Book Production
Most Productive Nations
1985 and 1996

  1985 1996
Brazil 17,648 U/A
Canada 5,639 11,400
China 40,265 110,283
France 37,860 34,766
Germany 60,660 71,515
India 11,660 11,903
Italy 15,545 35,236
Japan 45,430 56,221
Russia N/A 36,237
South Korea 35,837 30,487
Spain 34,684 46,330
United Kingdom 52,994 107,263
United States 52,994 68,175
TOTAL 411,216 619,816 (+50%)

 

Source: Bowker Annual, UNESCO data