List of the world's largest libraries

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This sortable list of the world's largest libraries includes libraries that (as of 2008) 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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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] _01625000000£162.5 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]
Nation's Library Turkey Ankara _0180000000141.7 million[9] _00017500001.9 million[10] _19523722680US$24.25 million _019771,389
Russian State Library Russia Moscow _0044400000126.1 million[11] _0001170000498,000[12] _01640000000₽2.7 billion[12] _019721,613[12]
Shanghai Library China Shanghai _005000000058 million[13] _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).[14]		 _00550000055 million[15] _001800000018 million[15] _07546275000US$250 million[15] _029373,000[15]
National Library of China China Beijing _003770000044.24 million[16] _00052000005.2 million[17] _013651,365[17]
National Diet Library Japan Tokyo and Kyoto _004190000044.1 million[18] _0000654000791,370[18] _07128927000¥21.8 billion[18] _00908908[18]
German National Library Germany Leipzig and Frankfurt _003420000043.7 million[19] _000029973350,713[19] _01834033100€57.6 million[19] _00622639[19]
Royal Library, Denmark Denmark Copenhagen and Aarhus _003540000042.5 million
(physical items, excl. digital)[20]		 _00008503011.45 million[20] _02249892000523.8 million kr[20] _00492800+[21]
Bibliothèque nationale de France France Paris _004000000041.66 million[22] _00013000001.9 million[23] _11038967000€254 million[24] _026682,668[25]
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.[26]		 40.8 million[26] US$295 million[26] 2,000+[26]
University of Illinois Library United States Urbana, Illinois, restricted to students and faculty. [citation needed] _004000000038 million[27] US$48.7 million_07546275000[28]
National Library of Russia Russia Saint Petersburg _003650000036.5 million[29] _00009660001 million[29] ₽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[30] _02299060450€29.2 million[31] _01090482[31]
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[32]
Berlin State Library Germany Berlin _002340000023.4 million[33] _00014000001.4 million[33]
Boston Public Library United States Boston, Massachusetts at 26 locations.[34] _002240000022.4 million[35] _01174200390US$38.9 million[36]
New York State Library United States Albany, New York at 1 location. [citation needed] _002000000020 million[37]
Harvard Library United States Cambridge, Massachusetts, restricted to students and faculty or their guests.[citation needed] _001890000018.9 million[38] _00922922[38]
National Library of Sweden Sweden Stockholm _001800000018 million[39] 364.5 million kr[40]
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.[41]		 _001520000016.1 million[42]
University of Toronto Libraries Canada Toronto, at 40 locations largely restricted to university staff and students.[citation needed] 16 million[43] CA$125 million[44]
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine Ukraine Kyiv _001500000015.5 million[45] _0000500000500,000[45] _0018860991050.3 million ₴[46] _00900900[45]
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[47]
National Library of Iran Iran Tehran _001500000015.0 million[48]
University of Chicago Library United States Chicago 14.2 million[49] 1.1 million[49]
National Library of Scotland Scotland Edinburgh and Glasgow 14 million
Bodleian Library United Kingdom Oxford 13.8 million printed items, plus special and digital collections[50] 1.7 million readers[51], 865,191 visitors[52]. £57.8 million[51] 562.76 (FTE)[51]
Hong Kong Public Library Hong Kong Hong Kong _001136000011.36 million[53] _00776200000HK$776.2 million[54]
Toronto Public Library Canada 100 locations in Toronto[55] 10.5 million[55] 13.4 million[55] CA$252,300,000[56] 2,500[57]
National Library of Poland  Poland Warsaw 10.6 million[58] 81,043[59] 502[60]
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