The CIA World Factbook Edition 2025, the latest with this field Transportation
Merchant marine In 36 editions of 36.
Merchant marine was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2025 edition carries it in 188 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2025 edition
- 188
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Merchant marine” (1990 to 2025).
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World
1 entryWorld
- total:
- 103,577 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 13,141, container ship 5,815, general cargo 19,918, oil tanker 11,604, other 53,099
Africa
40 entriesAlgeria
- total:
- 119 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 4, general cargo 11, oil tanker 14, other 89
Comoros
- total:
- 273 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 17, container ship 7, general cargo 125, oil tanker 36, other 88
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 24 (2023)
- by type:
- general cargo 5, oil tanker 2, other 17
Djibouti
- total:
- 40 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 4, oil tanker 13, other 21
Egypt
- total:
- 441 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 14, container ship 6, general cargo 23, oil tanker 42, other 356
Liberia
- total:
- 4,821 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,895, container ship 1,013, general cargo 170, oil tanker 1,038, other 705
Sierra Leone
- total:
- 584 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 33, container ship 8, general cargo 320, oil tanker 97, other 126
Tanzania
- total:
- 381 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 17, general cargo 170, oil tanker 58, other 132
Togo
- total:
- 397 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 10, general cargo 250, oil tanker 56, other 80
Antarctic Region
1 entryArctic Region
2 entriesAsia
15 entriesBangladesh
- total:
- 558 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 68, container ship 10, general cargo 170, oil tanker 162, other 148
China
- total:
- 8,314 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,831, container ship 419, general cargo 1,392, oil tanker 1,196, other 3,476
India
- total:
- 1,859 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 66, container ship 22, general cargo 607, oil tanker 144, other 1020
Japan
- total:
- 5,229 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 166, container ship 49, general cargo 1,893, oil tanker 666, other 2,455
Korea, North now North Korea
- total:
- 264 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 10, container ship 5, general cargo 191, oil tanker 29, other 29
Korea, South now South Korea
- total:
- 2,149 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 93, container ship 115, general cargo 362, oil tanker 219, other 1,360
Mongolia
- total:
- 318 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 8, general cargo 151, oil tanker 58, other 93
Russia
- total:
- 2,910 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 15, container ship 20, general cargo 976, oil tanker 387, other 1,512
Central America and the Caribbean
26 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- total:
- 614 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 24, container ship 109, general cargo 425, oil tanker 6, other 50
Bahamas, The now The Bahamas
- total:
- 1,274 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 345, container ship 39, general cargo 58, oil tanker 193, other 639
Cayman Islands
- total:
- 130 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 29, container ship 3, general cargo 1, oil tanker 20, other 77
Dominican Republic
- total:
- 40 (2023)
- by type:
- container ship 1, general cargo 2, oil tanker 1, other 36
Panama
- total:
- 8,174 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2732, container ship 671, general cargo 1,428, oil tanker 866, other 2,477
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- total:
- 341 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 22, container ship 16, general cargo 85, oil tanker 59, other 159
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- total:
- 830 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 30, container ship 18, general cargo 137, oil tanker 16, other 629
Europe
37 entriesBelgium
- total:
- 198 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 17, container ship 2, general cargo 16, oil tanker 21, other 142
Denmark
- total:
- 715 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 15, container ship 132, general cargo 69, oil tanker 107, other 392
France
- total:
- 553 (2023)
- by type:
- container ship 32, general cargo 48, oil tanker 25, other 448
note: includes Monaco
Germany
- total:
- 595 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 69, general cargo 82, oil tanker 32, other 411
Gibraltar
- total:
- 129 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 5, general cargo 31, oil tanker 16, other 69
Greece
- total:
- 1,215 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 132, container ship 4, general cargo 79, oil tanker 299, other 701
Isle of Man
- total:
- 269 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 102, container ship 6, general cargo 27, oil tanker 56, other 78
Italy
- total:
- 1,276 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 17, container ship 6, general cargo 109, oil tanker 95, other 1,049
Liechtenstein
- total:
- 17 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 14, general cargo 1, other 2 (includes Switzerland)
Luxembourg
- total:
- 147 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, container ship 1, general cargo 24, oil tanker 4, other 115
Malta
- total:
- 1,957 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 490, container ship 348, general cargo 152, oil tanker 354, other 613
Moldova
- total:
- 75 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 44, oil tanker 7, other 22
Netherlands
- total:
- 1,187 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 11, container ship 36, general cargo 521, oil tanker 27, other 592
Norway
- total:
- 1,720 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 109, container ship 1, general cargo 274, oil tanker 95, other 1,241
Portugal
- total:
- 888 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 110, container ship 299, general cargo 191, oil tanker 29, other 259
Switzerland
- total:
- 17 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 14, general cargo 1, other 2 (includes Liechtenstein)
United Kingdom
- total:
- 868 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 34, container ship 46, general cargo 62, oil tanker 13, other 713
note: includes Channel Islands (total fleet 2; general cargo 1, other 1); excludes Isle of Man
Middle East
15 entriesCyprus
- total:
- 1,005 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 243, container ship 154, general cargo 211, oil tanker 47, other 350
Iran
- total:
- 965 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 32, container ship 28, general cargo 398, oil tanker 86, other 421
Lebanon
- total:
- 51 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, container ship 1, general cargo 30, oil tanker 1, other 17
Qatar
- total:
- 123 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 4, general cargo 4, oil tanker 2, other 108
Saudi Arabia
- total:
- 433 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 9, container ship 1, general cargo 20, oil tanker 55, other 348
Syria
- total:
- 24 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 8, oil tanker 1, other 13
Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye
- total:
- 1,170 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 43, container ship 43, general cargo 223, oil tanker 134, other 727
United Arab Emirates
- total:
- 655 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, container ship 3, general cargo 122, oil tanker 16, other 512
North America
4 entriesCanada
- total:
- 716 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 22, container ship 1, general cargo 78, oil tanker 15, other 600
United States
- total:
- 3,533 (2023)
- by type:
bulk carrier 4, container ship 60, general cargo 96, oil tanker 68, other 3,305
note - oceangoing self-propelled, cargo-carrying vessels of 1,000 gross tons and above
Oceania
20 entriesMarshall Islands
- total:
- 4,180 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,939, container ship 277, general cargo 66, oil tanker 1039, other 859
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total:
- 38 (2023)
- by type:
- general cargo 17, oil tanker 4, other 17
Niue
- total:
- 70 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 2, general cargo 29, oil tanker 4, other 30
Palau
- total:
- 427 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 49, container ship 8, general cargo 200, oil tanker 52, other 118
Papua New Guinea
- total:
- 205 (2023)
- by type:
- container ship 6, general cargo 89, oil tanker 4, other 106
Tuvalu
- total:
- 270 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 21, container ship 3, general cargo 29, oil tanker 19, other 198
South America
13 entriesArgentina
- total:
- 201 (2023)
- by type:
- container ship 1, bulk carrier 1 general cargo 8, oil tanker 33, other 158
Brazil
- total:
- 888 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 13, container ship 20, general cargo 38, oil tanker 27, other 790
Chile
- total:
- 249 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, container ship 5, general cargo 66, oil tanker 14, other 161
Venezuela
- total:
- 272 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, container ship 1, general cargo 26, oil tanker 17, other 225
Southeast Asia
14 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- total:
- 101 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, general cargo 44, oil tanker 5, other 51
Hong Kong
- total:
- 2,537 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,047, container ship 560, general cargo 144, oil tanker 394, other 392
Indonesia
- total:
- 11,422 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 160, container ship 219, general cargo 2,347, oil tanker 714, other 7,982
Malaysia
- total:
- 1,750 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 14, container ship 35, general cargo 169, oil tanker 148, other 1,384
Philippines
- total:
- 2,203 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 52, container ship 43, general cargo 955, oil tanker 207, other 946
Singapore
- total:
- 3,202 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 591, container ship 604, general cargo 107, oil tanker 600, other 1,300
Taiwan
- total:
- 465 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 29, container ship 53, general cargo 58, oil tanker 35, other 290
Thailand
- total:
- 884 (2023)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 28, container ship 28, general cargo 88, oil tanker 251, other 489
Vietnam
- total:
- 1,973 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 117, container ship 45, general cargo 1,176, oil tanker 134, other 501
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2025, “Merchant marine”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/merchant-marine.