List of largest libraries

This sortable list of largest libraries includes libraries that store 15 million items or more since 2008.


Largest libraries in the world

Name Location Catalogued Size (number of items) Visitors per year Budget Staff
British Library  United Kingdom, London 170 million+[1]
 1.75 million[2] £141 million[3] 1977[3]
Library of Congress  United States, Washington D.C. 160 million+[4] 1.75 million[5] US$647 million[5] 3624[5]
Library and Archives Canada  Canada, Ottawa 54 million[6] C$95 million[7] 858[7]
New York Public Library  United States, New York City 53.1 million[8] 18 million[8] US$250 million[8] 2937[8]
Russian State Library  Russia, Moscow 44.4 million[9] 1.17 million[9] 1.64 billion RUB[9] 1972[9]
Bibliothèque nationale de France  France, Paris 40 million[10] 1.3 million[11] €254 million[12] 2668[13]
National Library of Russia  Russia, Saint Petersburg 36.5 million[14] 1 million[14]
National Diet Library  Japan, Tokyo and Kyoto 35.6 million[15] 654,000[15] ¥21.8 billion[15] 908[15]
National Library of China  China, Beijing 33,8 million[16] 5.2 million[17] 1365[17]
Royal Danish Library  Denmark, Copenhagen 30.2 million[18] 850,000[18] 385.9 million DKK[19] 492.5 (610 in total)[19]
German National Library  Germany, Leipzig and Frankfurt 29.7 million[20] 29,973[21] €47.6 million[22] 622[22]
Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences  Russia, Saint Petersburg 26.5 million[23]
Biblioteca Nacional de España  Spain, Madrid 25 million[24][25] €52.9 million[25] 1090[25]
Berlin State Library  Germany, Berlin 23.4 million[26] 1.4 million[26]
Boston Public Library  United States, Boston 22.4 million[27] US$38.9 million[28]
New York State Library  United States, Albany, New York 20 million[29]
Royal Library of Sweden  Sweden, Stockholm 18 million[30]
Harvard University Library  United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts 16.6 million[31] US$167 million[31] 1100[32]
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine  Ukraine, Kiev 15 million[33] 500,000[33] 50.3 million ₴[34] 900[33]

See also

References

  1. ↑ British Library: Facts and Figures | British Library, access date 2015-09-26
  2. ↑ "The British Library Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09 - Performance". 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  3. 1 2 "The British Library Annual Accounts 2008/09". 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  4. ↑ "General information". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  5. 1 2 3 "General Information - About the Library (Library of Congress)". 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  6. ↑ "About the Collection - Library and Archives Canada". 10 February 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  7. 1 2 "Report on Plans and Priorities (RPP) 2014-15 - Library and Archives Canada". 6 March 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "The New York Public Library’s 2009 Annual Report". 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "НАСТОЯЩЕЕ / Интересные факты в цифрах / Краткая статистическая справка (по состоянию на 01.01.2012)". 1 January 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  10. ↑ "BnF - ABC of the collections: N for Numerous". 8 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  11. ↑ "BnF - La BnF en chiffres - Publics" (in French). 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  12. ↑ "BnF - La BnF en chiffres - Budget" (in French). 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  13. ↑ "BnF - La BnF en chiffres - Personnels" (in French). 23 December 2010. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  14. 1 2 "Российская национальная библиотека: Статистические данные за 2005 - 2009 гг.". 2011. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "Annual Report of the National Diet Library. Trends of the past year". 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  16. ↑ "馆藏实体资源". 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  17. 1 2 "ANNUAL REPORT TO CDNL 2010". 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  18. 1 2 "Årsberetning 2008 (Annual Report 2008)" (in Danish). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  19. 1 2 "SUMMARY 2009 (doc)". 2009. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
  20. ↑ "Jahresbericht 2014. Zahlen + Fakten" (in German). 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  21. ↑ "Jahresbericht 2014" (in German). 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  22. 1 2 "Jahresbericht 2014. Verwaltung" (in German). 2014. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
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  24. ↑ "Biblioteca Nacional de España. Memoria 2008" (in Spanish). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  25. 1 2 3 "Biblioteca Nacional de España. Memoria 2009" (in Spanish). 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  26. 1 2 "Zahlen und Fakten |4= Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin" (in German). 2009. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  27. ↑ "The Boston Public Library. An Overview: 2010". 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  28. ↑ "BPL - Community". 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  29. ↑ "About the New York State Library". 20 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  30. ↑ "Our Collections - Kungliga biblioteket". Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  31. 1 2 "Harvard University Library Statistics" (PDF). 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 3, 2013. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  32. ↑ "Harvard University Library Online Annual Report - Harvard's University Library". 2009. Archived from the original on July 27, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
  33. 1 2 3 "О Национальной библиотеке Украины имени В.И. Вернадского, Киев". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  34. ↑ "Про Державний бюджет України на 2010 рік| вiд 27.04.2010 № 2154-VI (Стор. 16 з 28)" (in Ukrainian). 17 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
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