More importantly, how many of the purchased Bibles were actually read? My guess is that many more Bibles were sold than were actually read.
200,000
The Christian Bible has an estimated one hundred million sales annually. The majority of these sales are seen in the Western world, where the Bible is mass produced. Currently, there have been over six billion Bibles produced, and it is actively being translated into thirteen hundred new languages. The King James Version is the third most sold translation, with the New International Version in second place and the New Living Translation in first.
one billion bibles
Too many, There was an average of 60 Bibles sold every second in 2009. To address the question, it is not possible to know that, even if a database knew how many bibles have ever been sold, (none do), it would be impossible to know how many were destroyed, given as gifts, etc...
More importantly, how many of the purchased Bibles were actually read? My guess is that many more Bibles were sold than were actually read.
sorry not sure about america but around 4 million are sold around the world each year
200,000
113 bibles are sold per minute.....
Although many Bibles are given away freely, many are sold also. Considering that the estimated number of Bible sold/given away annually amounts to 4-6 times more copies that the next best sellers (Shakespeare, Guinness World Records, etc), IMHO it is the world's best seller. See link below:
The Christian Bible has an estimated one hundred million sales annually. The majority of these sales are seen in the Western world, where the Bible is mass produced. Currently, there have been over six billion Bibles produced, and it is actively being translated into thirteen hundred new languages. The King James Version is the third most sold translation, with the New International Version in second place and the New Living Translation in first.
one billion bibles
There have been reportedly 117000,000 binders being sold annually.
There is no way possible to know the exact number of Bibles that have been sold, in every single country, in all the years it has existed.
Too many, There was an average of 60 Bibles sold every second in 2009. To address the question, it is not possible to know that, even if a database knew how many bibles have ever been sold, (none do), it would be impossible to know how many were destroyed, given as gifts, etc...
Approximately 90 million Klondike bars are sold annually.
It is impossible to tell exactly how many Bibles were sold in the United States in any given year. However, it is estimated that at least 25 million are purchased each year.