list of largest libraries

!Name

!Country

!Location

!width=170|Catalogued size
(number of items)

!class=unsortable|Visitors per year

!class=unsortable|Budget

!Staff

| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}

| London and Boston Spa{{cite web|url=https://www.bl.uk/visit/reading-rooms/boston-spa|title=British Library at Boston Spa|website=bl.uk|access-date=26 June 2019|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809233348/https://www.bl.uk/visit/reading-rooms/boston-spa|url-status=live}}

| _0180000000170-200 million{{cite web |url=http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/quickinfo/facts/ |title=Facts and figures |last=Wight |first=Colin |website=bl.uk |access-date=3 September 2017 |archive-date=28 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828023409/http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/quickinfo/facts/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/816517/British_Library_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_201819.pdf|title=BL Accounts 2019|website=bl.uk|access-date=23 July 2019|archive-date=22 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722081953/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/816517/British_Library_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_201819.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bl.uk/a-history-of-magic/articles/the-magic-of-the-british-library|title=BL Exhibition Notes|website=bl.uk|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809194810/https://www.bl.uk/a-history-of-magic/articles/the-magic-of-the-british-library|url-status=live}}

| _00017500001.75 million{{cite web |year=2009 |url=http://www.bl.uk/about/annual/2008to2009/performance/performance.html |title=The British Library Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09 – Performance |access-date=14 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927194150/http://www.bl.uk/about/annual/2008to2009/performance/performance.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}

| _01410000000{{nobr|£141 million}}{{cite web|year=2009 |url=http://www.bl.uk/about/annual/2008to2009/accounts.pdf |title=The British Library Annual Accounts 2008/09 |access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927201104/http://www.bl.uk/about/annual/2008to2009/accounts.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}

| _019771,977

| {{Flag|United States}}

| Washington, D.C., anyone with photo ID can [https://www.loc.gov/rr/readerregistration.html get a Library card]

| _0168000000178 million+{{cite web|title=General information|url=https://www.loc.gov/about/general-information/|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=5 May 2020|archive-date=28 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228111719/https://www.loc.gov/about/general-information/|url-status=live}}

| _00017500001.9 million{{cite web |title=General Information – About the Library (Library of Congress) |website=Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/about/general-information/ |access-date=15 May 2020 |archive-date=28 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228111719/https://www.loc.gov/about/general-information/ |url-status=live}}

| _19523722680{{nobr|US$838.992 million}}

| _036243,149

| {{Flag|Russia}}

| Moscow

| _0044400000126.1 million{{Cite web |title=2023 in Figures. Brief Statistical Reference |url=https://www.rsl.ru/photo/!_ORS/1-O-BIBLIOTEKE/7-documenty/rgb-stat-spravka2023.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618155805/https://www.rsl.ru/photo/!_ORS/1-O-BIBLIOTEKE/7-documenty/rgb-stat-spravka2023.pdf |archive-date=2024-06-18 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=Russian State Library}}

| _0001170000498,000{{cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=Статистическая справка о работе Российской государственной библиотеки (2021 год) (по состоянию на 01.01.2022) |url=https://www.rsl.ru/photo/!_ORS/1-O-BIBLIOTEKE/7-documenty/rgb-stat-spravka2021.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319205652/https://www.rsl.ru/photo/!_ORS/1-O-BIBLIOTEKE/7-documenty/rgb-stat-spravka2021.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2022 |access-date=11 April 2020}}

| _01640000000{{nobr|₽2.7 billion}}

| _019721,613

| {{Flag|China}}

| Shanghai

| _005000000058 million{{Cite web |title=关于上图 – 上海图书馆 |url=https://www.library.sh.cn/info/intro |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=Shanghai Library}}

| _0001170000

| _01640000000

| _01972

| {{Flag|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).{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

| _00550000055 million{{cite web|year=2009 |url=http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/2009_Annual_Report.pdf |title=The New York Public Library's 2009 Annual Report |access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326104143/http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/2009_Annual_Report.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}

| _001800000018 million

| _07546275000{{nobr|US$250 million}}

| _029373,000

| {{Flag|China}}

| Beijing

| _003770000044.24 million{{Cite web |title=馆藏一览 |url=https://www.nlc.cn/web/dzzn/guotuziyuan/index.shtml |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=中国国家图书馆 National Library of China}}

| _00052000005.2 million

|

| _013651,365{{cite web|year=2009 |url=http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/cdnlao/meetings/pdf/CR2010_China.pdf |title=ANNUAL REPORT TO CDNL 2010 |access-date=14 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119221853/http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/cdnlao/meetings/pdf/CR2010_China.pdf |archive-date=19 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}

| {{Flag|Japan}}

| Tokyo and Kyoto

| _004190000044.1 million{{cite web|year=2017|url=http://ndl.go.jp/en/aboutus/outline/numerically.html|title=National Diet Library Statistics|access-date=6 April 2017|archive-date=7 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707165315/http://ndl.go.jp/en/aboutus/outline/numerically.html|url-status=live}}

| _0000654000791,370

| _07128927000{{nobr|¥21.8 billion}}

| _00908908

| {{Flag|Germany}}

| Leipzig and Frankfurt

| _003420000043.7 million{{Cite web|url=https://d-nb.info/1257467816/34|title=Jahresbericht 2021|publisher=Deutsche Nationalbibliothek|year=2022|language=de|access-date=11 October 2022|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011122032/https://d-nb.info/1257467816/34|url-status=live}}

| _000029973350,713

| _01834033100{{nobr|€57.6 million}}

| _00622639

| {{Flag|Denmark}}

| Copenhagen and Aarhus

| _003540000042.5 million (physical items, excl. digital){{cite web | title=Årsrapport 2017 for Det Kgl. Bibliotek | url=http://www5.kb.dk/export/sites/kb_dk/da/kb/aarsrapport/KB-Arsrapport-2017.pdf | date=5 March 2018 | publisher=Det Kgl. Bibliotek | access-date=5 April 2020 | language=da | archive-date=16 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616173149/http://www5.kb.dk/export/sites/kb_dk/da/kb/aarsrapport/KB-Arsrapport-2017.pdf | url-status=live }}

| _00008503011.45 million

| _02249892000{{nobr|523.8 million kr}}

| _00492800+{{cite web | title=Job og karriere | url=https://www.kb.dk/om-os/job-og-karriere | publisher=Det Kgl. Bibliotek | access-date=5 April 2020 | language=da | archive-date=13 March 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313020516/https://www.kb.dk/om-os/job-og-karriere | url-status=live }}

| {{Flag|France}}

| Paris

| _004000000041.66 million{{cite web|date=31 December 2022 |url=https://www.bnf.fr/fr/la-bnf-en-chiffres |title=La BnF en chiffes |access-date=4 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209065708/http://www.bnf.fr/en/bnf/presentation_space/a.abc_of_the_collections.html |archive-date=9 December 2011 |url-status=dead }}

| _00013000001.3 million{{cite web|date=14 October 2009 |url=http://www.bnf.fr/fr/la_bnf/bnf_en_chiffres/s.chiffres_publics.html?first_Art=non |title=BnF – La BnF en chiffres – Publics |access-date=14 July 2010 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807194304/http://www.bnf.fr/fr/la_bnf/bnf_en_chiffres/s.chiffres_publics.html?first_Art=non |archive-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}

| _11038967000{{nobr|€254 million}}{{cite web|date=14 October 2009 |url=http://www.bnf.fr/fr/la_bnf/bnf_en_chiffres/s.chiffres_budget.html?first_Art=non |title=BnF – La BnF en chiffres – Budget |access-date=14 July 2010 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807215248/http://www.bnf.fr/fr/la_bnf/bnf_en_chiffres/s.chiffres_budget.html?first_Art=non |archive-date=7 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}

| _026682,668{{cite web|date=23 December 2010|url=http://www.bnf.fr/fr/la_bnf/bnf_en_chiffres/s.chiffres_personnels.html?first_Art=non|title=BnF – La BnF en chiffres – Personnels|access-date=28 September 2012|language=fr|archive-date=9 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109211200/http://www.bnf.fr/fr/la_bnf/bnf_en_chiffres/s.chiffres_personnels.html?first_Art=non|url-status=live}}

|{{Flag|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{{Cite web |title=Facts and Figures – UC Libraries |url=https://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/facts-and-figures/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |language=en-US |archive-date=1 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201203151/https://libraries.universityofcalifornia.edu/about/facts-and-figures/ |url-status=live }}

|40.8 million

|

|US$295 million

|2,000+

|{{Flag|United States}}

|Urbana, Illinois, restricted to students and faculty. {{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

| _004000000038 million{{Cite web |title=Collections – University of Illinois Library |url=https://www.library.illinois.edu/collections/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=www.library.illinois.edu |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017005406/https://www.library.illinois.edu/collections/ |url-status=live }}

|

|US$48.7 million_07546275000{{Cite web |title=Budget Summary for Operations FY2023 |url=https://www.obfs.uillinois.edu/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=1848991 |access-date=October 16, 2022 |website=Office of Business and Financial Services University of Illinois System |page=22 |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017005405/https://www.obfs.uillinois.edu/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=1848991 |url-status=live }}

|

| {{Flag|Russia}}

| Saint Petersburg

| _003650000036.5 million{{cite web|year=2011|url=http://www.nlr.ru:8100/nlr/docs/stat.htm|title=Российская национальная библиотека: Статистические данные за 2005 – 2009 гг.|access-date=26 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909014136/http://www.nlr.ru:8100/nlr/docs/stat.htm|archive-date=9 September 2012}}

| _00009660001 million

|₽569.2 million

|1,850

| {{Flag|Germany}}

| Munich

| _003420000034.4 million

| _0000299731.1 million

| _01834033100{{nobr|€59.1 million}}

| _000029973805

| {{Flag|Spain}}

| Madrid

| _003310000033.1 million{{cite web|year=2015|url=http://www.bne.es/webdocs/LaBNE/Transparencia/Institucional/AF_MEMORIA_BNE_2015_x6_de_juniox.pdf|title=Biblioteca Nacional de España. Memoria 2015|access-date=25 March 2017|language=es|archive-date=23 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223221035/http://www.bne.es/export/sites/BNWEB1/es/LaBNE/MemoriaPlan/MemoriasBN/docs/memoria_2009_web.pdf|url-status=dead}}

|

| _02299060450{{nobr|€29.2 million}}{{cite web|year=2015 |url=http://www.bne.es/webdocs/LaBNE/Transparencia/Institucional/AF_MEMORIA_BNE_2015_x6_de_juniox.pdf |title=Biblioteca Nacional de España. Memoria 2015 |access-date=25 March 2017 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223221035/http://www.bne.es/export/sites/BNWEB1/es/LaBNE/MemoriaPlan/MemoriasBN/docs/memoria_2009_web.pdf |archive-date=23 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}

| _01090482

| {{Flag|Canada}}

| Ottawa, Halifax, Winnipeg, Vancouver

| 27 million

|Largely a free reference library

| CAD165 million

| 853

| {{Flag|Russia}}

| Saint Petersburg

| _002650000026.5 million{{cite web|url=http://www.rasl.ru/b_resours/index.php |title=Единый фонд системы Библиотеки Российской Академии наук – главный информационный ресурс |access-date=14 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310103754/http://www.rasl.ru/b_resours/index.php |archive-date=10 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}

|

|

|

| {{Flag|Germany}}

| Berlin

| _002340000023.4 million{{cite web|year=2009 |url=http://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ueber-uns/fuer-forschung-und-kultur/zahlen-und-fakten.html |title=Zahlen und Fakten Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin |access-date=15 July 2010 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620000018/http://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ueber-uns/fuer-forschung-und-kultur/zahlen-und-fakten.html |archive-date=20 June 2010 }}

| _00014000001.4 million

|

|

| {{Flag|United States}}

| Boston, Massachusetts at 25 locations. {{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

| _002240000022.4 million{{cite web|year=2010 |url=http://www.bpl.org/general/about/bpl_an_overview_2010.pdf |title=The Boston Public Library. An Overview: 2010 |access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222032844/http://www.bpl.org/general/about/bpl_an_overview_2010.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}

|

| _01174200390{{nobr|US$38.9 million}}{{cite web|date=9 March 2010 |url=http://www.bpl.org/community/ |title=BPL – Community |access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329115404/http://www.bpl.org/community/ |archive-date=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}

|

| {{Flag|United States}}

| Albany, New York at 1 location. {{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

| _002000000020 million{{cite web|date=20 March 2010 |url=http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/general.htm |title=About the New York State Library |access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402183442/http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/general.htm |archive-date=2 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}

|

|

|

| {{Flag|United States}}

| Cambridge, Massachusetts, restricted to students and faculty or their guests.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

| _001890000018.9 million{{cite web|url=http://library.harvard.edu/annual-report-fy-2013|title=Harvard Library Annual Report FY2013|year=2013|access-date=30 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609122009/http://library.harvard.edu/annual-report-fy-2013|archive-date=9 June 2016|url-status=dead}}

|

|

| _00922922

| {{Flag|Sweden}}

| Stockholm

| _001800000018 million{{cite web|url=http://www.kb.se/english/collections|title=Our Collections – Kungliga biblioteket|access-date=10 February 2013|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225221112/http://www.kb.se/english/collections|url-status=live}}

|

|364.5 million kr{{cite web|title=Kungl. bibliotekets årsredovisning 2015|url=http://www.kb.se/Dokument/Om/verksamhet/arsredovisningar/Kungl.bibliotekets%20%C3%85R%202015.pdf|website=National Library of Sweden|access-date=1 October 2016|ref=budget|language=sv|archive-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026201555/http://www.kb.se/Dokument/Om/verksamhet/arsredovisningar/Kungl.bibliotekets%20%C3%85R%202015.pdf|url-status=dead}}

|

| {{Flag|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.https://www.lib.umich.edu/find-borrow-request/borrow-and-return/who-can-borrow/alumni-guests-and-native-and-indigenous

| _001520000016.1 million{{cite web|url=https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/about-library/assessment/statistical-highlights|title=Statistical Highlights|year=2022|access-date=1 September 2022|archive-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129000724/https://www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/about-library/assessment/statistical-highlights/|url-status=live}}

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|{{Flag|Canada}}

|Toronto, at one location largely restricted to university staff and students.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

|16 million{{Cite web |title=LibQUAL comments {{!}} University of Toronto Libraries |url=https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/libqual-comments |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=onesearch.library.utoronto.ca}}

|

|CA$125 million{{Cite news |last=University of Toronto |date=February 16, 2023 |title=Budget Report 2023-24 and Long-Range Budget Guidelines 2023-24 to 2027-28 |url=https://planningandbudget.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/23-24-Budget-Report.pdf}}

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| {{Flag|Ukraine}}

| Kyiv

| _001500000015.5 million{{cite web|url=http://nbuv.gov.ua/node/125|title=Історичні відомості. Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського|access-date=22 January 2019|archive-date=4 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304065509/http://www.nbuv.gov.ua/library/rus.html|url-status=dead}}

| _0000500000500,000

| _00188609910{{nobr|50.3 million ₴}}{{cite web|date=17 June 2010|url=http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?page=16&nreg=2154-17|title=Про Державний бюджет України на 2010 рік| від 27 April 2010 № 2154-VI (Стор. 16 з 28)|access-date=14 July 2010|language=uk|archive-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206010055/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin/laws/main.cgi?page=16&nreg=2154-17|url-status=live}}

| _00900900

| {{Flag|United States}}

| New Haven, Connecticut, one location for students, staff and no free borrowing access to the public.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}

| _001520000015.2 million{{cite web|url=https://ask.library.yale.edu/faq/175105|title=Yale University Library FAQ FY2017|year=2017|access-date=16 April 2018|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608145557/https://ask.library.yale.edu/faq/175105|url-status=live}}

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| {{Flag|Iran}}

| Tehran

| _001500000015.0 million{{cite web|url=https://www.nlai.ir/detail-page/-/asset_publisher/1XAU1TD4jK8G/content/--8027|title=National Library of Iran|access-date=29 November 2021|archive-date=1 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301221048/https://www.nlai.ir/detail-page/-/asset_publisher/1XAU1TD4jK8G/content/--8027|url-status=dead}}

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| {{Flag|Hong Kong}}

| Hong Kong

| _001136000011.36 million{{cite web|title=Cultural services|url=http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/dept/annualrpt/2012-13/|work=Annual Report 2012-13|publisher=Leisure and Cultural Services Department|access-date=1 February 2014}}

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| _00776200000{{nobr|HK$776.2 million}}p. 200, {{cite web|title=Head 95 - Leisure and Cultural Services Department|url=http://www.budget.gov.hk/2011/eng/pdf/head095.pdf|work=2011–12 Budget|publisher=John Tsang|access-date=2 June 2011}}

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|{{POL}}

|Warsaw

|10.4 milion{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Sprawozdanie biblioteki narodowej za rok 2023 |url=https://www.bn.org.pl/download/document/1716546900.pdf |publisher=Biblioteka Narodowa |place=Warsaw |page=22 |language=pl}}

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|{{Flag|Canada}}

|Toronto, Ontario

|10.2 million

|

|$252 million (CAD)

|1825