Libraries Statistics
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Number of libraries and service points and their evolution
Units: Number of libraries and service points

,2018,2016,2014,2012,2010,2008,2006,2004,2002,2000,1998,1996,1994,1992,1990,
Number of Libraries,
    National total,6,458,6,636,6,717,6,835,6,608,6,601,6,523,6,585,6,371,7,103,6,768,6,664,6,531,6,207,5,062,
    Andalucía,968,988,991,1,015,888,869,873,913,847,955,929,883,884,834,722,
    Aragón,320,324,328,346,366,374,356,319,319,350,333,331,318,292,255,
    Asturias, Principado de,134,163,162,164,162,159,147,143,133,148,150,155,156,145,132,
    Balears, Illes,133,146,152,178,178,184,163,177,62,178,193,190,188,190,106,
    Canarias,169,185,199,207,207,208,206,246,209,247,236,236,213,209,117,
    Cantabria,99,100,100,78,74,71,74,56,58,57,62,59,58,60,59,
    Castilla y León,517,523,532,516,457,453,442,454,459,512,496,489,500,496,467,
    Castilla-La Mancha,561,565,590,601,611,609,598,556,530,453,434,436,412,396,304,
    Cataluña,850,858,849,847,822,830,840,843,843,873,889,902,893,896,524,
    Comunidad Valenciana,594,598,633,656,610,624,625,689,681,657,652,649,636,550,509,
    Extremadura,481,483,481,501,497,501,473,470,467,469,410,389,354,321,261,
    Galicia,476,486,497,505,522,550,591,553,554,655,507,480,444,383,328,
    Madrid, Comunidad de,534,566,548,552,558,513,501,502,521,790,719,718,720,732,659,
    Murcia, Región de,100,112,110,118,120,129,126,136,153,139,132,126,137,131,114,
    Navarra, Comunidad Foral de,129,129,140,149,131,131,129,120,124,128,123,121,116,119,114,
    País Vasco,312,318,312,307,322,323,317,339,346,427,439,434,435,383,321,
    Rioja, La,62,68,72,72,64,51,36,39,36,36,36,35,35,39,41,
    Ceuta (*),11,15,13,16,12,14,16,30,29,29,28,31,32,31,29,
    Melilla (*),8,9,8,7,7,8,10,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,
Number of service points,
    National total,8,285,8,564,8,730,8,900,8,963,8,263,8,066,8,099,7,939,8,208,8,020,8,047,7,858,7,815,6,055,
    Andalucía,1,271,1,304,1,292,1,337,1,288,1,119,1,076,1,089,1,018,1,100,1,080,1,030,1,029,967,806,
    Aragón,378,386,390,405,436,439,422,380,374,375,380,469,382,365,319,
    Asturias, Principado de,197,209,205,208,248,188,197,191,200,175,184,210,194,180,168,
    Balears, Illes,188,222,243,255,312,230,210,195,71,193,211,201,199,202,109,
    Canarias,239,260,278,291,306,283,279,293,251,275,263,268,246,238,136,
    Cantabria,119,120,118,95,92,91,85,70,72,77,75,77,67,73,66,
    Castilla y León,654,654,678,656,607,603,574,656,608,659,709,694,712,697,650,
    Castilla-La Mancha,633,658,716,767,844,689,661,610,623,496,475,475,436,486,363,
    Cataluña,940,952,932,934,923,909,922,924,1,012,962,1,000,992,991,1,275,598,
    Comunidad Valenciana,758,800,867,874,847,765,746,813,832,785,770,750,746,635,577,
    Extremadura,530,510,515,534,573,533,480,496,482,493,442,414,426,340,289,
    Galicia,619,664,666,661,675,695,755,705,702,774,601,568,514,512,368,
    Madrid, Comunidad de,895,925,938,998,940,860,852,858,852,1,006,947,1,019,1,020,980,852,
    Murcia, Región de,199,212,207,200,200,208,185,199,212,161,184,177,215,222,200,
    Navarra, Comunidad Foral de,146,151,161,170,152,152,148,134,138,143,136,162,126,125,119,
    País Vasco,438,445,430,420,435,426,409,414,425,465,477,470,478,436,360,
    Rioja, La,62,68,72,72,65,51,39,41,38,38,56,39,42,47,42,
    Ceuta (*),11,15,14,16,12,14,16,31,29,31,30,32,35,35,33,
    Melilla (*),8,9,8,7,8,8,10,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,
Notes:
1) (*) From 1990 to 2004, the data for Melilla is included in Ceuta
Source: National Statistics Institute