List of largest libraries

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This sortable list of largest libraries includes libraries that, as measured in 2008 or subsequently, store 15 million or more items. All figures are based on data published by the libraries themselves. As there are no universally accepted standards for measuring stock, libraries may have counted their holdings in different ways, and the figures given may not be directly comparable.

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Largest libraries in the world

NameCountryLocationCatalogued size
(number of items)		Visitors per yearBudgetStaff
British Library Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom London and Boston Spa [1] 170–200 million [2] [3] [4]
1.75 million [5] £141 million [6] 1,977 [6]
Library of Congress Flag of the United States.svg  United States Washington, D.C. 175 million+ [7] 1.9 million [8] US$838.992 million [8] 3,149 [8]
Shanghai Library Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Shanghai 57 million [9]
New York Public Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States New York City 55 million [10] 18 million [10] US$250 million [10] 3,000 [10]
Library and Archives Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ottawa 54 million [11] C$116.9 million [12] 874 [12]
Russian State Library Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Moscow 48.1 million [13] 498,000 [13] ₽2.7 billion [13] 1,613 [13]
National Diet Library Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo and Kyoto 44.1 million [14] 791,370 [14] ¥21.8 billion [14] 908 [14]
German National Library Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Leipzig and Frankfurt 43.7 million [15] 350,713 [15] €57.6 million [15] 639 [15]
Royal Danish Library Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copenhagen and Aarhus 42.5 million (physical items, excl. digital) [16] 1.45 million [16] 523.8 million kr [16] 800+ [17]
National Library of China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Beijing 43.27 million [18] 5.2 million [19] 1,365 [19]
University of California Libraries Flag of the United States.svg  United States Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz 40.8 million [20] US$295 million [20] 2,000+ [20]
Bibliothèque nationale de France Flag of France.svg  France Paris 41.66 million [21] 1.3 million [22] €254 million [23] 2,668 [24]
University of Illinois Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States Urbana, Illinois 38 million [25] US$48.7 million [26]
National Library of Russia Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Saint Petersburg 36.5 million [27] 1 million [27] ₽569.2 million1,850
Bavarian State Library Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Munich 34.4 million1.1 million €59.1 million805
Biblioteca Nacional de España Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Madrid 33.1 million [28] €29.2 million [29] 482 [29]
Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Saint Petersburg 26.5 million [30]
Berlin State Library Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Berlin 23.4 million [31] 1.4 million [31]
Boston Public Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States Boston, Massachusetts 22.4 million [32] US$38.9 million [33]
New York State Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States Albany, New York 20 million [34]
Harvard Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cambridge, Massachusetts 18.9 million [35] 922 [35]
National Library of Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Stockholm 18 million [36] 364.5 million kr [37]
University of Michigan Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States Ann Arbor, Michigan 16.1 million [38]
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kyiv 15.5 million [39] 500,000 [39] 50.3 million ₴ [40] 900 [39]
Hong Kong Public Library Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Hong Kong 15.38 million [39] 21,600,000 [39] US$9,915,000,000 [39]
Yale Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States New Haven, Connecticut 15.2 million [41]
National Library of Iran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Tehran 15.0 million [42]

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