# 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 | Catalogued size (number of items) | Visitors per year | Budget | Staff |
| Library of Congress | United States | Washington, D.C., anyone with photo ID can get a Library card | _0168000000178 million+ | _00017500001.9 million | _19523722680US$838.992 million | _036243,149 |
| British Library | United Kingdom | London and Boston Spa | _0180000000170-200 million | _00017500001.75 million | _01410000000£141 million | _019771,977 |
| Russian State Library | Russia | Moscow | _0044400000126.1 million | _0001170000498,000 | _01640000000₽2.7 billion | _019721,613 |
| Shanghai Library | China | Shanghai | _005000000058 million | _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). | _00550000055 million | _001800000018 million | _07546275000US$250 million | _029373,000 |
| National Library of China | China | Beijing | _003770000044.24 million | _00052000005.2 million | | _013651,365 |
| National Diet Library | Japan | Tokyo and Kyoto | _004190000044.1 million | _0000654000791,370 | _07128927000¥21.8 billion | _00908908 |
| German National Library | Germany | Leipzig and Frankfurt | _003420000043.7 million | _000029973350,713 | _01834033100€57.6 million | _00622639 |
| Royal Danish Library | Denmark | Copenhagen and Aarhus | _003540000042.5 million (physical items, excl. digital) | _00008503011.45 million | _02249892000523.8 million kr | _00492800+ |
| Bibliothèque nationale de France | France | Paris | _004000000041.66 million | _00013000001.3 million | _11038967000€254 million | _026682,668 |
| 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 | 40.8 million | | US$295 million | 2,000+ |
| University of Illinois Library | United States | Urbana, Illinois, restricted to students and faculty. | _004000000038 million | | US$48.7 million_07546275000 | |
| National Library of Russia | Russia | Saint Petersburg | _003650000036.5 million | _00009660001 million | ₽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 | | _02299060450€29.2 million | _01090482 |
| Library and Archives Canada | Canada | Ottawa, Halifax, Winnipeg, Vancouver | 27 million | Largely a free reference library | CAD165 million | 853 |
| Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences | Russia | Saint Petersburg | _002650000026.5 million | | | |
| Berlin State Library | Germany | Berlin | _002340000023.4 million | _00014000001.4 million | | |
| Boston Public Library | United States | Boston, Massachusetts at 25 locations. | _002240000022.4 million | | _01174200390US$38.9 million | |
| New York State Library | United States | Albany, New York at 1 location. | _002000000020 million | | | |
| Harvard Library | United States | Cambridge, Massachusetts, restricted to students and faculty or their guests. | _001890000018.9 million | | | _00922922 |
| National Library of Sweden | Sweden | Stockholm | _001800000018 million | | 364.5 million kr | |
| 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. | _001520000016.1 million | | | |
| University of Toronto Libraries | Canada | Toronto, at one location largely restricted to university staff and students. | 16 million | | CA$125 million | |
| Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine | Ukraine | Kyiv | _001500000015.5 million | _0000500000500,000 | _0018860991050.3 million ₴ | _00900900 |
| Yale Library | United States | New Haven, Connecticut, one location for students, staff and no free borrowing access to the public. | _001520000015.2 million | | | |
| National Library of Iran | Iran | Tehran | _001500000015.0 million | | | |
| Hong Kong Public Library | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | _001136000011.36 million | | _00776200000HK$776.2 million | |
| National Library of Poland | Poland | Warsaw | 10.4 milion | | | |
| Toronto Public Library | Canada | Toronto, Ontario | 10.2 million | | $252 million (CAD) | 1825 |