# List of national and state libraries

A national library is established by the government of a nation to serve as the pre-eminent repository of information for that country. Unlike public libraries, they rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, or significant works; such as the Gutenberg Bible. National libraries are usually notable for their size, compared to that of other libraries in the same country. Some national libraries may be thematic or specialized in some specific domains, beside or in replacement of the 'main' national library.
Some national entities, which are not independent but wish to preserve their particular culture, have established a national library with all the attributes of such institutions, such as legal deposit.
Many national libraries cooperate within the National Libraries Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) to discuss their common tasks, define and promote common standards and carry out projects helping them to fulfil their duties. National libraries of Europe participate in The European Library. This is a service of The Conference of European National Librarians (CENL).
The list below is organized alphabetically by country, according to the list of sovereign states, including, at its end an 'other states' section for non-sovereign states. A "♦" indicates a national library of a province or state, or constituent country or dependent state. It is listed under the sovereign state which governs that entity. Sovereign states are listed even when they have no national library or when the existence and name of a national library could not yet be ascertained. Other states, constituent countries and dependent states are listed only if they have a national library.

## National libraries

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* Other states

### A

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Abkhazia | → see under Other States | | |
| Afghanistan | National Library of Afghanistan | Kabul | |
| Åland | → see under Finland | | |
| Albania | National Library of Albania (Biblioteka Kombëtare e Shqipërisë) | Tirana | |
| Algeria | National Library of Algeria (Bibliothèque nationale d'Algérie – المكتبة الوطنية الجزائرية) | Algiers | |
| Andorra | Andorra National Library (Biblioteca Nacional d'Andorra) | Andorra la Vella | |
| Angola | National Library of Angola (Biblioteca Nacional de Angola) | Luanda | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | National Library of Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | |
| Argentina | National Library of the Argentine Republic (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno) | Buenos Aires | |
| Armenia | National Library of Armenia (Հայաստանի ազգային գրադարան) | Yerevan | |
| Aruba | → see under the Netherlands | | |
| Australia | National Library of Australia | Canberra | Yes |
| Austria | Austrian National Library (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek) | Vienna | |
| Azerbaijan | Akhundov National Library (Axundov adına Azərbaycan Milli Kitabxanası, National Library of Azerbaijan) | Baku | |

### B

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Bahamas | Harry C. Moore Library (University of the Bahamas) (de facto) | Nassau | |
| Bahrain | Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa National Library (المكتبة الشيخ عيسى بن سلمان الخليفة الوطنية) | Juffair | |
| Bangladesh | National Library of Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় গ্রন্থাগার) | Dhaka | |
| Barbados | National Library Service of Barbados | Bridgetown | |
| Belarus | The National Library of Belarus (Нацыянальная бібліятэка Беларусі) | Minsk | |
| Belgium | Royal Library of Belgium (Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België = Bibliothèque royale de Belgique) | Brussels | Yes |
| Belize | National Library Service of Belize | Belize City | |
| Benin | National Library of Benin (Bibliothèque nationale du Bénin) | Porto Novo | |
| Bermuda | → see under United Kingdom | | |
| Bhutan | National Library of Bhutan | Thimphu | |
| Bolivia | National Archive and Library of Bolivia (Archivo y Biblioteca Nacional de Bolivia) | Sucre | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine) | Sarajevo | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska (Народна и универзитетска библиотека Републике Српске) | Banja Luka | |
| Botswana | National Library Service of Botswana | Gaborone | |
| Brazil | National Library of Brazil (Fundação Biblioteca Nacional) | Rio de Janeiro | Yes |
| British Virgin Islands | → see under United Kingdom | | |
| Brunei | Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Library (Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka Brunei Library) | Bandar Seri Begawan | |
| Bulgaria | SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (Народна Библиотека Св. Св. Кирил и Методий) | Sofia | |
| Burkina Faso | National Library of Burkina Faso (Bibliothèque nationale du Burkina Faso) | Ouagadougou | |
| Burma (Myanmar) | National Library of Myanmar | Yangon | |
| Burundi | National Library of Burundi (Bibliothèque nationale du Burundi) | Bujumbura | |

### C

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Cambodia | National Library of Cambodia | Phnom Penh | |
| Cameroon | National Library of Cameroon (Bibliothèque nationale du Cameroun) | Yaoundé | |
| Canada | Library and Archives Canada (Bibliothèque et Archives Canada) | Ottawa | Yes |
| Canada | Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (Institut canadien de l'information scientifique et technique) | Ottawa | |
| ♦ Quebec | National Library and Archives of Quebec (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec) | Montreal | Yes |
| Cape Verde | National Library of Cape Verde (Biblioteca Nacional de Cabo Verde) | Praia | |
| Catalonia | Library of Catalonia (Biblioteca de Catalunya) | Barcelona | |
| Central African Republic | [national library created in legislation but does not exist yet] | Bangui | |
| Chad | National Library of Chad (Bibliothèque nationale du Tchad) | N'Djamena | |
| Chile | National Library of Chile (Biblioteca Nacional de Chile) | Santiago | Yes |
| People's Republic of China | National Library of China (国家图书馆) | Beijing | Yes |
| ♦ Hong Kong | Hong Kong Central Library (香港中央圖書館) | Hong Kong | Yes |
| ♦ Macau | Macau Central Library (澳門中央圖書館, Biblioteca Central de Macau) | Macau | |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | → see under Other States | | |
| Colombia | National Library of Colombia (Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia) | Bogotá | Yes |
| Comoros | National Centre for Documentation and Scientific Research (Centre National de Documentation et de Recherche Scientifique) | Moroni | |
| Republic of the Congo | National Library of the Republic of the Congo (Bibliothèque nationale du Congo  [fr]) | Brazzaville | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Bibliothèque nationale de la République démocratique du Congo) | Kinshasa | |
| Cook Islands | → see under New Zealand | | |
| Costa Rica | National Library "Miguel Obregon Lizano" of Costa Rica (Biblioteca nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano" de Costa Rica) | San José | |
| Costa Rica | National Library of Health and Social Security (Biblioteca Nacional de Salud y Seguridad Social) | San José | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | National Library of Côte d'Ivoire (Bibliothèque nationale de Côte d'Ivoire) | Abidjan | |
| Croatia | National and University Library in Zagreb (Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu) | Zagreb | Yes |
| Cuba | National Library José Martí (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí) | Habana | |
| Cyprus | Cyprus Library (Κυπριακή Βιβλιοθήκη) | Nicosia | |
| Northern Cyprus | → see under Other States | | |
| Czech Republic | National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky) | Prague | Yes |

### D

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Denmark | Danish Royal Library, The National Library of Denmark and Copenhagen University Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek) | Copenhagen | Yes |
| Denmark | State and University Library (Statsbiblioteket) | Aarhus | Yes |
| ♦ Faroe Islands | National Library of the Faroe Islands (Føroya landsbókasavn) | Tórshavn | |
| ♦ Greenland | Public and National Library of Greenland (Det Grønlandske Landsbibliotek = Nunatta Atuagaateqarfia) | Nuuk | |
| Djibouti | National Archive and Library of Djibouti (Centre national de documentation de Djibouti  [fi]) | Djibouti | |
| Dominica | National Library of Dominica | Roseau | |
| Dominican Republic | National Library Pedro Henríquez Ureña (Biblioteca Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña) | Santo Domingo | |

### E

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| East Timor | National Library of East Timor (Biblioteca e Arquivo Nacional de Timor-Leste) | Dili | |
| Ecuador | National Library of Ecuador (Biblioteca Nacional del Ecuador Eugenio Espejo) | Quito | |
| Egypt | Egyptian National Library and Archives | Cairo | |
| Egypt | Egyptian National Agricultural Library | Giza | |
| El Salvador | National Library of El Salvador (Biblioteca Nacional Francisco Gavidia  [es]) | San Salvador | |
| Equatorial Guinea | National Library of Equatorial Guinea (Biblioteca Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial  [es]) | Malabo | |
| Eritrea | Research and Documentation Center of Eritrea | Asmara | |
| Estonia | National Library of Estonia (Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu) | Tallinn | Yes |
| Eswatini | Eswatini National Library Service (Mbabane Public Library - ENLS) | Mbabane | |
| Ethiopia | National Archives and Library of Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | |

### F

| Country | Library | City |
| Faroe Islands | → see under Denmark | |
| Fiji | Library Services of Fiji | Suva |
| Finland | National Library of Finland (Kansalliskirjasto = Nationalbibliotek) | Helsinki |
| ♦ Åland | Mariehamn City Library (Mariehamns stadsbibliotek  [sv]) | Mariehamn |
| France | National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France) | Paris |

### G

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Gabon | National Library of Gabon (Direction Générale des Archives Nationales, de la Bibliothèque Nationale et de la Documentation Gabonaise, DGABD  [fi]) | Libreville | |
| The Gambia | National Library of The Gambia | Banjul | |
| Georgia | National Parliamentary Library of Georgia | Tbilisi | |
| Germany | German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) | Frankfurt a.M. and Leipzig | Yes |
| Germany | German National Library of Economics (Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften) | Kiel and Hamburg | |
| Germany | German National Library of Medicine (Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin) | Cologne and Bonn | |
| Germany | German National Library of Science and Technology (Technische Informationsbibliothek) | Hanover | Yes |
| Ghana | George Padmore Research Library (division of Ghana Library Authority) | Accra | |
| Greece | National Library of Greece (Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος) | Athens | |
| Greenland | → see under Denmark | | |
| Grenada | National Library and Archives of Grenada (closed since 2011) | St. George's | |
| Guatemala | National Library of Guatemala (Biblioteca Nacional de Guatemala "Luis Cardoza y Aragón") | Guatemala City | |
| Guinea | National Library of Guinea (Bibliothèque nationale de Guinée) | Conakry | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Public Library of the INEP (Biblioteca Pública do Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa, INEP) | Bissau | |
| Guyana | National Library of Guyana | Georgetown | |

### H

| Country | Library | City |
| Haiti | National Library of Haiti (Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti) | Port-au-Prince |
| Honduras | Juan Ramón Molina National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Juan Ramón Molina) | Tegucigalpa |
| Hong Kong | → see under People's Republic of China | |
| Hungary | National Széchényi Library (Országos Széchényi Könyvtár) | Budapest |
| Hungary | University of Debrecen Library (Debreceni Egyetemi és Nemzeti Könyvtár) | Debrecen |

### I

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Iceland | National and University Library of Iceland (Landsbókasafn Íslands Háskólabókasafn) | Reykjavík | Yes |
| India | National Library of India | Kolkata | Yes |
| Indonesia | National Library of Indonesia (Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia) | Central Jakarta | Yes |
| Iran | National Library of Iran (Ketabkhane-ye Melli-ye Iran) | Tehran | Yes |
| Iran | Malek National Library (Ketabkhane-ye Melli-ye Malek) | Tehran | |
| Iraq | Iraq National Library and Archive | Baghdad | |
| Ireland | National Library of Ireland = Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann | Dublin | |
| Isle of Man | → see under United Kingdom | | |
| Israel | National Library of Israel (הספרייה הלאומית) | Jerusalem | Yes |
| Italy | National Central Library (Florence) (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze) | Florence | |
| Italy | National Central Library (Rome) (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma) | Rome | |
| Italy | Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III (Biblioteca Nazionale di Napoli) | Naples | |

### J

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Jamaica | National Library of Jamaica | Kingston | Yes |
| Japan | National Diet Library | Tokyo and Kyoto (Kansai-kan) | Yes |
| Jersey | → see under United Kingdom | | |
| Jordan | National Library of Jordan | Amman | |

### K

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Kazakhstan | National Library of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан Республикасының Ұлттық Кітапханасы = Национальная библиотека Республики Казахстан) | Almaty | |
| Kenya | National Library Service of Kenya | Nairobi | Yes |
| Kiribati | Kiribati National Library and Archives | Bairiki | |
| North Korea | Grand People's Study House | Pyongyang | |
| South Korea | National Library of Korea (국립중앙도서관) | Seoul | |
| South Korea | National Digital Library of Korea | Seoul | |
| South Korea | National Library for Children and Young Adults (국립어린이청소년도서관) | Seoul | |
| Kosovo | → see under Other States | | |
| Kuwait | National Library of Kuwait | Kuwait | |
| Kyrgyzstan | National Library of the Kyrgyz Republic (Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук Китепканасы) | Bishkek | |

### L

| Country | Library | City |
| Laos | National Library of Laos | Vientiane |
| Latvia | National Library of Latvia (Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka) | Riga |
| Lebanon | Lebanon National Library (المكتبة الو طنية = Bibliothèque Nationale du Liban) | Beirut |
| Lesotho | Lesotho National Library Services (Libraries in Lesotho) | Maseru |
| Liberia | National Public Library of Liberia (Liberian kansalliskirjasto  [fi]) | Monrovia |
| Libya | National Library of Libya | Benghazi |
| Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein State Library (Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek) | Vaduz |
| Lithuania | Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Lietuvos Nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka) | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | National Library of Luxembourg (Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg = Lëtzebuerger Nationalbibliothéik = Nationalbibliothek Luxemburg) | Luxembourg |

### M

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Macau | → see under People's Republic of China | | |
| North Macedonia | National and University Library "St. Kliment of Ohrid" (Национална и универзитетска библиотека „Св. Климент Охридски") | Skopje | |
| Madagascar | National Library of Madagascar (Bibliothèque nationale de Madagascar) | Antananarivo | |
| Malawi | National Library Service of Malawi | Lilongwe | |
| Malaysia | National Library of Malaysia (Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia) | Kuala Lumpur | Yes |
| Maldives | National Library of Maldives | Galolhu Malé | |
| Mali | National Library of Mali (Direction nationale des Bibliothèques et de la Documentation) | Bamako | |
| Malta | National Library of Malta | Valletta | |
| Marshall Islands | Alele Museum & Public Library | Majuro | |
| Mauritania | National Library of Mauritania (Bibliothèque nationale de Mauritanie) | Nouakchott | |
| Mauritius | National Library of Mauritius | Port Louis | |
| Mexico | National Library of Mexico (Biblioteca Nacional de México) | Mexico City | |
| Mexico | National Newspaper and Periodicals Library of Mexico (Hemeroteca Nacional de México  [es]) | Mexico City | |
| Federated States of Micronesia | (List of libraries in the Federated States of Micronesia) | Palikir | |
| Moldova | National Library of Moldova (Biblioteca Naţională a Republicii Moldova) | Chişinău | |
| Monaco | Louis Notari Library (Bibliothèque Louis Notari) | Monaco | |
| Mongolia | National Library of Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | |
| Montenegro | National Library of Montenegro (Национална библиотека Црне Горе "Ђурђе Црнојевић") | Cetinje | |
| Morocco | National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco ( المكتبة الوطنية للمملكة المغربية) | Rabat and Tétouan | |
| Mozambique | National Library of Mozambique (Biblioteca Nacional de Moçambique) | Maputo | |

### N

| Country | Library | City |
| Namibia | National Library of Namibia | Windhoek |
| Nauru | | |
| Nepal | Nepal National Library | Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur |
| Netherlands | Royal Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, lit. "Royal Library") | The Hague |
| ♦ Aruba | National Library of Aruba (Biblioteca Nacional Aruba) | Oranjestad |
| New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) | Wellington |
| ♦ Cook Islands | National Library of the Cook Islands Cook Islands Library and Museum Society | Rarotonga |
| Nicaragua | National Library of Nicaragua Rubén Darío (Biblioteca Nacional de Nicaragua Rubén Darío) | Managua |
| Nicaragua | National Health Library (Biblioteca Nacional de Salud) | Managua |
| Niger | Direction of the National Archives of Niger (Direction des Archives nationales du Niger) | Niamey |
| Nigeria | National Library of Nigeria | Lagos |
| North... | → see under the second word | |
| Norway | National Library of Norway (Nasjonalbiblioteket) | Oslo and Mo i Rana |

### O

| Country | Country | Library | City | Legal deposit | Source |
| | Oman | Sultan Qaboos University Library | Muscat | | |

### P

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Pakistan | National Library of Pakistan | Islamabad | |
| Palau | Palau Community College Library | Koror | |
| Panama | National Library of Panama (Biblioteca Nacional de Panamá) | Panama City | |
| Papua New Guinea | National Library of Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | |
| Paraguay | National Library of Paraguay (Biblioteca Nacional del Paraguay) | Asunción | |
| Paraguay | National Library of Agriculture (Paraguay) (Biblioteca Nacional de Agricultura) | Asunción | |
| Peru | National Library of Peru (Biblioteca Nacional del Perú) | Lima | Yes |
| Philippines | National Library of the Philippines (Pambansang Aklatan ng Pilipinas) | Manila | Yes |
| Poland | National Library of Poland [Biblioteka Narodowa] | Warsaw | Yes |
| Poland | Jagiellonian Library [Biblioteka Jagiellońska] | Kraków | Yes |
| Portugal | Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal [National Library of Portugal or Portuguese National Library] | Lisbon | |

### Q

| Country | Country | Library | City | Legal deposit | Source |
| | Qatar | Qatar National Library | Doha | | |
| | Quebec | → see under Canada | | | |

### R

| Country | Library | City |
| Romania | National Library of Romania (Biblioteca Națională a României) | Bucharest |
| Russian Federation | Russian State Library (Российская Государственная Библиотека) | Moscow |
| Russian Federation | National Library of Russia (Российская Национальная Библиотека) | Saint Petersburg |
| Russian Federation | Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library (Президентская библиотека имени Б.Н.Ельцина) | Saint Petersburg |
| Bashkortostan | Akhmet-Zaki Validi National Library of the Republic of Bashkortostan [ru] (Национальная библиотека имени Ахмет-Заки Валиди) | Ufa |
| Chechnya | National Library of the Chechen Republic [ru] (Национальная библиотека Чеченской Республики) | Grozny |
| Chuvashia | National Library of the Chuvash Republic [ru] (Национальная библиотека Чувашской Республики) | Cheboksary |
| Dagestan | National Library of the Republic of Dagestan [ru] (Национальная библиотека Республики Дагестан) | Makhachkala |
| Kalmykia | National Library of Kalmykia [ru] (Национальная библиотека Калмыкии) | Elista |
| Republic of Karelia | National Library of the Republic of Karelia [ru] (Национальная библиотека Республики Карелия) | Petrozavodsk |
| Khakassia | National Library of the Republic of Khakassia [ru] (Национальная библиотека Республики Хакасия) | Abakan |
| Komi Republic | National Library of the Komi Republic [ru] (Национальная библиотека Республики Коми) | Syktyvkar |
| Mari El | S. G. Chavaine National Library [ru] (Национальная библиотека имени С. Г. Чавайна) | Yoshkar-Ola |
| Mordovia | National Library of the Republic of Mordovia [ru] (Национальная библиотека имени А. С. Пушкина Республики Мордовия) | Saransk |
| North Ossetia–Alania | National Scientific Library of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania [ru] (Национальная научная библиотека Республики Северная Осетия — Алания) | Vladikavkaz |
| Sakha | National Library of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) [ru] (Национальная библиотека Республики Саха (Якутия)) | Yakutsk |
| Tatarstan | National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan (Татарстан Республикасы Милли китапханәсендә = Национальная Библиотека Республики Татарстан) | Kazan |
| Tuva | National Library of the Republic of Tyva [ru] (Национальная библиотека Республики Тыва им. А. С. Пушкина) | Kyzyl |
| Udmurtia | National Library of the Udmurt Republic [ru] (Национальная библиотека Удмуртской Республики) | Izhevsk |
| Rwanda | National Library of Rwanda (Bibliothèque nationale du Rwanda) | Kigali |

### S

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Charles A. Halbert Public Library | Basseterre | |
| Saint Lucia | Central Library of Saint Lucia | Castries | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown Public Library | Kingstown | |
| Samoa | Samoa Public Library (Nelson Memorial Public Library) | Apia | |
| San Marino | National Library and Book Patrimony (Biblioteca di Stato e Beni Librari) | San Marino | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | National Library of São Tomé and Príncipe (Biblioteca Nacional de São Tomé e Príncipe) | São Tomé | Yes |
| Saudi Arabia | King Fahad National Library (مكٺبة الملك فهد الوطنية) | Riyadh | |
| Scotland | National Library of Scotland (Leabharlann Nàiseanta na h-Alba) | Edinburgh | Yes |
| Senegal | National Library of Senegal (Bibliothèque Nationale du Sénégal, Bibliothèque des Archives nationales du Sénégal) | Dakar | |
| Serbia | National Library of Serbia (Народна библиотека Србије) | Belgrade | Yes |
| Seychelles | National Library of Seychelles | Mahé | |
| Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone Library Board | Freetown | |
| Singapore | National Library, Singapore (Limited to Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, PublicationSG, and reference section of Regional Libraries / Public Libraries) | Singapore | |
| Slovakia | Slovak National Library (Slovenská národná knižnica) | Martin | |
| Slovenia | National and University Library of Slovenia (Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica, NUK) | Ljubljana | |
| Solomon Islands | National Library Service of the Solomon Islands | Honiara | |
| Somalia | National Library of Somalia | Mogadishu | |
| Somaliland | National Library of Somaliland | Hargeisa | |
| South... | → see under the second word, with the two exceptions below | | |
| South Africa | National Library of South Africa (Nasionale Biblioteek van Suid Afrika) | Pretoria and Cape Town | |
| South Sudan | [No national library] | | |
| Spain | Biblioteca Nacional de España [National Library of Spain] | Madrid | |
| ♦ Catalonia | Library of Catalonia (Biblioteca de Catalunya) | Barcelona | |
| Sri Lanka | National Library of Sri Lanka | Colombo | |
| Republika Srpska | → see under Bosnia and Herzegovina | | |
| Sudan | Sudan Library | Khartoum | |
| Suriname | [No national library, but database available] | | |
| Sweden | National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket) | Stockholm | Yes |
| Switzerland | Swiss National Library (Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek = Bibliothèque nationale suisse = Biblioteca nazionale svizzera = Biblioteca naziunala svizra) | Bern | |
| Syria | National Library of Syria (مكتبة الوطنية) | Damascus | |

### T

| Country | Library | City |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | → see under Other States | |
| Tajikistan | National Library of Tajikistan (Национальная библиотека Таджикистана) | Dushanbe |
| Tanzania | National Central Library / Tanzania Library Services Board [sw] (Bodi Ya Huduma Za Maktaba Tanzania) | Dar es Salaam |
| Tatarstan | → see under Russia | |
| Thailand | National Library of Thailand (หอสมุดแห่งชาติ) | Bangkok |
| Togo | National Library of Togo (Bibliothèque nationale du Togo) | Lomé |
| Tonga | [No national library] | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | National Library and Information System The Heritage Library | Port of Spain |
| Tunisia | National Library of Tunisia (Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie, المكتبة الوطنية التونسية) | Tunis |
| Turkey | National Library of Turkey (Milli Kütüphane) | Ankara |
| Turkey | National Library of İzmir (İzmir Milli Kütüphanesi) | İzmir |
| Turkmenistan | State Library of Turkmenistan | Ashgabat |
| Tuvalu | Tuvalu National Library and Archives | Funafuti |

### U

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Uganda | National Library of Uganda | Kampala | |
| Ukraine | Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine (Національна бібліотека України імені В.І. Вернадського) | Kyiv | |
| United Arab Emirates | Cultural Foundation National Library | Abu Dhabi | |
| United Kingdom, England | British Library | London and Boston Spa (Wetherby) | Yes |
| Scotland | National Library of Scotland | Edinburgh | Yes |
| Wales | National Library of Wales (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru) | Aberystwyth | Yes |
| Bermuda | Bermuda National Library | Hamilton | |
| Virgin Islands, British | Library Services Department | Road Town | |
| Isle of Man | National Library and Archives (Manx National Heritage) | Douglas | |
| Jersey | Jersey Library | Saint Helier | |
| United States | Library of Congress (de facto) | Washington, D.C. | Yes |
| United States | National Library of Education | Washington, D.C. | |
| United States | National Transportation Library | Washington, D.C. | |
| United States | Treasury Library | Washington, D.C. | |
| United States | United States National Library of Medicine | Bethesda | |
| United States | United States National Agricultural Library | Beltsville | |
| Uruguay | Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay [National Library of Uruguay] | Montevideo | |
| Uzbekistan | National Library of Uzbekistan | Tashkent | |

### V

| Country | Library | City | Legal deposit |
| Vanuatu | National Library of Vanuatu | Port Vila | |
| Vatican City | Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) | Vatican City | |
| Venezuela | National Library of Venezuela (Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela) | Caracas | |
| Vietnam | National Library of Vietnam (Thư Viện Quốc Gia Việt Nam) | Hanoi | Yes |

### W

| Country | Country | Library | City | Legal deposit | Source |
| | Wales | → see under United Kingdom | | | |

### Y

| Country | Country | Library | City | Legal deposit | Source |
| | Republic of Yemen | National Library of Yemen | Aden | | |

### Z

| Country | Country | Library | City | Legal deposit | Source |
| | Zambia | Zambia Library Service | Lusaka | | |
| | Zimbabwe | National Archives of Zimbabwe Library | Harare? | | |

### Other States

| Country | Library | City |
| Abkhazia | I.G. Papaskir National Library of Abkhazia | Sukhumi |
| Kosovo | National Library of Kosovo (Biblioteka Kombëtare e Kosovës) | Pristina |
| Northern Cyprus | National Library of Northern Cyprus (Millî Kütüphane) | North Nicosia |
| Republic of China (Taiwan) | National Central Library (國家圖書館) | Taipei |

## State libraries

A state library is established by a state to serve as the preeminent repository of information for that region.

### Australia

* ACT Heritage Library
* Library & Archives NT
* State Library of New South Wales
* State Library of Queensland
* State Library of South Australia
* State Library of Tasmania
* State Library Victoria
* State Library of Western Australia

### China
#### Mainland

* Capital Library of China
* Tianjin Library
* Hebei Library
* Shanxi Library
* Inner Mongolia Library
* Liaoning Provincial Library
* Jilin Province Library
* Heilongjiang Provincial Library
* Shanghai Library
* Shanghai Children's Library
* Nanjing Library
* Zhejiang Library
* Anhui Provincial Library
* Fujian Provincial Library
* Jiangxi Provincial Library
* Shandong Library
* Henan Provincial Library
* Hubei Provincial Library
* Hunan Library
* Hunan Provincial Library of Juveniles and Children
* Sun Yat-sen Library of Guangdong Province
* Library of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
* Guangxi Guilin Library
* Hainan Library
* Chongqing Library
* Chongqing Children's Library
* Sichuan Provincial Library
* Guizhou Provincial Library
* Yunnan Provincial Library
* Tibet Library
* Shaanxi Library
* Gansu Provincial Library
* Qinghai Library
* Ningxia Library
* Xinjiang Library

#### Hong Kong

* Hong Kong Central Library

#### Macau

* Macau Central Library

### Germany

* Bavarian State Library, Munich
* Berlin Central and Regional Library
* Göttingen State and University Library
* Hessian State Library, Wiesbaden
* Saxon State and University Library Dresden
* Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart

### India

* Goa State Central Library
* Harekrushna Mahtab State Library
* Nagaland State Library
* North Bengal State Library
* State Central Library, Hyderabad
* State Central Library, Kerala

### Spain

Autonomous communities libraries
* Andalusia Library
* Aragon Library
* Asturias Library
* Central Library of Cantabria
* Castile and Leon Library
* Castile-La Mancha Library
* Library of Catalonia
* Extremadura Library
* Library of Galicia
* La Rioja Library
* Madrid Regional Library
* Murcia Regional Library
* Navarre Library
* Valencian Library

### Switzerland

The member states of the Swiss Confederation are the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The cantonal libraries [de] (German: Kantonsbibliothek, French: Bibliothèque cantonale, Italian: Biblioteca cantonale, Romansh: Biblioteca chantunala) are:
* Aargau: Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
* Appenzell Ausserrhoden: Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden
* Appenzell Innerrhoden: Innerrhodische Kantonsbibliothek
* Basel-Landschaft: Kantonsbibliothek Baselland
* Basel-Stadt: Basel University Library (university and cantonal library)
* Bern: Bibliothek Münstergasse (formerly Zentralbibliothek Bern, Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Bern)
* Fribourg: Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Fribourg
* Geneva: Bibliothèque de Genève
* Glarus: Glarner Landesbibliothek
* Grisons: Kantonsbibliothek Graubünden / Biblioteca chantunala dal Grischun / Biblioteca cantonale dei Grigioni
* Jura: Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
* Luzern: Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern (university and cantonal library)
* Neuchâtel: Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel
* Nidwalden: Kantonsbibliothek Nidwalden
* Obwalden: Kantonsbibliothek Obwalden
* Schaffhausen: Stadtbibliothek Schaffhausen (city and cantonal library)
* Schwyz: Kantonsbibliothek Schwyz
* Solothurn: Zentralbibliothek Solothurn (city and cantonal library)
* St. Gallen: Kantonsbibliothek St. Gallen
* Ticino: four libraries, Biblioteca cantonale di Bellinzona, Biblioteca cantonale di Locarno, Biblioteca cantonale di Lugano, Biblioteca cantonale e del Liceo di Mendrisio
* Thurgau: Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau
* Uri: Kantonsbibliothek Uri
* Valais: Médiathèque Valais / Mediathek Wallis
* Vaud: Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne
* Zug: Bibliothek Zug
* Zürich: Zentralbibliothek Zürich (city, cantonal, and university library)