The CIA World Factbook Edition 2018 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 2018 edition carries it in 177 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2018 edition
- 177
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Merchant marine” (1990 to 2025).
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Entries with Merchant marine in each edition
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World
1 entryWorld
- total:
- 91,557 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 10872, container ship 5137, general cargo 19160, oil tanker 9995, other 46396 (2017)
Africa
42 entriesComoros
- total:
- 203 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 86, oil tanker 26, other 86 (2017)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 33 (2017)
- by type:
- general cargo 18, oil tanker 1, other 14 (2017)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 40 (2017)
- by type:
- general cargo 27, oil tanker 2, other 11 (2017)
Egypt
- total:
- 399 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 14, container ship 8, general cargo 33, oil tanker 36, other 308 (2017)
Equatorial Guinea
- total:
- 40 (2017)
- by type:
- container ship 1, general cargo 7, oil tanker 8, other 24 (2017)
Liberia
- total:
- 3,296 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 984, container ship 892, general cargo 120, oil tanker 750, other 550 (2017)
Sierra Leone
- total:
- 451 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 20, container ship 10, general cargo 252, oil tanker 59, other 110 (2017)
South Africa
- total:
- 82 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, general cargo 1, oil tanker 5, other 74 (2017)
Tanzania
- total:
- 279 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 10, container ship 9, general cargo 147, oil tanker 29, other 84 (2017)
Togo
- total:
- 308 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 11, container ship 3, general cargo 199, oil tanker 44, other 51 (2017)
Arctic Region
2 entriesAsia
15 entriesBangladesh
- total:
- 306 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 28, container ship 4, general cargo 75, oil tanker 110, other 89 (2017)
China
- total:
- 4,287 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1069, container ship 198, general cargo 697, oil tanker 480, other 1843 (2017)
India
- total:
- 1,674 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 74, container ship 20, general cargo 571, oil tanker 126, other 883 (2017)
Japan
- total:
- 5,289 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 150, container ship 20, general cargo 1963, oil tanker 714, other 2442 (2017)
Korea, North now North Korea
- total:
- 248 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 6, container ship 3, general cargo 184, oil tanker 25, other 30 (2017)
Korea, South now South Korea
- total:
- 1,907 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 100, container ship 89, general cargo 394, oil tanker 201, other 1123 (2017)
Maldives
- total:
- 66 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 27, oil tanker 14, other 23 (2017)
Mongolia
- total:
- 261 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 5, general cargo 101, oil tanker 67, other 80 (2017)
Russia
- total:
- 2,572 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 16, container ship 13, general cargo 874, oil tanker 411, other 1258 (2017)
Sri Lanka
- total:
- 82 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 1, general cargo 9, oil tanker 10, other 54 (2017)
Central America and the Caribbean
24 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- total:
- 964 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 36, container ship 238, general cargo 615, oil tanker 2, other 73 (2017)
Bahamas, The now The Bahamas
- total:
- 1,440 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 335, container ship 53, general cargo 98, oil tanker 284, other 670 (2017)
Belize
- total:
- 756 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 53, container ship 3, general cargo 373, oil tanker 55, other 272 (2017)
Cayman Islands
- total:
- 161 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 29, general cargo 4, oil tanker 16, other 112 (2017)
Honduras
- total:
- 552 (2017)
- by type:
- container ship 1, general cargo 250, oil tanker 90, other 211 (2017)
Jamaica
- total:
- 41 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, container ship 8, general cargo 11, other 19 (2017)
Panama
- total:
- 8,052 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2665, container ship 617, general cargo 1293, oil tanker 809, other 2668 (2017)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- total:
- 274 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 6, container ship 5, general cargo 58, oil tanker 60, other 145 (2017)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- total:
- 882 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 22, container ship 12, general cargo 198, oil tanker 17, other 633 (2017)
Europe
32 entriesBelgium
- total:
- 185 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 15, general cargo 15, oil tanker 20, other 135 (2017)
Croatia
- total:
- 288 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 17, general cargo 39, oil tanker 18, other 214 (2017)
Denmark
- total:
- 654 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 7, container ship 114, general cargo 77, oil tanker 75, other 381 (2017)
Faroe Islands
- total:
- 96 (2017)
- by type:
- container ship 2, general cargo 41, oil tanker 1, other 52 (2017)
Finland
- total:
- 267 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 7, container ship 1, general cargo 92, oil tanker 5, other 162 (2017)
France
- total:
- 555 (2017)
- by type:
- container ship 24, general cargo 72, oil tanker 28, other 431 (2017)
note: includes Monaco
Germany
- total:
- 614 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 117, general cargo 87, oil tanker 34, other 375 (2017)
Gibraltar
- total:
- 291 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 31, general cargo 116, oil tanker 20, other 116 (2017)
Greece
- total:
- 1,364 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 207, container ship 7, general cargo 127, oil tanker 423, other 600 (2017)
Italy
- total:
- 1,430 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 65, container ship 10, general cargo 145, oil tanker 135, other 1075 (2017)
Lithuania
- total:
- 60 (2017)
- by type:
- container ship 2, general cargo 27, oil tanker 2, other 29 (2017)
Luxembourg
- total:
- 152 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, container ship 21, general cargo 2, other 126 (2017)
Malta
- total:
- 2,170 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 660, container ship 285, general cargo 317, oil tanker 330, other 578 (2017)
Moldova
- total:
- 172 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 2, general cargo 130, oil tanker 8, other 27 (2017)
Netherlands
- total:
- 1,244 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 11, container ship 42, general cargo 597, oil tanker 15, other 579 (2017)
Norway
- total:
- 1,585 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 99, general cargo 240, oil tanker 80, other 1166 (2017)
Portugal
- total:
- 466 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 52, container ship 165, general cargo 57, oil tanker 7, other 185 (2017)
Switzerland
- total:
- 51 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 30, general cargo 12, oil tanker 1, other 8 (2017)
United Kingdom
- total:
- 1,551 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 117, container ship 112, general cargo 175, oil tanker 173, other 974 (2017)
Middle East
15 entriesBahrain
- total:
- 260 (2017)
- by type:
- container ship 3, general cargo 11, oil tanker 4, other 242 (2017)
Cyprus
- total:
- 1,022 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 307, container ship 183, general cargo 164, oil tanker 57, other 311 (2017)
Iran
- total:
- 739 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 32, container ship 28, general cargo 340, oil tanker 26, other 313 (2017)
Kuwait
- total:
- 161 (2017)
- by type:
- container ship 1, general cargo 18, oil tanker 27, other 115 (2017)
Lebanon
- total:
- 54 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 39, oil tanker 1, other 12 (2017)
Qatar
- total:
- 143 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 6, general cargo 5, oil tanker 6, other 118 (2017)
Saudi Arabia
- total:
- 357 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 1, general cargo 19, oil tanker 31, other 301 (2017)
Turkey now Turkiye
- total:
- 1,285 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 78, container ship 50, general cargo 432, oil tanker 121, other 604 (2017)
North America
4 entriesBermuda
- total:
- 160 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 10, container ship 8, general cargo 1, oil tanker 18, other 123 (2017)
Canada
- total:
- 639 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 16, container ship 1, general cargo 88, oil tanker 15, other 519 (2017)
United States
- total:
- 3,611 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 61, general cargo 114, oil tanker 66, other 3365 (2017)
Oceania
16 entriesAustralia
- total:
- 549 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, general cargo 83, oil tanker 10, other 452 (2017)
Cook Islands
- total:
- 218 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 27, container ship 5, general cargo 102, oil tanker 17, other 67 (2017)
Marshall Islands
- total:
- 3,199 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1263, container ship 260, general cargo 80, oil tanker 775, other 821 (2017)
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total:
- 88 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, general cargo 63, oil tanker 6, other 17 (2017)
Papua New Guinea
- total:
- 173 (2017)
- by type:
- container ship 8, general cargo 80, oil tanker 3, other 82 (2017)
Tonga
- total:
- 34 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 14, oil tanker 1, other 17 (2017)
Tuvalu
- total:
- 245 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 18, container ship 2, general cargo 36, oil tanker 27, other 162 (2017)
Vanuatu
- total:
- 421 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 22, container ship 1, general cargo 27, other 371 (2017)
South America
13 entriesArgentina
- total:
- 161 (2017)
- by type:
- container ship 1, general cargo 9, oil tanker 27, other 124 (2017)
Brazil
- total:
- 775 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 20, container ship 18, general cargo 48, oil tanker 38, other 651 (2017)
Chile
- total:
- 211 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 10, container ship 5, general cargo 54, oil tanker 12, other 130 (2017)
Paraguay
- total:
- 78
- by type:
- container ship 3, general cargo 22, oil tanker 6, other 47
note: as of 2017, Paraguay registered 2,012 fluvial vessels of which 1,741 were commercial barges
Venezuela
- total:
- 267 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 31, oil tanker 24, other 207 (2017)
Southeast Asia
13 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- total:
- 97 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, general cargo 43, oil tanker 5, other 48 (2017)
Cambodia
- total:
- 442 (2017)
- by type:
- container ship 3, general cargo 328, oil tanker 26, other 85 (2017)
Hong Kong
- total:
- 2,576 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1142, container ship 471, general cargo 226, oil tanker 346, other 391 (2017)
Indonesia
- total:
- 8,782 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 81, container ship 194, general cargo 2142, oil tanker 544, other 5821 (2017)
Malaysia
- total:
- 1,690 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 12, container ship 26, general cargo 188, oil tanker 129, other 1335 (2017)
Philippines
- total:
- 1,508 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 64, container ship 33, general cargo 627, oil tanker 184, other 600 (2017)
Singapore
- total:
- 3,558 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 592, container ship 504, general cargo 134, oil tanker 722, other 1606 (2017)
Taiwan
- total:
- 350 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 26, container ship 38, general cargo 59, oil tanker 24, other 203 (2017)
Thailand
- total:
- 781 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 25, container ship 23, general cargo 94, oil tanker 240, other 399 (2017)
Vietnam
- total:
- 1,818 (2017)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 81, container ship 34, general cargo 1259, oil tanker 109, other 335 (2017)
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2018, “Merchant marine”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/merchant-marine/2018.