List of largest libraries

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This sortable list of largest libraries includes libraries that, as measured in 2008 or subsequently, store 10 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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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., reference access only and must use another library to borrow175 million+ [7] 1.9 million [8] US$838.992 million [8] 3,149 [8]
Russian State Library Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Moscow 126.1 million [9] 498,000 [10] ₽2.7 billion [10] 1,613 [10]
Shanghai Library Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Shanghai 58 million [11]
New York Public Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States 92 locations in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx and Staten Island (2nd largest number of locations in North America)55 million [12] 18 million [12] US$250 million [12] 3,000 [12]
National Library of China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Beijing 44.24 million [13] 5.2 million [14] 1,365 [14]
National Diet Library Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo and Kyoto 44.1 million [15] 791,370 [15] ¥21.8 billion [15] 908 [15]
German National Library Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Leipzig and Frankfurt 43.7 million [16] 350,713 [16] €57.6 million [16] 639 [16]
Royal Danish Library Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copenhagen and Aarhus 42.5 million (physical items, excl. digital) [17] 1.45 million [17] 523.8 million kr [17] 800+ [18]
Bibliothèque nationale de France Flag of France.svg  France Paris 41.66 million [19] 1.3 million [20] €254 million [21] 2,668 [22]
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 Not free: restricted to students, faculty or visitors who buy a membership [23] US$295 million [23] 2,000+ [23]
University of Illinois Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States Urbana, Illinois, restricted to students and faculty38 million [24] US$48.7 million [25]
National Library of Russia Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Saint Petersburg 36.5 million [26] 1 million [26] ₽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 [27] €29.2 million [28] 482 [28]
Library and Archives Canada Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ottawa, Halifax, Winnipeg, Vancouver 27 millionLargely a free reference libraryCAD165 million853
Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Saint Petersburg 26.5 million [29]
Berlin State Library Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Berlin 23.4 million [30] 1.4 million [30]
Boston Public Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States Boston, Massachusetts at 25 locations22.4 million [31] US$38.9 million [32]
New York State Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States Albany, New York at 1 location20 million [33]
Harvard Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cambridge, Massachusetts, restricted to students and faculty or their "guests"18.9 million [34] 922 [34]
National Library of Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Stockholm 18 million [35] 364.5 million kr [36]
University of Michigan Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States Ann Arbor, Michigan, at one location largely restricted to staff and students or costly pass buyers (borrowings can occur via other libraries)16.1 million [37]
University of Toronto Libraries Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Toronto, at one location largely restricted to university staff and students16 million [38] CA$125 million [39]
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kyiv 15.5 million [40] 500,000 [40] 50.3 million ₴ [41] 900 [40]
Yale Library Flag of the United States.svg  United States New Haven, Connecticut, one location for students, staff and no free borrowing access to the public15.2 million [42]
National Library of Iran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Tehran 15.0 million [43]
Hong Kong Public Library Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Hong Kong 11.36 million [44] HK$776.2 million [45]
National Library of Poland Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Warsaw 10.4 milion [46]
Toronto Public Library Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Toronto, Ontario, at 100 branches the largest and busiest free public library in North America10.2 million26,598,000 circulation$252 million (CAD)1825

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