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How many pages is Bible?

Bible by Bible has a median of 1,504 pages across 3215 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 1,120 to 1,984 pages.

Median pages
1,504
3215 editions counted
Range
673–3,200
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
29h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
414k
at 275 words per page

How long will Bible take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
28 h 58 min
At 30 min a day
58 days
At 1 hour a day
29 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

1,0001,500170018001611: 1,000 pages1637: 918 pages1676: 698 pages1678: 904 pages1695: 1,036 pages1696: 765 pages1699: 1,032 pages1700: 908 pages1715: 712 pages1735: 800 pages1738: 992 pages1739: 1,428 pages1743: 1,276 pages1752: 1,300 pages1762: 924 pages1762: 1,000 pages1763: 1,096 pages1765: 1,400 pages1772: 1,120 pages1773: 1,084 pages1782: 1,452 pages1783: 1,298 pages1789: 984 pages1789: 816 pages1790: 888 pages1791: 1,310 pages1791: 1,316 pages1792: 816 pages1792: 1,170 pages1792: 1,076 pages1792: 1,170 pages1793: 1,136 pages1793: 992 pages1793: 1,120 pages1793: 1,056 pages1793: 968 pages1793: 960 pages1794: 816 pages1796: 752 pages1796: 752 pages1796: 770 pages1797: 816 pages1797: 792 pages1798: 792 pages1799: 792 pages1800: 792 pages1800: 816 pages1801: 854 pages1802: 912 pages1802: 960 pages1803: 792 pages1804: 800 pages1805: 1,142 pages1805: 800 pages1805: 1,142 pages1805: 1,142 pages1807: 1,080 pages1809: 959 pages1809: 959 pages1810: 790 pages1811: 959 pages1811: 1,080 pages1812: 792 pages1812: 976 pages1812: 1,200 pages1813: 720 pages1814: 814 pages1815: 718 pages1815: 959 pages1815: 959 pages1815: 708 pages1815: 960 pages1815: 960 pages1815: 959 pages1815: 959 pages1816: 816 pages1816: 756 pages1816: 756 pages1816: 932 pages1816: 930 pages1816: 1,080 pages1817: 792 pages1817: 690 pages1818: 831 pages1818: 930 pages1818: 792 pages1818: 1,008 pages1819: 837 pages1819: 1,080 pages1820: 975 pages1821: 1,008 pages1823: 837 pages1823: 932 pages1823: 800 pages1823: 1,008 pages1823: 770 pages1824: 1,272 pages1824: 1,270 pages1826: 792 pages1827: 936 pages1827: 1,101 pages1828: 768 pages1828: 681 pages1828: 687 pages1828: 1,232 pages1828: 1,232 pages1828: 837 pages1829: 714 pages1829: 1,519 pages1829: 824 pages1829: 703 pages1829: 1,000 pages1829: 687 pages1829: 768 pages1830: 750 pages1830: 792 pages1830: 792 pages1830: 832 pages1831: 814 pages1831: 704 pages1831: 1,222 pages1831: 684 pages1831: 684 pages1832: 819 pages1833: 750 pages1833: 750 pages1833: 962 pages1833: 1,440 pages1834: 773 pages1834: 768 pages1834: 963 pages1834: 1,010 pages1834: 1,213 pages1834: 984 pages1834: 819 pages1835: 1,008 pages1835: 949 pages1835: 949 pages1835: 984 pages1835: 949 pages1836: 984 pages1836: 1,076 pages1836: 1,232 pages1836: 726 pages1836: 942 pages1836: 1,076 pages1837: 1,418 pages1837: 1,043 pages1838: 1,271 pages1838: 1,043 pages1839: 1,395 pages1839: 824 pages1839: 984 pages1839: 982 pages1839: 939 pages1840: 801 pages1840: 770 pages1840: 832 pages1840: 768 pages1840: 852 pages1840: 952 pages1842: 773 pages1842: 824 pages1842: 805 pages1843: 855 pages1843: 678 pages1843: 773 pages1844: 1,232 pages1844: 811 pages1844: 773 pages1844: 1,440 pages1844: 968 pages1845: 1,244 pages1845: 1,213 pages1846: 1,338 pages1846: 968 pages1846: 824 pages1847: 1,282 pages1847: 979 pages1847: 824 pages1847: 824 pages1848: 824 pages1848: 773 pages1848: 714 pages1849: 1,216 pages1849: 1,113 pages1849: 968 pages1849: 1,216 pages1850: 1,000 pages1850: 1,008 pages1850: 729 pages1850: 968 pages1850: 968 pages1851: 1,289 pages1851: 1,318 pages1851: 968 pages1851: 1,050 pages1852: 1,100 pages1852: 734 pages1852: 1,213 pages1853: 917 pages1853: 1,280 pages1854: 948 pages1854: 1,213 pages1854: 1,100 pages1854: 1,284 pages1854: 1,100 pages1855: 1,130 pages1855: 705 pages1856: 805 pages1856: 767 pages1856: 767 pages1856: 1,163 pages1856: 767 pages1857: 1,100 pages1857: 1,213 pages1857: 736 pages1857: 805 pages1857: 1,440 pages1857: 1,588 pages1857: 1,100 pages1858: 1,284 pages1858: 1,008 pages1858: 1,278 pages1858: 805 pages1859: 1,430 pages1859: 673 pages1859: 1,026 pages1859: 725 pages1860: 984 pages1861: 691 pages1862: 1,052 pages1862: 1,052 pages1863: 1,100 pages1863: 965 pages1865: 771 pages1866: 1,127 pages1866: 1,602 pages1866: 673 pages1866: 1,216 pages1866: 1,100 pages1866: 1,133 pages1867: 1,280 pages1867: 1,588 pages1867: 1,216 pages1868: 765 pages1868: 1,043 pages1868: 1,026 pages1868: 1,500 pages1869: 811 pages1869: 824 pages1869: 1,026 pages1869: 935 pages1870: 768 pages1870: 1,278 pages1870: 965 pages1870: 1,163 pages1870: 1,531 pages1870: 1,043 pages1871: 1,000 pages1871: 1,277 pages1872: 804 pages1872: 1,008 pages1873: 768 pages1873: 856 pages1874: 768 pages1875: 816 pages1875: 789 pages1875: 876 pages1875: 1,159 pages1876: 1,138 pages1876: 1,287 pages1876: 892 pages1877: 771 pages1877: 811 pages1877: 758 pages1877: 771 pages1878: 958 pages1878: 809 pages1879: 1,285 pages1880: 1,235 pages1880: 839 pages1880: 705 pages1881: 1,029 pages1883: 768 pages1884: 1,285 pages1885: 1,304 pages1885: 1,024 pages1885: 1,024 pages1885: 696 pages1885: 1,024 pages1885: 1,024 pages1885: 940 pages1885: 1,024 pages1885: 696 pages1885: 696 pages1885: 934 pages1886: 1,271 pages1886: 1,334 pages1886: 1,024 pagesmedian 1,504
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Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 2915 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover1,63640831 h 30 min
Paperback1,50825929 h 02 min

Editions counted

The 3215 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 187 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 6,114 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1886British and Foreign Bible Society–1,271OL53672915M
1886University Press–1,334OL14033612M
1886University Press–1,024OL37750821M
1885Houghton, Mifflin & Co.–1,304OL26320663M
1885At the University Press–1,024OL53100332M
1885At the University Press–1,024OL22889238M
1885University press–696OL6310492M
1885University Press–1,024OL2430149M

Questions

How many pages is Bible?
About 1,504 pages: that is the median of 3215 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 673 to 3,200 pages.
How long does it take to read Bible?
About 28 h 58 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 58 days.
How many words is Bible?
Roughly 414,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).