In order to understand the size of the book industry, we researched and compiled book publishing statistics; specifically we breakdown how many books are published each year. 

 Number of books published each year

• As of November 23rd, 2021, there have been 2,4650,286 new book title published this year.
• A 2013 analysis estimated 2.2 million new book titles are published worldwide each yearAs of 2013, there are approximately 2.2 million new book titles published worldwide each year on average.

Number of books published each year by major US publishers

 As of 2019, the four major book publishers in the US were responsible for publishing:

• Penguin Random House – 85,000 books
• HarperCollins – 10,000 books
• Simon & Schuster – 2,000 books
• Hachette Book group – 1,800 books

Number of books published each year per country

• By 2019, the total number of books published in the U.S. exceeded 4 million in that year alone
• nearly 1.7 million books were self-published in the U.S. in 2018,
• 20 million previously published books are still available through many sources

The US and China publish more books than any other country per year, even when referencing 2013 data in comparison to other countries’ 2018-2020 data:

Rank	Country	Year	Titles
1	United States	2013	275,232
2	China	2013	208,418
3	United Kingdom	2018	188,000
4	Japan	2017	139,078
128	Indonesia	2020	135,081
5	Russia	2019	115,171
7	France	2018	106,799
6	Iran	2018	102,691
8	India	2013	90,000
9	Spain	2017	89,962
10	Germany	2018	79,916
11	Turkey	2019	75,667
12	South Korea	2018	63,476
13	Italy	2013	61,966
14	Brazil	2018	46,829
15	Australia	2014	28,234
16	Taiwan	2010	28,084
17	Argentina	2014	28,010
18	Vietnam	2009	24,589
19	Ukraine	2019	24,416
20	Poland	2015	21,130
21	Czech Republic	2019	17,330
22	Colombia	2017	17,066
23	Netherlands	2014	16,502
24	Malaysia	2015	15,354
25	Romania	2008	14,984
26	Canada	2018	14,625
27	Hong Kong	2005	14,603
28	Belgium	1991	13,913
32	Denmark	2020	13,096
33	Switzerland	2001	12,156
34	Singapore	2007	12,000+
35	Egypt	2010	12,000
36	Serbia	2019	11,897
37	Hungary	2012	11,645
38	Norway	2015	10,204
39	Bulgaria	2017	10,068
40	Slovakia	2006	9,400
29	Finland	2018	9,368
41	Israel	2013	8,411
31	Belarus	2020	8,205
42	Austria	1996	8,056
43	Portugal	1996	7,868
44	Mexico	2012	7,521
45	Greece	2002	6,826
30	Thailand	2018	6,750
46	Chile	2012	5,641
47	South Africa	1995	5,418
48	Sri Lanka	1996	4,115
49	Peru	2006	4,101
50	Sweden	2010	4,074
51	Algeria	2008	3,955
52	Estonia	2017	3,916
54	Pakistan	2012	3,811
55	Lebanon	2005	3,686
56	Morocco	2018/2019	3677
57	Myanmar	1993	3,660
58	New Zealand	2003	3,600
76	Uruguay	2018	3,231
63	Lithuania	2018	3,075
63	Latvia	2018	2,910
59	Ecuador	2010	2,854
60	Afghanistan	1990	2,795
53	Saudi Arabia	2014	2,387
61	Venezuela	2018	2,275
67	Costa Rica	2018	2,158
62	Luxembourg	2001	2,000
75	Dominican Republic	2018	1,866
66	Iceland	2019	1,767
77	Bolivia	2018	1,578
64	Philippines	1996	1,507
84	Kyrgyzstan	2018	1,455
68	Nigeria	1991	1,314
69	Kazakhstan	1996	1,226
70	Syria	2004	1,138
83	Guatemala	2018	1,042
88	Paraguay	2018	1,007
71	Uzbekistan	1996	1,003
65	Cuba	2018	992
72	Eritrea	2015	970
81	Panama	2018	940
73	Cyprus	1996	930
74	Tunisia	1996	720
96	El Salvador	2018	661
78	Georgia	1996	581
79	Azerbaijan	1996	542
80	Jordan	1996	511
82	Turkmenistan	1994	450
85	Malta	1995	404
86	Fiji	1994	401
87	Armenia	1996	396
89	Albania	1991	390
91	Kenya	1994	300
92	United Arab Emirates	1993	293
94	Uganda	1996	288
95	Mongolia	1992	285
97	Ethiopia	1991	240
98	Zimbabwe	1992	232
99	Vatican City	1996	228
100	Qatar	1996	209
101	Kuwait	1992	196
102	Tanzania	1990	172
103	Botswana	1991	158
104	Tajikistan	1996	132
105	Papua New Guinea	1991	122
106	Madagascar	1996	119
107	Malawi	1996	117
108	Palestine	1996	114
109	Namibia	1990	106
93	Honduras	2018	102
110	Brunei	2009	91
111	Laos	1995	88
112	Benin	1994	84
113	Mauritius	1996	80
114	Réunion	1992	69
115	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1992	64
116	Andorra	1994	57
117	Suriname	1996	47
117	American Samoa	1980	46
118	Guyana	1996	42
119	Monaco	1990	41
120	Bahrain	1996	40
121	Ghana	1992	28
90	Nicaragua	2018	27
122	Libya	1994	26
123	Angola	1995	22
124	Mali	1995	14
125	Gambia	1996	14
126	Burkina Faso	1996	12
127	Oman	1996	7

The number of ISBNs registered to a country indicates how many books the publishing industry is responsible for producing. 

• The US has the most registered ISBNs than any other country, with 3.3 million more the UK, the country with the 2nd most

Rank	Country	2018
1	United States	3,485,322
2	United Kingdom	185,721
3	Germany	139,940
4	Italy	137,397
5	India	129,326
6	Russia	103,826
7	Brazil	95,336
8	Japan	95,129
9	Indonesia	89.056
10	Spain	86,872
11	Turkey	67,135
12	Canada	61,000
13	Mexico	27,635
14	Argentina	27,428
15	Colombia	20,867
16	Thailand	20,484
17	Norway	9,209
18	Netherlands	6,143
19	Ecuador	4,744
20	Nigeria	2,465
21	Guatemala	1,137
22	Honduras	388