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How many libraries are there on Wikidata?

The following lists ranks the world's countries by the number of library items on Wikidata. The list is updated automatically, about once a day, by User:ListeriaBot.

To be counted, the item has to:

• have a country (P17) statement
• have an instance of (P31) statement with a value that is instance of (P31) or subclass of (P279) of library (Q7075).

See also more lists counting

• all GLAM types
• museums
• archives

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This list is generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by a bot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!

country	libraries
United States of America	32101
Italy	25024
Spain	16821
Brazil	12753
Japan	8895
Czech Republic	6660
United Kingdom	4699
Taiwan	4382
Germany	4244
Argentina	3990
Sweden	2792
Canada	1952
Indonesia	1675
Latvia	1558
Netherlands	1488
Austria	1467
Australia	1464
South Korea	1123
Bulgaria	940
France	878
Denmark	686
India	672
Estonia	612
Nigeria	591
Ukraine	551
Finland	516
Switzerland	510
Portugal	400
China	371
Belgium	337
New Zealand	301
Poland	286
Russia	237
Mexico	205
Greece	186
Ireland	172
Serbia	151
Turkey	138
Kenya	133
Ghana	123
Slovenia	117
Hungary	115
Colombia	113
Israel	102
Norway	93
Bosnia and Herzegovina	92
Lithuania	92
Egypt	90
Malaysia	74
Botswana	71
Namibia	66
Haiti	59
Romania	58
South Africa	56
Chile	47
Uganda	46
Singapore	42
State of Palestine	36
Peru	34
Belarus	33
Zambia	29
Morocco	28
Slovakia	28
Luxembourg	28
Tanzania	28
Saudi Arabia	27
Armenia	27
Eswatini	25
Uruguay	24
Thailand	24
Iran	23
Venezuela	23
North Macedonia	22
Costa Rica	22
Iraq	20
Croatia	20
Wales	20
Malawi	20
Mauritius	19
Cuba	19
United Arab Emirates	18
Bangladesh	18
German Confederation	18
Albania	18
Philippines	17
Kazakhstan	17
Brunei	17
Lebanon	16
Bolivia	16
Sri Lanka	15
Algeria	15
Gaza Strip	15
Sierra Leone	14
Pakistan	13
Zimbabwe	13
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	12
Azerbaijan	11
Equatorial Guinea	11
Ecuador	10
Mali	10
Cameroon	10
Guatemala	10
Nicaragua	9
Cyprus	9
El Salvador	9
Iceland	9
Georgia	9
Ethiopia	9
Honduras	9
Moldova	8
Nepal	8
Syria	7
Jordan	7
Uzbekistan	7
Democratic Republic of the Congo	7
Dominican Republic	7
Isle of Man	7
Afghanistan	6
German Democratic Republic	6
Austria-Hungary	6
Soviet Union	6
Tunisia	6
Panama	6
Senegal	6
Benin	6
Paraguay	6
Oman	5
Libya	5
Czechoslovakia	5
Kosovo	4
Kuwait	4
Trinidad and Tobago	4
Hong Kong	4
Togo	4
Mongolia	4
Ivory Coast	4
Qatar	4
Andorra	4
Kyrgyzstan	4
Somalia	4
San Marino	4
German Empire	4
German Reich	4
Austrian Empire	4
Republika Srpska	4
Kingdom of the Netherlands	4
Macau	4
Guernsey	4
Liechtenstein	3
Belize	3
Samoa	3
Bahrain	3
North Korea	3
Yemen	3
Russian Empire	3
Myanmar	3
Vatican City	3
Aruba	3
Gabon	3
Niger	3
Malta	3
Montenegro	3
Empire of Japan	3
The Gambia	3
Puerto Rico	3
Somaliland	3
Solomon Islands	3
Kingdom of Prussia	3
Suriname	3
Prussia	2
The Bahamas	2
Byzantine Empire	2
Ottoman Empire	2
Maldives	2
Turkmenistan	2
Republic of Artsakh	2
Republic of China (1912–1949)	2
Monaco	2
West Germany	2
Sudan	2
Vietnam	2
Jamaica	2
Cambodia	2
Saint Kitts and Nevis	2
Guinea	2
Burundi	2
Lesotho	2
Madagascar	2
Hesse	2
Tajikistan	2
Burkina Faso	2
East Timor	2
Seleucid Empire	2
Nazi Germany	2
Weimar Republic	2
Northern Ireland	2
Nizari Ismaili state	2
Indonesian	2
Abbasid Caliphate	1
Joseon	1
Latin Empire	1
Ancient Egypt	1
Cape Verde	1
Sasanian Empire	1
Western Han	1
Northern Qi	1
Faroe Islands	1
Tuvalu	1
Vanuatu	1
Papua New Guinea	1
Northern Cyprus	1
Greenland	1
Barbados	1
Antigua and Barbuda	1
Guinea-Bissau	1
Bhutan	1
Angola	1
Cook Islands	1
Seychelles	1
Kingdom of England	1
Comoros	1
Guyana	1
Laos	1
Mauritania	1
Eritrea	1
Curaçao	1
Kingdom of France	1
Chad	1
Republic of the Congo	1
Djibouti	1
Liberia	1
Abkhazia	1
Islamic State	1
Ancient Rome	1
North Ossetia–Alania	1
Israeli-occupied territories	1
São Tomé and Príncipe	1
Fiji	1
Grand Duchy of Lithuania	1
Ireland	1
Cayman Islands	1
Korea	1
Nasarawa State	1
Saxony	1
German Empire of 1848/1849	1
Bermuda	1
Saint Lucia	1
Dutch East Indies	1
New Spain	1
Empire of China	1
Réunion	1
Czechoslovak Republic	1
Mamluk Sultanate	1
I Rzeczpospolita	1
British Hong Kong	1
Taiwan under Japanese rule	1
Marshall Islands	1
Jersey	1
American Samoa	1
Republic of Abkhazia	1
Norfolk Island	1
Roman Egypt	1
Kingdom of Portugal	1
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic	1

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∑ 264 items.

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