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How many pages is Demian?

Demian by Hermann Hesse has a median of 171 pages across 29 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 155 to 184 pages.

Median pages
171
29 editions counted
Range
109–237
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
47k
at 275 words per page

How long will Demian take you?

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Reading time
3 h 01 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

100150200250194019601980200020201923: 215 pages1948: 207 pages1958: 184 pages1960: 184 pages1965: 171 pages1965: 171 pages1965: 184 pages1968: 143 pages1968: 143 pages1969: 155 pages1970: 141 pages1976: 162 pages1981: 141 pages1989: 171 pages1989: 157 pages1993: 192 pages1995: 171 pages1995: 184 pages1995: 192 pages1997: 141 pages1999: 158 pages1999: 176 pages2000: 109 pages2002: 237 pages2002: 237 pages2010: 158 pages2013: 176 pages2021: 224 pages2022: 142 pagesmedian 171
100150200250195020001923: 215 pages1948: 207 pages1958: 184 pages1960: 184 pages1965: 171 pages1965: 171 pages1965: 184 pages1968: 143 pages1968: 143 pages1969: 155 pages1970: 141 pages1976: 162 pages1981: 141 pages1989: 171 pages1989: 157 pages1993: 192 pages1995: 171 pages1995: 184 pages1995: 192 pages1997: 141 pages1999: 158 pages1999: 176 pages2000: 109 pages2002: 237 pages2002: 237 pages2010: 158 pages2013: 176 pages2021: 224 pages2022: 142 pagesmedian 171
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 29 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 176 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2022Algora Publishing–142OL38544329M
2021Martino Fine Bookshardcover224OL36662693M
2013Penguin–176OL29666921M
2010MJF Books–158OL26341031M
2002Dover Publications–237OL23000520M
2002Dover PublicationsPaperback237OL7638560M
2000Dover PublicationsPaperback109OL7638255M
1999Perennial Classics–158OL21187812M

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Questions

How many pages is Demian?
About 171 pages: that is the median of 29 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 109 to 237 pages.
How long does it take to read Demian?
About 3 h 01 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Demian?
Roughly 47,000 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)).