Only one I missed, but that's because I thought I'd already typed it. I hate it when I take one quiz, and then think I've already typed those answers on the next one I take.
But then Brazil is the dominant Portuguese speaking nation, so you'd expect most Portuguese books to come from Brazil. Mexico has way more Spanish speakers than Argentina, and Colombia has a little more, with Spain and the US not far behind, so you wouldn't expect them to dominate the market so completely, even with taking their wealth into consideration.
Very few people read Nordic languages. The countries on this list probably publish for large portions of their language communities, and the list represents the most common prestige languages.
I started guessing countries with big populations because it seems obvious to me that they would have more authors, but Brazil, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Mexico, Ethiopia, and the Philippines were not on here and all have over a hundred million people. I ended up missing Iran and South Korea.
You need to also take into account education, wealth, number of languages in that particular country and whether their main language is spoken elsewhere in the world.
Most of the countries you mentioned have populations that are poorly educated and don't have the luxury to buy books and so there isn't a market.
The wealthier class are obviously more educated and much more likely to read books in English.
Yeah, I think most of the educated people in Bangladesh read books in English. And, at any rate, most people in Bangladesh are much more interested in their phones than in books. That being said, there is a pretty large annual book fair in Dhaka every year, which is pretty cool and goes to show that there is still a significant literary presence in the country!
Thanks to this cool quiz idea from Relessness I also wanted to make something about this subject, and added a new quiz: "Countries by Number of Books Published per Capita"... Welcome to check it out!
I was surprised not to see Bangladesh, considering its large population and importance of literature, but then again most books published in Bengali are probably in West Bengal, because of Tagore , Ram Mohan Roy and others. But still this influence is still prevalent in Bangladesh also.
Only two Spanish speaking countries featured at the list, and the first one, Spain, in the 13th position, behind South Korea. That's a shame. Brazil much worse, and Mexico does not appear. Really the lack of culture in the Latino world is something to be ashamed of.
This quiz needs to be checked. The wikipedia page - supposedly the source - does not match the correct answers. A reliable source, such as the ISBN database, could be used.
Just put together one like that: "Countries by Number of Books Published per Capita".
Most of the countries you mentioned have populations that are poorly educated and don't have the luxury to buy books and so there isn't a market.
The wealthier class are obviously more educated and much more likely to read books in English.
Islamic countries generally score low on anything when it comes to education.
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