Largest libraries
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. |
158 million[4] |
1.75 million[5] |
US$647 million[5] |
3624[5] |
New York Public Library |
United
States,
New York City |
53.1 million[6] |
18 million[6] |
US$250 million[6] |
2937[6] |
Russian State Library |
Russia,
Moscow |
44.4 million[7] |
1.17 million[7] |
1.64 billion
RUB[7] |
1972[7] |
Bibliothèque nationale
de France |
France,
Paris |
40 million[8] |
1.3 million[9] |
€254 million[10] |
2668[11] |
National Library of
Russia |
Russia,
Saint Petersburg |
36.5 million[12] |
1 million[12] |
|
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National Diet Library |
Japan,
Tokyo,
Kyoto |
35.6 million[13] |
654,000[13] |
¥21.8 billion[13] |
908[13] |
National Library of
China |
China,
Beijing |
31.2 million[14] |
5.2 million[15] |
|
1365[15] |
Royal Danish Library |
Denmark,
Copenhagen |
30.2 million[16] |
850,000[16] |
385.9 million
DKK[17] |
492.5 (610 in total)[17] |
Library of the Russian
Academy of Sciences |
Russia,
Saint Petersburg |
26.5 million[18] |
|
|
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Biblioteca Nacional de
España |
Spain,
Madrid |
25 million[19][20] |
|
€52.9 million[20] |
1090[20] |
German National Library |
Germany,
Leipzig,
Frankfurt |
24.7 million[21] |
904,000[22] |
€42.2 million[23] |
622[23] |
Berlin State Library |
Germany,
Berlin |
23.4 million[24] |
1.4 million[24] |
|
|
Boston Public Library |
United
States,
Boston |
22.4 million[25] |
|
US$38.9 million[26] |
|
Library and Archives
Canada |
Canada,
Ottawa |
20 million[27] |
|
C$127 million[28] |
1152[28] |
New York State Library |
United
States,
Albany, New York |
20 million[29] |
|
|
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National Library of
Sweden |
Sweden,
Stockholm |
18 million[30] |
|
|
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Harvard University
Library |
United
States,
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
16.6 million[31] |
|
US$167 million[31] |
1100[32] |
Russian Academy of
Sciences Library of
Natural Sciences |
Russia,
Moscow |
15 million[33] |
|
|
300[33] |
Vernadsky National
Library of Ukraine |
Ukraine,
Kiev |
15 million[34] |
500,000[34] |
50.3 million
₴[35] |
900[34] |
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