A study was conducted to investigate the countries with the highest number of museums per million inhabitants. European countries came to the fore in the study, which was carried out based on UNESCO data.
Museums help future generations to understand their past by creating a common heritage of societies. The existence of museums in this respect is extremely important for social development.
Landgeist conducted a study to determine the number of museums per million inhabitants in the world. According to UNESCO’s 2020 data, it has published a map showing the distribution of the number of museums in the world with the population. According to the map, the countries with the most museums per million people in the world were determined.
The map of the countries with the most museums per capita has been published.
According to the UNESCO World Museums Report, there are an estimated 33,082 museums in the world. With the study by Landgeist, in Europe and North America the number of museums per million inhabitants is much higher than in other parts of the world; In the regions with the least number of museums, Africa and Asia turned out to be on the continent. Mongolia, Australia, New Zealand and Japan are among the countries where the number of museums per million people is quite high.
Top 10 countries with the most museums per million inhabitants:
- Niue
- Andorra
- San Marino
- Monaco
- Iceland
- Montenegro
- Georgia
- Malta
- Estonia
- Switzerland
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In the list of countries with at least the highest number of museums per million inhabitants, the top 10 are mostly small states. First on the list, Niue has only one museum, but has a low population stands out for. Andorra, another country with a low population and more museums per million inhabitants, is 25 museums with attention. Although there is no micro state, the first country with the highest number of museums per million inhabitants is Iceland, which ranks 5th in the list. Iceland has 68 museums. 1 museum per 192.6 million people falling. The United States, on the other hand, is the country with the most museums, with over 33 thousand museums. The USA is not at the top of the list due to its large population.