0 billion+
Estimated copies printed
The best-selling and most widely distributed book of all time.
Debated
The story
No one can count exactly, but the most widely cited estimate — including by Guinness World Records — puts total Bibles printed at around 5 to 7 billion, making it the best-selling and most distributed book in history. Because much distribution is free and unrecorded, this is necessarily an estimate, not a tally.
How we count
An estimate (~5–7 billion). Exact sales/distribution figures cannot be verified.
Sources
See our full methodology on the How we count page.