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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).

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• all GLAM types
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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	40388
Japan	5662
United Kingdom	4433
Argentina	3968
Germany	3808
Sweden	2527
Latvia	1556
Netherlands	1553
Austria	1411
Bulgaria	865
Brazil	809
Canada	717
Spain	685
Denmark	669
Italy	633
India	610
Estonia	601
Ukraine	571
Australia	395
Switzerland	384
Finland	324
France	278
Portugal	265
Poland	230
New Zealand	212
Russia	185
Czech Republic	155
Ireland	151
People's Republic of China	147
Kenya	137
Greece	121
Slovenia	107
Ghana	105
Belgium	102
Mexico	100
Nigeria	99
Egypt	83
Taiwan	72
Israel	66
Namibia	62
Botswana	60
Hungary	58
Norway	58
South Korea	57
Uganda	39
Lithuania	36
Romania	31
Colombia	31
Chile	29
Tanzania	26
Eswatini	26
Zambia	23
Turkey	22
South Africa	20
Singapore	19
Costa Rica	19
Malawi	19
Venezuela	18
Mauritius	18
German Confederation	17
Armenia	17
Brunei	17
Belarus	16
Slovakia	16
Serbia	14
Philippines	14
Saudi Arabia	14
Cuba	14
Albania	14
Kazakhstan	13
Sierra Leone	13
Iran	12
Lebanon	12
Uruguay	12
Iraq	11
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	11
Zimbabwe	11
Malaysia	10
Mali	10
Pakistan	9
Indonesia	9
Bangladesh	9
Haiti	9
Sri Lanka	8
Bolivia	8
State of Palestine	8
Peru	8
Ethiopia	8
Cameroon	8
Thailand	7
Morocco	6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6
Benin	6
Libya	5
North Macedonia	5
Croatia	5
Kosovo	4
Moldova	4
Azerbaijan	4
United Arab Emirates	4
Ecuador	4
Jordan	4
Oman	4
Algeria	4
Georgia	4
Senegal	4
Luxembourg	4
Kingdom of the Netherlands	4
Syria	4
Guernsey	4
Saxony	3
Nicaragua	3
Tunisia	3
Afghanistan	3
Samoa	3
Uzbekistan	3
Soviet Union	3
Trinidad and Tobago	3
Dominican Republic	3
Equatorial Guinea	3
Niger	3
Qatar	3
North Korea	2
German Democratic Republic	2
Byzantine Empire	2
Ottoman Empire	2
Nepal	2
Belize	2
Bahamas	2
Bahrain	2
Maldives	2
Russian Empire	2
Turkmenistan	2
Artsakh	2
Monaco	2
Tajikistan	2
Yemen	2
Kuwait	2
Panama	2
West Germany	2
Gabon	2
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2
Honduras	2
Iceland	2
Liechtenstein	2
Vietnam	2
Republic of Cyprus	2
Ivory Coast	2
Aruba	2
Andorra	2
Burundi	2
Montenegro	2
Guinea	2
Lesotho	2
Korea	1
Latin Empire	1
Prussia	1
Cape Verde	1
São Tomé and Príncipe	1
Israeli-occupied territories	1
Abkhazia	1
British Overseas Territories	1
Palestine	1
Roman Empire	1
Austria-Hungary	1
Fiji	1
German Reich	1
German Empire of 1848/1849	1
Faroe Islands	1
Vatican City	1
Tuvalu	1
Togo	1
Sudan	1
Vanuatu	1
El Salvador	1
Papua New Guinea	1
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	1
Mongolia	1
Jamaica	1
Greenland	1
Barbados	1
Antigua and Barbuda	1
Myanmar	1
Malta	1
Guinea-Bissau	1
Cambodia	1
Bhutan	1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1
Empire of Japan	1
Angola	1
Guatemala	1
Madagascar	1
Paraguay	1
Rwanda	1
Gambia	1
Cook Islands	1
Kyrgyzstan	1
Seychelles	1
Somalia	1
Comoros	1
Burkina Faso	1
Guyana	1
Laos	1
Mauritania	1
Eritrea	1
San Marino	1
East Timor	1
Isle of Man	1
Kingdom of France	1
Chad	1
Republic of the Congo	1
Djibouti	1
Liberia	1
Taiwan	1
West Bank	1
Palestinian National Authority	1
Jersey	1
Egypt	1

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∑ 218 items.

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