sweden |
| 1990s | 4,583 book titles per million people | 2,580 book titles per million people | 2,003 book titles per million people | Norway |
| 2000s | 3,712 book titles per million people | 2,660 book titles per million people | 1,052 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, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 3,277 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 Norway and Sweden?
- 773 book titles per million people, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
- 209 years are reported by both, from 1801 to 2009.
- How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for number of new book titles published per million people?
- Norway ranks 2nd and Sweden ranks 5th of 68 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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About this data
The number of new book titles published per year, per million inhabitants.