List of largest libraries

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

Largest libraries in the World[edit]

Name Location Size (number of items) Visitors per year Budget Staff
British Library  United Kingdom, London _0170000000170 million[1]
 _00017500001.75 million[2] _06840748300£141 million[3] _019771977[3]
Library of Congress  United States, Washington, D.C. _0151800000158 million[4] _00017500001.75 million[5] _19523722680US$647 million[5] _036243624[5]
Library and Archives Canada  Canada, Ottawa _002000000054 million[6] _03434708640C$95 million[7] _01152858[7]
New York Public Library  United States, New York City _005310000053.1 million[8] _001800000018 million[8] _07546275000US$250 million[8] _029372937[8]
Russian State Library  Russia, Moscow _004440000044.4 million[9] _00011700001.17 million[9] _016400000001.64 billion RUB[9] _019721972[9]
Bibliothèque nationale de France  France, Paris _004000000040 million[10] _00013000001.3 million[11] _11038967000€254 million[12] _026682668[13]
National Library of Russia  Russia, Saint Petersburg _003647600036.5 million[14] _00009660001 million[14]
National Diet Library  Japan, Tokyo, Kyoto _003560000035.6 million[15] _0000654000654,000[15] _07128927000¥21.8 billion[15] _00908908[15]
National Library of China  China, Beijing _002900000031.2 million[16] _00052000005.2 million[17] _013651365[17]
Royal Danish Library  Denmark, Copenhagen _003021688530.2 million[18] _0000850301850,000[18] _02249892000385.9 million DKK[19] _00492492.5 (610 in total)[19]
Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences  Russia, Saint Petersburg _002650000026.5 million[20]
Biblioteca Nacional de España  Spain, Madrid _002500000025 million[21][22] _02299060450€52.9 million[22] _010901090[22]
German National Library  Germany, Leipzig, Frankfurt _002470000024.7 million[23] _0000904000904,000[24] _01834033100€42.2 million[25] _00622622[25]
Berlin State Library  Germany, Berlin _002340000023.4 million[26] _00014000001.4 million[26]
Boston Public Library  United States, Boston _002240000022.4 million[27] _01174200390US$38.9 million[28]
New York State Library  United States, Albany, New York _002000000020 million[29]
National Library of Sweden  Sweden, Stockholm _001500000018 million[30]
Harvard University Library  United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts _001660000016.6 million[31] _05040911700US$167 million[31] _011001100[32]
Russian Academy of Sciences Library of Natural Sciences  Russia, Moscow _001500000015 million[33] _00300300[33]
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine  Ukraine, Kiev _001500000015 million[34] _0000500000500,000[34] _0018860991050.3 million ₴[35] _00900900[34]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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