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This sortable list of largest libraries includes libraries that store 15 million items or more since 2008.

Name Location Size (number of items) Visitors per year Budget Staff
Library of Congress  United States, Washington, D.C. _0144600000150 million[1] _00017500001.75 million[2] _19523722680647 million $[2] _036243624[2]
British Library  Great Britain, London _0150000000150 million[3]
 _00017500001.75 million[4] _06840748300141 million £[5] _019771977[5]
New York Public Library  United States, New York City _005310000053.1 million[6] _001800000018 million[6] _07546275000250 million $[6] _029372937[6]
Russian State Library  Russia, Moscow _004440000044.4 million[7] _00011700001.17 million[7] _016400000001.64 billion RUB[7] _019721972[7]
National Library of Russia  Russia, Saint Petersburg _003647600036.5 million[8] _00009660001 million[8]
National Diet Library  Japan, Tokyo, Kyoto _003560000035.6 million[9] _0000654000654,000[9] _0712892700021.8 billion ¥[9] _00908908[9]
Bibliothèque nationale de France  France, Paris _003100000031 million[10] _00013000001.3 million[11] _11038967000254 million €[12] _026682668[13]
Royal Danish Library  Denmark, Copenhagen _003021688530.2 million[14] _0000850301850,000[14] _02249892000385.9 million DKK[15] _00492492.5 (610 in total)[15]
National Library of China  China, Beijing _002900000029 million[16] _00052000005.2 million[17] _013651365[17]
Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences  Russia, Saint Petersburg _002650000026.5 million[18]
Biblioteca Nacional de España  Spain, Madrid _002500000025 million[19][20] _0229906045052.9 million €[20] _010901090[20]
German National Library  Germany, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Berlin _002470000024.7 million[21] _0000904000904,000[22] _0183403310042.2 million €[23] _00622622[23]
Berlin State Library  Germany, Berlin _002340000023.4 million[24] _00014000001.4 million[24]
Boston Public Library  United States, Boston _002240000022.4 million[25] _0117420039038.9 million $[26]
Library and Archives Canada  Canada, Ottawa _002000000020 million[27] _03434708640127 million C$[28] _011521152[28]
New York State Library  United States, Albany, New York _002000000020 million[29]
National Library of Sweden  Sweden, Stockholm _001500000018 million[30]
Harvard University Library  United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts _001660000016.6 million[31] _05040911700167 million $[31] _011001100[32]
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine  Ukraine, Kiev _001500000015 million[33] _0000500000500,000[33] _0018860991050.3 million ₴[34] _00900900[33]
Russian Academy of Sciences Library of Natural Sciences  Russia, Moscow _001500000015 million[35] _00300300[35]

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