List of largest libraries

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.

List

Name	Country	Location and notes	Catalogued size (number of items)	Visitors per year	Budget	Staff
British Library	United Kingdom	London and Boston Spa[1]	_0180000000200 million+[2][3][4]	_00017500001.75 million[5]	_01410000000£141 million[6]	_019771,977[6]
Library of Congress	United States	Washington, D.C.	_0168000000178 million+[7]	_00017500001.9 million[8]	_19523722680US$875.4 million[8]	_036243,149[8]
Russian State Library	Russia	Moscow	_0044400000126.1 million[9]	_0001170000498,000[10]	_01640000000₽2.7 billion[10]	_019721,613[10]
Shanghai Library	China	Shanghai	_005000000058 million[11]	_0001170000	_01640000000	_01972
New York Public Library	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).[12]	_00550000055 million[13]	_001800000018 million[13]	_07546275000US$250 million[13]	_029373,000[13]
National Library of China	China	Beijing	_003770000044.24 million[14]	_00052000005.2 million[15]		_013651,365[15]
National Diet Library	Japan	Tokyo and Kyoto	_004190000044.1 million[16]	_0000654000791,370[16]	_07128927000¥21.8 billion[16]	_00908908[16]
German National Library	Germany	Leipzig and Frankfurt	_003420000043.7 million[17]	_000029973350,713[17]	_01834033100€57.6 million[17]	_00622639[17]
Royal Danish Library	Denmark	Copenhagen and Aarhus	_003540000042.5 million (physical items, excl. digital)[18]	_00008503011.45 million[18]	_02249892000523.8 million kr[18]	_00492800+[19]
Bibliothèque nationale de France	France	Paris	_004000000041.66 million[20]	_00013000001.3 million[21]	_11038967000€254 million[22]	_026682,668[23]
University of California Libraries	United States	Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz. Restricted to students, faculty or visitors who buy a membership.[24]	40.8 million[24]		US$295 million[24]	2,000+[24]
University of Illinois Library	United States	Urbana, Illinois, restricted to students and faculty. [citation needed]	_004000000038 million[25]		US$48.7 million_07546275000[26]
National Library of Russia	Russia	Saint Petersburg	_003650000036.5 million[27]	_00009660001 million[27]	₽569.2 million	1,850
Bavarian State Library	Germany	Munich	_003420000034.4 million	_0000299731.1 million	_01834033100€59.1 million	_000029973805
Biblioteca Nacional de España	Spain	Madrid	_003310000033.1 million[28]		_02299060450€29.2 million[29]	_01090482[29]
Library and Archives Canada	Canada	Ottawa, Halifax, Winnipeg, Vancouver. Largely a free reference library.	27 million		CAD165 million	853
Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Russia	Saint Petersburg	_002650000026.5 million[30]
Berlin State Library	Germany	Berlin	_002340000023.4 million[31]	_00014000001.4 million[31]
Boston Public Library	United States	Boston, Massachusetts at 26 locations.[32]	_002240000022.4 million[33]		_01174200390US$38.9 million[34]
New York State Library	United States	Albany, New York at 1 location. [citation needed]	_002000000020 million[35]
Harvard Library	United States	Cambridge, Massachusetts, restricted to students and faculty or their guests.[citation needed]	_001890000018.9 million[36]			_00922922[36]
National Library of Sweden	Sweden	Stockholm	_001800000018 million[37]		364.5 million kr[38]
University of Michigan Library	United States	Ann Arbor, Michigan, at one location largely. Free borrowing for staff, students, and native and indigenous people. All others may purchase borrowing rights.[39]	_001520000016.1 million[40]
University of Toronto Libraries	Canada	Toronto, at one location largely restricted to university staff and students.[citation needed]	16 million[41]		CA$125 million[42]
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine	Ukraine	Kyiv	_001500000015.5 million[43]	_0000500000500,000[43]	_0018860991050.3 million ₴[44]	_00900900[43]
Yale Library	United States	New Haven, Connecticut, one location for students, staff and no free borrowing access to the public.[citation needed]	_001520000015.2 million[45]
National Library of Scotland	Scotland	Edinburgh and Glasgow	65 million (physical and digital)
National Library of Iran	Iran	Tehran	_001500000015.0 million[46]
University of Chicago Library	United States	Chicago	13.5 million[47]	1.1 million[47]
Hong Kong Public Library	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	_001136000011.36 million[48]		_00776200000HK$776.2 million[49]
Toronto Public Library	Canada	100 locations in Toronto[50]	10.5 million[50]	13.4 million[50]	CA$252,300,000[51]	2,500[52]
National Library of Poland	Poland	Warsaw	10.4 milion[53]

See also

• List of largest libraries in the United States