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How many museums are there on Wikidata?

The following lists ranks the world's countries by the number of museum items on Wikidata. The list is updated automatically, about once a day, by User:ListeriaBot.

To be counted, the item has to:

• have a country (P17) statement
• have an instance of (P31) statement with a value that is instance of (P31) or subclass of (P279) of museum (Q33506).

See also more lists counting

• all GLAM types
• libraries
• archives

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This list is generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by a bot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!

country	museums
Italy	20531
Germany	9038
United States	7579
United Kingdom	6282
Japan	5512
Brazil	3397
France	3368
Spain	2844
Sweden	2679
Russia	1996
Austria	1904
Poland	1879
Finland	1653
Switzerland	1601
Netherlands	1586
Argentina	1452
Turkey	1343
Ukraine	1324
Czech Republic	1293
People's Republic of China	1130
Belgium	1042
Canada	980
Chile	967
Greece	939
Indonesia	809
Norway	708
Denmark	610
India	600
Australia	587
Portugal	564
Mexico	526
Taiwan	490
South Korea	479
Bulgaria	449
Israel	419
Hungary	412
Estonia	383
Romania	355
Uruguay	270
New Zealand	266
Serbia	256
Belarus	254
Latvia	221
Slovakia	219
Slovenia	211
Malaysia	201
Peru	196
Saudi Arabia	192
Nigeria	175
Iran	169
Ireland	168
Thailand	165
South Africa	158
Egypt	156
Colombia	154
Azerbaijan	147
Croatia	145
Armenia	140
Lithuania	139
Bangladesh	126
Georgia	122
North Macedonia	118
Philippines	117
Cameroon	107
Cuba	91
Tunisia	85
Morocco	79
Iceland	77
Bosnia and Herzegovina	72
Pakistan	72
Kazakhstan	70
Singapore	68
United Arab Emirates	64
Albania	64
Venezuela	63
Vietnam	61
Uganda	61
Uzbekistan	59
Luxembourg	58
Cyprus	51
Ecuador	50
Sri Lanka	45
Malta	45
Algeria	44
Syria	43
Lebanon	43
Palestine	42
Libya	42
Bolivia	40
Soviet Union	39
Jordan	37
Mongolia	36
Benin	35
Iraq	33
Moldova	33
Vatican City	31
North Korea	31
Kenya	30
Ghana	28
Costa Rica	27
San Marino	27
Myanmar	26
Jersey	25
Senegal	25
Yemen	25
Nepal	24
Suriname	23
Isle of Man	23
Greenland	23
Czechoslovakia	21
Namibia	20
Burkina Faso	20
Guernsey	20
Guatemala	20
Oman	19
Dominican Republic	18
Cambodia	18
Tanzania	18
Sudan	18
Russian Empire	18
Tajikistan	17
Chad	17
Rwanda	16
Curaçao	15
Paraguay	15
Democratic Republic of the Congo	15
Kyrgyzstan	15
Honduras	15
Panama	14
Liechtenstein	14
Ivory Coast	14
Northern Cyprus	14
El Salvador	14
Mauritius	13
Afghanistan	13
German Reich	13
Kuwait	12
Andorra	12
Zambia	12
Belize	11
Aruba	11
Ethiopia	11
Kosovo	11
Haiti	11
Puerto Rico	11
Austria-Hungary	11
Monaco	10
Guinea	10
Botswana	9
Republic of Artsakh	9
Wales	9
Zimbabwe	9
Madagascar	9
Qatar	9
Nicaragua	9
German Democratic Republic	8
The Gambia	8
Gaza Strip	8
Angola	7
Mozambique	7
Brunei	7
Jamaica	7
Montenegro	7
Malawi	7
The Bahamas	6
Turkmenistan	6
Kingdom of Prussia	6
Bermuda	6
Republic of the Congo	6
Laos	6
Hong Kong	6
Niger	5
Cape Verde	5
Republic of Abkhazia	5
Nazi Germany	5
Austrian Empire	5
Portuguese Empire	5
Korea under Japanese rule	5
Guinea-Bissau	5
Bahrain	4
Guyana	4
Trinidad and Tobago	4
Faroe Islands	4
Eswatini	4
Sierra Leone	4
Mali	4
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	4
Bhutan	4
Samoa	4
Bashkortostan	4
Liberia	3
German Empire	3
German Confederation	3
Barbados	3
Antigua and Barbuda	3
Togo	3
Burundi	3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3
Mauritania	3
Kingdom of the Netherlands	3
Second Polish Republic	3
Federated States of Micronesia	3
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	2
Fiji	2
Lesotho	2
Central African Republic	2
Cayman Islands	2
Oceania	2
Palau	2
Equatorial Guinea	2
West Bank	2
Donetsk People's Republic	2
Qing dynasty	2
Timor-Leste	2
Bonaire	2
Empire of Japan	2
Ukrainian People's Republic	2
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	2
Papua New Guinea	2
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic	2
Dutch East Indies	2
Niue	2
Guernsey	2
Vanuatu	2
Somaliland	2
Taiwan under Japanese rule	2
Holy Roman Empire	1
Confederation of the Rhine	1
Ryukyu Kingdom	1
Asia	1
São Tomé and Príncipe	1
Kurdistan	1
Kiribati	1
Kwara State	1
Transnistria	1
Palestine	1
Ottoman Empire	1
Sakha	1
Macau	1
Marshall Islands	1
Seychelles	1
Tonga	1
Prussia	1
British Columbia	1
Karelia	1
Principality of Serbia	1
Kingdom of Serbia	1
Russian Republic	1
Korean Empire	1
Saxony	1
Turks and Caicos Islands	1
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	1
Nauru	1
Solomon Islands	1
Cook Islands	1
Seneca Nation of Indians	1
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	1
Navajo Nation	1
Tulalip Tribes of Washington	1
Acoma Pueblo tribe	1
Gabon	1
United Kingdom of the Netherlands	1
Mongolian People's Republic	1
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	1
Korea	1
Canada	1
Budapest	1
Orvieto	1
South Ossetia	1
Confederate States of America	1
Kingdom of England	1
Kingdom of Great Britain	1
British Hong Kong	1
Eritrea	1
Somalia	1
Dominica	1
Maldives	1
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians	1
Grenada	1
Djibouti	1
Comoros	1
South Sudan	1
Colony of New Zealand	1

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