Number of book loans by public libraries per year (million) standard data | per capita data
| City | Figure | Date | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 9.8 | 2013 | Dutch Association of Public Libraries | |
| Austin | 3.6 | 2015 | City of Austin | |
| Bogotá | 0.7 | 2017 | BibloRed | |
| Buenos Aires | 2.3 | 2015 | Direccion General del Libro y Promocion de la Lectura | |
| Cape Town | 9.9 | 2018 | Library and Information Services – City of Cape Town | |
| Chengdu | 6.8 | 2016 | ||
| Dublin | 5.9 | 2017 | Dublin City Council/Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown | |
| Edinburgh | 2.1 | 2017 | Edinburgh Council City Facts and Figures 2018/19 | |
| Helsinki | 7.1 | 2018 | ||
| Hong Kong | 49.8 | 2018 | Leisure and Cultural Services Department | |
| Istanbul | 0.4 | 2014 | Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality | |
| Johannesburg | 9.0 | 2010 | Gauteng Library/Information Services 2010 Annual Report | |
| Lisbon | 0.2 | 2017 | Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Programa de Aavalição e desempenho da Rede de Bibliotecas de Lisboa | |
| London | 25.8 | 2017 | The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy | |
| Los Angeles | 42.0 | 2013 | Institute of Museum and Library Services | |
| Madrid | 3.8 | 2013 | Archivo del Área de Gobierno de Las Artes, Deportes y Turismo. Ayuntamiento de Madrid | |
| Melbourne | 29.1 | 2018 | PLVN Annual Statistical Survey | |
| Milan | 0.7 | 2017 | Comune di Milano – Area Biblioteche & ASK Bocconi | |
| Montréal | 10.5 | 2016 | StatBib | |
| Moscow | 30.3 | 2017 | Statistics of the Ministery of Culture of the Russian Federation | |
| New York | 56.3 | 2017 | Center for an Urban Future | |
| Oslo | 1.3 | 2018 | Deichman | Book loans not including renewals |
| Paris | 28.3 | 2016 | Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication | |
| Rome | 0.5 | 2017 | ROMA CAPITALE | |
| San Francisco | 10.8 | 2016 | SFPL | |
| Seoul | 26.0 | 2017 | Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture | Seoul culture index 2017 |
| Shanghai | 86.2 | 2016 | Shanghai Statistical Yearbook | |
| Shenzhen | 9.1 | 2017 | Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government | |
| Singapore | 33.0 | 2016 | National Library Board | |
| Stockholm | 8.4 | 2016 | National Library of Sweden | |
| Sydney | 17.7 | 2016 | State Library of NSW | |
| Taipei | 13.3 | 2016 | National Library of Public Information / National Central Library /Ministry of Education | |
| Tokyo | 111.9 | 2017 | Tokyo Metropolitan Library 2017 | |
| Toronto | 30.2 | 2018 | Toronto Public Library | |
| Vienna | 6.1 | 2014 | Vienna Annual Statistics 2014 | |
| Warsaw | 6.1 | 2014 | Main Library of Mazovia Voivodship | |
| Zürich | 3.6 | 2015 | Statistics City of Zürich |
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