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Merchant marine registered with the countries of the world
| Rank (total) | Country | Total (ships) | per Capita (ships per mio. pers.) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 9,879 | 37.01 | 2019 |
| 2 | Panama | 7,860 | 1,863.09 | 2019 |
| 3 | China | 5,594 | 4.00 | 2019 |
| 4 | Japan | 5,017 | 39.76 | 2019 |
| 5 | United States of America | 3,673 | 11.19 | 2019 |
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 3,537 | 64,742.28 | 2019 |
| 7 | Liberia | 3,496 | 707.47 | 2019 |
| 8 | Singapore | 3,433 | 601.90 | 2019 |
| 9 | Russia | 2,739 | 18.97 | 2019 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 2,701 | 359.78 | 2019 |
| 11 | Malta | 2,172 | 4,309.00 | 2019 |
| 12 | Korea (South) | 1,880 | 35.41 | 2019 |
| 13 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 1,868 | 17,522.47 | 2019 |
| 14 | Vietnam | 1,863 | 19.58 | 2018 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 1,748 | 53.65 | 2019 |
| 16 | India | 1,731 | 1.32 | 2019 |
| 17 | Philippines | 1,706 | 15.90 | 2019 |
| 18 | Norway | 1,576 | 294.70 | 2019 |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,426 | 21.38 | 2019 |
| 20 | Bahamas | 1,401 | 3,635.75 | 2019 |
| 21 | Italy | 1,353 | 22.44 | 2019 |
| 22 | Greece | 1,308 | 122.06 | 2019 |
| 23 | Turkey | 1,234 | 14.94 | 2019 |
| 24 | Netherlands | 1,217 | 70.16 | 2019 |
| 25 | Cyprus | 1,039 | 824.93 | 2019 |
| 26 | Brazil | 864 | 4.11 | 2019 |
| 27 | Thailand | 825 | 12.13 | 2019 |
| 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 810 | 7,323.16 | 2019 |
| 29 | Belize | 786 | 1,924.17 | 2019 |
| 30 | Iran | 785 | 9.45 | 2019 |
| 31 | Antigua and Barbuda | 780 | 8,070.26 | 2019 |
| 32 | Denmark | 682 | 117.29 | 2019 |
| 33 | Nigeria | 677 | 3.24 | 2019 |
| 34 | Canada | 669 | 17.80 | 2019 |
| 35 | Mexico | 637 | 5.03 | 2019 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 637 | 67.62 | 2019 |
| 37 | Portugal | 624 | 60.66 | 2019 |
| 38 | Germany | 609 | 7.33 | 2019 |
| 39 | Australia | 579 | 22.83 | 2019 |
| 40 | France | 552 | 8.51 | 2019 |
| 41 | Honduras | 527 | 57.54 | 2019 |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 518 | 65.56 | 2019 |
| 43 | Ukraine | 408 | 9.19 | 2019 |
| 44 | Togo | 405 | 53.80 | 2019 |
| 45 | Egypt | 393 | 3.97 | 2019 |
| 46 | Taiwan | 389 | 16.49 | 2019 |
| 47 | Bangladesh | 376 | 2.24 | 2019 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 374 | 10.93 | 2019 |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 369 | 1,280.57 | 2019 |
| 50 | Sweden | 360 | 35.02 | 2019 |
| 51 | Tanzania | 337 | 6.03 | 2019 |
| 52 | Croatia | 336 | 82.61 | 2019 |
| 53 | Azerbaijan | 305 | 30.43 | 2019 |
| 54 | Venezuela | 289 | 8.97 | 2019 |
| 55 | Mongolia | 271 | 84.95 | 2019 |
| 56 | Finland | 269 | 48.72 | 2019 |
| 57 | Cambodia | 268 | 17.53 | 2019 |
| 58 | Korea (North) | 264 | 10.35 | 2019 |
| 59 | Bahrain | 261 | 170.81 | 2019 |
| 60 | Tuvalu | 243 | 23,033.18 | 2019 |
| 61 | Gibraltar | 232 | 6,623.84 | 2019 |
| 62 | Comoros | 230 | 294.76 | 2019 |
| 63 | Chile | 221 | 11.57 | 2019 |
| 64 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 218 | 4,297.60 | 2019 |
| 65 | Cook Islands | 205 | 12,974.68 | 2019 |
| 66 | Palau | 203 | 12,112.17 | 2019 |
| 67 | Belgium | 201 | 17.54 | 2019 |
| 68 | Argentina | 192 | 4.27 | 2019 |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 171 | 19.55 | 2019 |
| 70 | Cayman Islands | 170 | 2,505.03 | 2019 |
| 71 | Kuwait | 154 | 34.67 | 2019 |
| 72 | Bermuda | 148 | 2,315.39 | 2019 |
| 73 | Poland | 144 | 3.75 | 2019 |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 143 | 230.64 | 2019 |
| 75 | Moldova | 142 | 45.37 | 2019 |
| 76 | Ecuador | 137 | 7.93 | 2019 |
| 77 | Qatar | 136 | 48.59 | 2019 |
| 78 | Barbados | 132 | 463.56 | 2019 |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 124 | 6.70 | 2019 |
| 80 | Romania | 120 | 6.20 | 2019 |
| 81 | Spain | 119 | 2.52 | 2019 |
| 82 | Colombia | 115 | 2.33 | 2019 |
| 83 | Algeria | 114 | 2.63 | 2019 |
| 84 | New Zealand | 113 | 22.69 | 2019 |
| 85 | Dominica | 108 | 1,490.68 | 2019 |
| 86 | Faroe Islands | 107 | 2,068.25 | 2019 |
| 87 | Paraguay | 106 | 14.82 | 2019 |
| 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 105 | 76.98 | 2019 |
| 89 | Brunei | 104 | 226.33 | 2019 |
| 90 | South Africa | 103 | 1.75 | 2019 |
| 91 | Peru | 98 | 3.05 | 2019 |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 97 | 4.45 | 2019 |
| 93 | Myanmar (Burma) | 95 | 1.76 | 2019 |
| 94 | Libya | 94 | 13.78 | 2019 |
| 95 | Ireland | 93 | 18.90 | 2019 |
| 96 | Kiribati | 89 | 762.21 | 2019 |
| 97 | Morocco | 86 | 2.46 | 2019 |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 83 | 11.90 | 2019 |
| 99 | Georgia | 82 | 20.41 | 2019 |
| 100 | Curacao | 74 | 466.40 | 2019 |
| 101 | Iraq | 73 | 1.87 | 2019 |
| 102 | Turkmenistan | 71 | 12.98 | 2019 |
| 103 | Estonia | 69 | 52.00 | 2019 |
| 104 | Albania | 68 | 23.82 | 2019 |
| 105 | Tunisia | 67 | 5.75 | 2019 |
| 106 | Fiji | 64 | 71.81 | 2019 |
| 107 | Maldives | 62 | 115.30 | 2019 |
| 108 | Niue | 61 | 33,098.21 | 2019 |
| 109 | Uruguay | 60 | 17.05 | 2019 |
| 110 | Latvia | 58 | 30.21 | 2019 |
| 110 | Lithuania | 58 | 20.76 | 2019 |
| 112 | Guyana | 56 | 75.17 | 2019 |
| 113 | Angola | 55 | 1.82 | 2019 |
| 113 | Lebanon | 55 | 9.51 | 2019 |
| 115 | Pakistan | 54 | 0.24 | 2019 |
| 116 | Cuba | 52 | 4.64 | 2019 |
| 117 | Oman | 51 | 11.04 | 2019 |
| 118 | Ghana | 48 | 1.59 | 2019 |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 44 | 79.93 | 2019 |
| 120 | Bolivia | 43 | 3.75 | 2019 |
| 121 | Israel | 40 | 4.42 | 2019 |
| 122 | Jamaica | 39 | 14.27 | 2019 |
| 122 | Micronesia | 39 | 370.63 | 2019 |
| 124 | Equatorial Guinea | 38 | 27.03 | 2019 |
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 37 | 3.57 | 2019 |
| 125 | Iceland | 37 | 102.62 | 2019 |
| 127 | Tonga | 36 | 359.78 | 2019 |
| 128 | Yemen | 34 | 1.16 | 2019 |
| 129 | Jordan | 32 | 3.07 | 2019 |
| 129 | Senegal | 32 | 1.97 | 2019 |
| 129 | Switzerland | 32 | 3.73 | 2019 |
| 132 | British Virgin Islands | 29 | 847.95 | 2019 |
| 132 | Cameroon | 29 | 1.19 | 2019 |
| 132 | Mozambique | 29 | 0.99 | 2019 |
| 135 | Gabon | 28 | 13.20 | 2019 |
| 135 | Madagascar | 28 | 1.08 | 2019 |
| 135 | Mauritius | 28 | 22.12 | 2019 |
| 138 | Seychelles | 25 | 256.08 | 2019 |
| 138 | Syria | 25 | 1.29 | 2019 |
| 140 | Kenya | 24 | 0.50 | 2019 |
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 23 | 31.88 | 2019 |
| 142 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 21 | 0.22 | 2019 |
| 143 | Djibouti | 20 | 20.49 | 2019 |
| 144 | New Caledonia | 19 | 70.01 | 2019 |
| 145 | French Polynesia | 17 | 60.76 | 2019 |
| 145 | Sudan | 17 | 0.42 | 2019 |
| 147 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 15 | 0.58 | 2019 |
| 147 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 15 | 72.83 | 2019 |
| 149 | Samoa | 13 | 64.72 | 2019 |
| 150 | Montenegro | 12 | 19.29 | 2019 |
| 150 | Namibia | 12 | 4.88 | 2019 |
| 152 | Congo (Republic) | 11 | 2.12 | 2019 |
| 152 | Costa Rica | 11 | 2.17 | 2019 |
| 152 | Ethiopia | 11 | 0.11 | 2019 |
| 155 | Suriname | 10 | 16.75 | 2019 |
| 156 | Eritrea | 9 | 1.49 | 2019 |
| 156 | Guatemala | 9 | 0.54 | 2019 |
| 158 | Gambia | 8 | 3.70 | 2019 |
| 158 | Greenland | 8 | 142.76 | 2019 |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 8 | 4.99 | 2019 |
| 158 | Slovenia | 8 | 3.83 | 2019 |
| 162 | Benin | 6 | 0.51 | 2019 |
| 162 | Grenada | 6 | 55.97 | 2019 |
| 162 | Nicaragua | 6 | 0.92 | 2019 |
| 165 | Mauritania | 5 | 1.23 | 2019 |
| 166 | Belarus | 4 | 0.42 | 2019 |
| 166 | Haiti | 4 | 0.37 | 2019 |
| 166 | Somalia | 4 | 0.29 | 2019 |
| 166 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4 | 93.13 | 2019 |
| 170 | Falkland Islands | 3 | 952.38 | 2019 |
| 170 | Guam | 3 | 17.84 | 2019 |
| 172 | Anguilla | 2 | 125.79 | 2019 |
| 172 | El Salvador | 2 | 0.30 | 2019 |
| 172 | Guinea | 2 | 0.16 | 2019 |
| 172 | Nauru | 2 | 175.95 | 2019 |
| 176 | East Timor | 1 | 0.78 | 2019 |
| 176 | Laos | 1 | 0.14 | 2019 |
| 176 | Macau | 1 | 1.49 | 2019 |
| 176 | Niger | 1 | 0.04 | 2019 |
| 176 | Northern Mariana Islands | 1 | 19.23 | 2018 |
| 176 | Uganda | 1 | 0.03 | 2017 |
| 176 | Zambia | 1 | 0.06 | 2017 |
| World | 94,980 | 12.51 | 2019 |
No information is available for non-listed countries.
Merchant marine includes all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all nonmilitary ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc. The given number includes the number of ships (1,000 GRT or over). GRT or gross register tonnage is a figure obtained by measuring the entire sheltered volume of a ship available for cargo and passengers and converting it to tons on the basis of 100 cubic feet per ton.
Source: CIA World Factbook (2020-05-14)