Which county have the largest number of english book readers?
There isn’t really a clear-cut answer. The US and other English-speaking countries such as Canada, the UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand all have the same literacy rate (99.0%). The US however has the highest population, so it would seem only natural that they have the highest number of English readers but there doesn’t seem to be evidence to support that conclusion since basic literacy does not translate directly into numbers of books read. Out of all of these countries the US had by far the smallest percentage of daily readers and as far as book publication goes, the UK publishes more new books per year than the US which would seem to indicate a higher level of interest in books and reading in the population (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_publi… Having said that, both the US and UK export large numbers of books to other countries so this also doesn’t indicate which country has t
