that country. Unlike public libraries, these rarely allow citizens to borrow books. Often, they include numerous rare, valuable, or significant works; such as the Library of Congress's 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 who 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 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
[edit] A
Country
Library
City
Official website
Abkhasia Other states
Afghanistan
National Library of Afghanistan
Kabul
Åland Islands Finland
Albania
National Library of Albania (Biblioteka Kombëtare e Shqipërisë)
Tirana
[1]
Algeria
National Library of Algeria (Bibliothèque nationale d'Algérie
= المكتبة الوطنية الجزائرية)
Algiers
[2]
Andorra
Andorra National Library (Biblioteca Nacional d'Andorra)
Andorra la Vella
[3]
Angola
National Library of Angola (Biblioteca Nacional de Angola)
Luanda
[4]
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
National Library of the Argentine Republic (Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina)
Buenos Aires
[5]
Armenia
National Library of Armenia (ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ ԳՐԱԴԱՐԱՆ)
Yerevan
[6]
Aruba Tne Netherlands
Australia
National Library of Australia
Canberra
[7]
Austria
Austrian National Library (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek)
Vienna
[8]
Azerbaijan
Akhundov National Library (Axundov adına Azərbaycan Milli Kitabxanası, National Library of Azerbaijan)
Baku
[9]
[edit] B
Country
Library
City
Official website
Bahamas
College of The Bahamas Library (de facto)
Nassau
[10]
Bahrain
Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa National Library (under construction)
Manama
[11]
Bangladesh
National Library of Bangladesh
Dhaka
[12]
Barbados
National Library Service of Barbados
Bridgetown
[13]
Belarus
The National Library of Belarus (Национальная библиотека Белоруссии)
Minsk
[14]
Belgium
Royal Library of Belgium (Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België = Bibliothèque royale de Belgique)
Brussels
[15]
Belize
National Library Service of Belize
Belize City
[16]
Benin
National Library of Benin (Bibliothèque nationale du Bénin)
Porto Novo
[17]
Bermuda United Kingdom
Bhutan
National Library of Bhutan
Thimphu
[18]
Bolivia
National Library and Archive of Bolivia (Biblioteca y Archivo Nacional de Bolivia)
Sucre
[19]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine)
Sarajevo
[20]
*
• Republika Srpska
National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska (Народна и универзитетска библиотека Републике Српске)
Banja Luka
[21]
Botswana
National Library Service of Botswana
Gaborone
[22]
Brazil
National Library of Brazil (Fundação Biblioteca Nacional)
Rio de Janeiro
[23]
British Virgin Islands United Kingdom
Brunei
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Library (Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka Brunei Library)
Bandar Seri Begawan
[24]
Bulgaria
SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library (Народна Библиотека Св. Св. Кирил и Методий)
Sofia
[25]
Burkina Faso
National Library of Burkina Faso (Bibliothèque nationale du Burkina Faso)
Ouagadougou
[26]
Burma (Myanmar)
National Library of Myanmar
Yangon
[27]
Burundi
National Library of Burundi (Bibliothèque nationale du Burundi)
Bujumbura
[edit] C
Country
Library
City
Official website
Cambodia
National Library of Cambodia
Phnom Penh
[28]
Cameroon
National Library of Cameroun (Bibliothèque nationale du Cameroun)
Yaounde
[29]
Canada
Library and Archives Canada ( = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada)
Ottawa
[30]
Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information ( = Institut canadien de l'information scientifique et technique)
Ottawa
[31]
*
• Quebec
National Library and Archives of Quebec (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)
Montreal
[32]
Cape Verde
National Library of Cape Verde (Biblioteca Nacional de Cabo Verde)
[33]
Catalonia Spain
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
[34]
Chile
National Library of Chile (Biblioteca Nacional de Chile)
Santiago
[35]
People's Republic of China
National Library of China (中国国家图书馆)
Beijing
[36]
*
• Hong Kong
Hong Kong Central Library (香港中央圖書館)
Hong Kong
[37]
*
• Macau
Macau Central Library (Biblioteca Central de Macau, 澳門中央圖書館)
Macau
[38]
Republic of China (Taiwan) Other states
Colombia
National Library of Colombia (Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia)
Bogotá
[39]
Comores
National Centre for Documentation and Scientific Research (Centre National de Documentation et de Recherche Scientifique)
Moroni
[40]
Republic of the Congo
People's National Library (Bibliothèque nationale populaire)
Brazzaville
[41]
Democratic Republic of the Congo
National Library of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Bibliothèque nationale de la République démocratique du Congo)
Kinshasa
Cook Islands New Zealand
Costa Rica
National Library "Miguel Obregon Lizano" of Costa Rica (Biblioteca nacional "Miguel Obregón Lizano" de Costa Rica)
San José
[42]
National Library of Health and Social Security (Biblioteca Nacional de Salud y Seguridad Social)
San José
[43]
Côte d'Ivoire
National Library of Côte d'Ivoire (Bibliothèque nationale de Côte d'Ivoire)
Abidjan
Croatia
National and University Library Zagreb (Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica)
Zagreb
[44]
Cuba
National Library José Martí (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí)
Habana
[45]
Cyprus
Cyprus Library (Κυπριακή Βιβλιοθήκη)
Nicosia
[46]
Northern Cyprus Other states
Czech Republic
National Library of the Czech Republic (Národní knihovna České republiky)
Prague
[47]
[edit] D
Country
Library
City
Official website
Denmark
Danish Royal Library, The National Library of Denmark and Copenhagen University Library (Det Kongelige Bibliotek)
Copenhagen
[48]
State and University Library (Statsbiblioteket)
Aarhus
[49]
*
• Faroe Islands
National Library of the Faroe Islands (Føroya landsbókasavn)
Tórshavn
[50]
*
• Greenland
Public and National Library of Greenland (Det Grønlandske Landsbibliotek = Nunatta Atuagaateqarfia)
Nuuk
[51]
Djibouti
National Documentation Centre of Djibouti (Centre national de documentation de Djibouti)
Djibouti
Dominica
Public Library
Roseau
Dominican Republic
National Library Pedro Henríquez Ureña (Biblioteca Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña)
Santo Domingo
[52]
[edit] E
Country
Library
City
Official website
East Timor
Ecuador
National Library of Ecuador (Biblioteca Nacional del Ecuador)
Quito
[53]
Egypt
Egyptian National Library and Archives
Cairo
[54]
Egyptian National Agricultural Library
Giza
[55]
El Salvador
National Library of El Salvador (Biblioteca Nacional de El Salvador)
San Salvador
[56]
Equatorial Guinea
Ministry of Education and Sciences (Ministerio de educación y ciencia)
Malabo
[57]
Eritrea
Research and Documentation Center of Eritrea
Asmara
[58]
Estonia
National Library of Estonia (Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu)
Tallinn
[59]
Ethiopia
National Archives and Library of Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
[60]
[edit] F
Country
Library
City
Official website
Faroe Islands Denmark
Fiji
Library Service of Fiji
Suva
Finland
National Library of Finland (Kansalliskirjasto = Nationalbibliotek)
Helsinki
[61]
*
• Åland Islands
Mariehamn's Library (Mariehamns stadsbibliotek)
Mariehamn
[62]
France
Bibliothèque nationale de France [National Library of France]
Paris
[63]
[edit] G
Country
Library
City
Official website
Gabon
Gabon National Library (Direction générale des Archives nationales, de la Bibliothèque nationale et de la Documentation gabonaise, DGABD)
Libreville
[64]
The Gambia
National Library of The Gambia
Banjul
[65]
Georgia
National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
Tbilisi
[66]
Germany
German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek)
Frankfurt a.M., Leipzig, Berlin
[67]
German National Library of Science and Technology (Technische Informationsbibliothek)
Hannover
[68]
Ghana
George Padmore Research Library (division of Ghana Library Board)
Accra
[69]
Greece
National Library of Greece (Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος)
Athens
[70]
Greenland Denmark
Grenada
Grenada Public Library
St. George's
Guatemala
National Library of Guatemala (Biblioteca Nacional de Guatemala)
Guatemala City
[71]
Guinea
National Library of Guinea (Bibliothèque nationale de Guinée)
Conakry
[72]
Guinea-Bissau
National Institute for Studies and Research (Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisa, INEP)
Bissau
[73]
Guyana
National Library of Guyana
Georgetown
[74]
[edit] H
Country
Library
City
Official website
Haiti
National Library of Haiti (Bibliothèque nationale d'Haïti)
Port-au-Prince
[75]
Honduras
National Library of Honduras (Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras)
Tegucigalpa
[76]
Hong Kong People's Republic of China
Hungary
National Széchényi Library (Országos Széchényi Könyvtár)
Budapest
[77]
[edit] I
Country
Library
City
Official website
Iceland
National and University Library of Iceland (Landsbókasafn Íslands Háskólabókasafn)
Reykjavík
[78]
India
National Library of India
Calcutta
[79]
National Science Library of India
New Delhi
[80]
National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR)
New Delhi
[81]
Indonesia
National Library of Indonesia (Perpustakaan Nasional Republik Indonesia)
Central Jakarta
[82]
Iran
National Library of Iran (Ketabkeneh -e- Melli -e- Iran)
Tehran
[83]
Malek National Library (Ketabkeneh -e- Melli -e- Malek)
Tehran
[84]
Iraq
Iraq National Library and Archive
Baghdad
[85]
Ireland
National Library of Ireland = Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann
Dublin
[86]
Isle of Man United Kingdom
Israel
National Library of Israel (הספרייה הלאומית)
Jerusalem
[87]
Italy
National Central Library (Florence) (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze)
Florence
[88]
National Central Library (Rome) (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma)
Rome
[89]
Vittorio Emanuele III National Library (Biblioteca Nazionale "Vittorio Emanuele III" di Napoli)
Naples
[90]
[edit] J
Country
Library
City
Official website
Jamaica
National Library of Jamaica
Kingston
[91]
Japan
National Diet Library
Tokyo
[92]
Jersey United Kingdom
Jordan
National Library of Jordan
Amman
[93]
[edit] K
Country
Library
City
Official website
Kazakhstan
National Library of Kazakhstan (Национальная библиотека Республики Казахстан)
Almaty
[94]
Kenya
National Library Service of Kenya
Nairobi
[95]
Kiribati
National Library and Archives of Kiribati
Bairiki
[96]
North Korea
Grand People's Study House
Pyongyang
[97]
South Korea
National Library of Korea (국립중앙도서관)
Seoul
[98]
National Digital Library
[99]
National Library for Children and Young Adults (국립어린이청소년도서관)
[100]
Kosovo Other states
Kuwait
National Library of Kuwait
Kuwait
[101]
Kyrgyzstan
National Library of the Kyrgyz Republic (Кыргыз Республикасынын Улуттук Китепканасы)
Bishkek
[102]
[edit] L
Country
Library
City
Official website
Laos
National Library of Laos
Vientiane
[103]
Latvia
National Library of Latvia (Latvijas Nacionālā bibliotēka)
Riga
[104]
Lebanon
Lebanon National Library (Bibliothèque Nationale du Liban)
Beirut
Lesotho
Lesotho National Library
Maseru
[105]
Liberia
National Library of Liberia
Monrovia
Libya
National Library of Libya
Benghazi
[106]
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein State Library (Liechtensteinische Landesbibliothek)
Vaduz
[107]
Lithuania
Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka)
Vilnius
[108]
Luxembourg
National Library of Luxembourg (Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg = Lëtzebuerger Nationalbibliothéik = Nationalbibliothek Luxemburg)
Luxembourg
[109]
[edit] M
Country
Library
City
Official website
Macau People's Republic of China
Republic of Macedonia
National and University Library St. Kliment Ohridski (Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka "Sv. Kliment Ohridski")
Skopje
[110]
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
[111]
Maldives
National Library of the Maldives
Galolhu Malé
[112]
Mali
National Library of Mali (Bibliothèque nationale du Mali)
Bamako
Malta
National Library of Malta
Valetta
[113]
Marshall Islands
Alele Museum, Library and National Archives
Majuro
[114]
Mauritania
National Library of Mauritania (Bibliothèque nationale de Mauritanie)
Nouakchott
[115]
Mauritius
National Library of Mauritius
Port Louis
[116]
Mexico
National Library of Mexico (Biblioteca Nacional de México)
Mexico City
[117]
National Newspaper and Periodicals Library of Mexico (Hemeroteca Nacional de México)
[118]
Micronesia
Moldova
National Library of Moldova (Biblioteca Naţională a Republicii Moldova)
Chişinău
[119]
Monaco
Louis Notari Library (Bibliothèque Louis Notari)
Monaco
[120]
Mongolia
National Library of Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
[121]
Montenegro
Central National Library of the Republic of Montenegro (Centralna narodna biblioteka Republike Crne Gore)
Cetinje
[122]
Morocco
General Library and Archives (Bibliothèque Générale et Archives= المكتبة الوطنية للمملكة المغربية)
Rabat and Tétouan
[123]
Mozambique
National Library of Mozambique (Biblioteca Nacional de Moçambique)
Maputo
[124]
[edit] N
Country
Library
City
Official website
Namibia
National Library of Namibia
Windhoek
[125]
Nauru
Nepal
National Library of Nepal
Pulchowk, Lalitpur
[126]
Netherlands
Koninklijke Bibliotheek [National Library of the Netherlands or Dutch Royal Library]
The Hague
[127]
*
• Aruba
Aruba National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Aruba)
Oranjestad
[128]
New Zealand
National Library of New Zealand = Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
Wellington
[129]
*
• Cook Islands
Cook Islands Library and Museum Society
Rarotonga
[130]
Nicaragua
National Library of Nicaragua Rubén Darío (Biblioteca Nacional de Nicaragua Rubén Darío)
Managua
[131]
National Health Library (Biblioteca Nacional de Salud)
Managua
[132]
Niger
Direction of the National Archives of Niger (Direction des Archives nationales du Niger)
Niamey
Nigeria
National Library of Nigeria
Lagos
[133]
North ... under the second word
Norway
National Library of Norway (Nasjonalbiblioteket)
Oslo and Mo i Rana
[134]
[edit] O
Country
Library
City
Official website
Oman
Sultan Qaboos University Library
Muscat
[135]
[edit] P
Country
Library
City
Official website
Pakistan
National Library of Pakistan
Islamabad
[136]
Palau
Palau Community College Library
Koror
[137]
Panama
National Library of Panama (Biblioteca Nacional de Panamá)
Panama City
[138]
Papua New Guinea
National Library of Papua New Guinea
Boroko
[139]
Paraguay
National Library and Archives of Paraguay (Biblioteca y Archivo Nacional de Paraguay)
Asunción
[140]
National Library of Agriculture (Paraguay) (Biblioteca nacional de Agricultura)
Asunción
[141]
Peru
Biblioteca Nacional del Perú [National Library of Peru or Peruvian National Library]
Lima
[142]
Philippines
National Library of the Philippines
Manila
[143]
Poland
National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa)
Warsaw
[144]
Portugal
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal [National Library of Portugal or Portuguese National Library]
Lisbon
[145]
[edit] Q
Country
Library
City
Official website
Qatar
National Library of Qatar
Doha
[146]
Quebec Canada
[edit] R
Country
Library
City
Official website
Romania
National Library of Romania (Biblioteca Naţională a României)
Bucharest
[147]
Russia
Russian State Library (Российская Государственная Библиотека)
Moscow
[148]
National Library of Russia (Российская Национальная Библиотека)
St. Petersburg
[149]
*
• Tatarstan
National LIbrary of the Republic of Tatarstan (Татарстан Республикасы Милли китапханәсендә)
Kazan
[150]
Rwanda
National Library of Rwanda (Bibliothèque nationale du Rwanda)
Kigali
[151]
[edit] S
Country
Library
City
Official website
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Charles A. Halbert Public Library
Basseterre
Saint Lucia
Central Library of Saint Lucia
Castries
[152]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Nelson Memorial Public Library
Apia
San Marino
National Library and Book Patrimony (Biblioteca di Stato e Beni Librari)
San Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Library of the National Assembly (Assembleia Nacional Biblioteca)
São Tomé
Saudi Arabia
King Fahad National Library
Riyadh
[153]
Scotland United Kingdom
Senegal
National Library of Senegal (Bibliothèque nationale du Sénégal, Bibliothèque des Archives nationales du Sénégal)
Dakar
[154]
Serbia
National Library of Serbia (Народна библиотека Србије)
Belgrade
[155]
Library of Matica srpska (Biblioteka Matice srpske)
Novi Sad
[156]
Seychelles
National Library of the Seychelles
Mahé
[157]
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Library Board
Freetown
[158]
Singapore
National Library, Singapore
Singapore
[159]
Slovakia
Slovak National Library (Slovenská národná knižnica)
Martin
[160]
Slovenia
Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica [National and University Library]
Ljubljana
[161]
Solomon Islands
National Library Service of the Solomon Islands
Honiara
[162]
Somalia
National Library of Somalia
Mogadishu
[163]
South... under the second word, with the exception below
South Africa
National Library of South Africa = Nasionale Biblioteek van Suid Afrika
Pretoria and Cape Town
[164]
Spain
Biblioteca Nacional de España
Madrid
[165]
*
• Catalonia
National Library of Catalonia (Biblioteca de Catalunya)
Barcelona
[166]
Sri Lanka
National Library of Sri Lanka
Colombo
[167]
Republika Srpska Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sudan
National Library of Sudan
Khartoum
[168]
Suriname
[No national library] [169]
Swaziland
Swaziland National Library Service
Mbabane
[170]
Sweden
National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket)
Stockholm
[171]
Switzerland
Swiss National Library (Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek = Bibliothèque nationale suisse = Biblioteca nazionale svizzera = Biblioteca naziunala svizra)
Berne
[172]
Syria
Al-Assad National Library
Damascus
[173]
[edit] T
Country
Library
City
Official website
Taiwan Other states
Tajikistan
Republican Firdoussi Library (Республиканская библиотека имени Фирдоуси)
Dushanbe
[174]
Tanzania
National Central Library / Tanzania Library Services Board = Bodi Ya Huduma Za Maktaba Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
[175]
Tatarstan Russia
Thailand
National Library of Thailand (หอสมุดแห่งชาติ)
Bangkok
[176]
Togo
National Library of Togo (Bibliothèque nationale du Togo)
Lomé
[177]
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
National Library and Information System
Port of Spain
[178]
Tunisia
National Library of Tunisia (Bibliothèque nationale de Tunisie
= المكتبة الوطنية التونسية)
Tunis
[179]
Turkey
National Library of Turkey (Milli Kütüphane)
Ankara
[180]
Turkmenistan
National Library of Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
[181]
Tuvalu
National Library and Archives of Tuvalu
Funafuti
[182]
[edit] U
Country
Library
City
Official website
Uganda
National Library of Uganda
Kampala
[183]
Ukraine
Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine (Національна бібліотека України імені В.І. Вернадського)
Kiev
[184]
United Arab Emirates
Cultural Foundation National Library
Abu Dhabi
[185]
United Kingdom
British Library
London and Boston Spa (Wetherby)
[186]
*
• Scotland
National Library of Scotland
Edinburgh
[187]
*
• Wales
National Library of Wales = Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
Aberystwyth
[188]
*
• Bermuda
Bermuda National Library
Hamilton
[189]
*
• Virgin Islands, British
Library Services Department
Road Town
[190]
*
• Isle of Man
National Library and Archives (Manx National Heritage)
Douglas
[191]
*
• Jersey
Jersey Library
Saint Helier
[192]
United States
Library of Congress (de facto)
Washington, D.C.
[193]
National Library of Medicine
Bethesda
[194]
National Agricultural Library
Beltsville
[195]
National Library of Education
Washington, D.C.
[196]
Uruguay
National Library of Uruguay (Biblioteca Nacional del Uruguay)
Montevideo
[197]
Uzbekistan
National Library of Uzbekistan
Tashkent
[198]
[edit] V
Country
Library
City
Official website
Vanuatu
National Library of Vanuatu
Port Vila
[199]
Vatican City
Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)
Vatican City
[200]
Venezuela
National Library of Venezuela (Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela)
Caracas
[201]
Vietnam
National Library of Vietnam
Hanoi
[202]
[edit] W
Country
Library
City
Official website
Wales United Kingdom
[edit] Y
Country
Library
City
Official website
Republic of Yemen
National Library of Yemen
Aden
[edit] Z
Country
Library
City
Official website
Zambia
Zambia Library Service
Lusaka
[203]
Zimbabwe
National Archives of Zimbabwe Library
Harare?
[204]
[edit] Other states
Country
Library
City
Official website
Abkhazia
I.G. Papaskir National Library of Abkhazia
Sukhumi
Kosovo
National and University Library of Kosovo (Biblioteka Kombëtare dhe Universitare e Kosovës)
Pristina
[205]
Northern Cyprus
National Library of Northern Cyprus (Milli Kütüphane)
Nicosia
[206]
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Bureau of International Exchange of Publications (also known as the National Central Library, 國家圖書館)
Taipei
[207]
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