Setting aside the quality and capacity of libraries, the indicator of access to public libraries in Iran is 4.28 libraries per 100 thousand people.
India, Russia, Italy, and Germany have the highest numbers of public libraries, and Russia, at 61.64, has the highest number relative to population.
Within the country, South Khorasan Province has the most public libraries relative to population, and Semnan and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad provinces rank next.
Although Tehran has the largest number of libraries and accounts for nearly 10 percent of the country's libraries, Alborz, Tehran, and Sistan and Baluchestan provinces are the least well-served in terms of access to public libraries.
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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian