The CIA World Factbook Edition 2019 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 2019 edition carries it in 178 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2019 edition
- 178
- 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:
- 92,647
- by type:
- bulk carrier 11,115, container ship 5,145, general cargo 19,128, oil tanker 10,252, other 47,007 (2018)
Africa
42 entriesComoros
- total:
- 218
- by type:
- bulk carrier 7, container ship 2, general cargo 102, oil tanker 29, other 78 (2018)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 27
- by type:
- general cargo 12, oil tanker 1, other 14 (2018)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 16
- by type:
- general cargo 3, oil tanker 2, other 11 (2018)
Egypt
- total:
- 389
- by type:
- bulk carrier 14, container ship 8, general cargo 33, oil tanker 36, other 298 (2018)
Equatorial Guinea
- total:
- 38
- by type:
- container ship 1, general cargo 7, oil tanker 6, other 24 (2018)
Liberia
- total:
- 3,321
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1086, container ship 834, general cargo 130, oil tanker 723, other 548 (2018)
Sierra Leone
- total:
- 469
- by type:
- bulk carrier 21, container ship 10, general cargo 255, oil tanker 68, other 115 (2018)
Tanzania
- total:
- 329
- by type:
- bulk carrier 6, container ship 9, general cargo 184, oil tanker 41, other 89 (2018)
Togo
- total:
- 327
- by type:
- bulk carrier 7, container ship 4, general cargo 215, oil tanker 42, other 59 (2018)
Arctic Region
2 entriesAsia
15 entriesBangladesh
- total:
- 329
- by type:
- bulk carrier 33, container ship 4, general cargo 77, oil tanker 122, other 93 (2018)
China
- total:
- 4,610
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1114, container ship 242, general cargo 741, oil tanker 503, other 2010 (2018)
India
- total:
- 1,719
- by type:
- bulk carrier 75, container ship 22, general cargo 582, oil tanker 133, other 907 (2018)
Japan
- total:
- 5,299
- by type:
- bulk carrier 158, container ship 29, general cargo 1942, oil tanker 703, other 2467 (2018)
Korea, North now North Korea
- total:
- 274
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 5, general cargo 198, oil tanker 31, other 32 (2018)
Korea, South now South Korea
- total:
- 1,897
- by type:
- bulk carrier 95, container ship 86, general cargo 379, oil tanker 196, other 1141 (2018)
Mongolia
- total:
- 265
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 3, general cargo 107, oil tanker 68, other 83 (2018)
Russia
- total:
- 2,625
- by type:
- bulk carrier 15, container ship 13, general cargo 879, oil tanker 411, other 1307 (2018)
Sri Lanka
- total:
- 87
- by type:
- bulk carrier 9, container ship 1, general cargo 11, oil tanker 11, other 55 (2018)
Central America and the Caribbean
24 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- total:
- 853
- by type:
- bulk carrier 33, container ship 189, general cargo 562, oil tanker 2, other 67 (2018)
Bahamas, The now The Bahamas
- total:
- 1,418
- by type:
- bulk carrier 328, container ship 49, general cargo 96, oil tanker 271, other 674 (2018)
Belize
- total:
- 764
- by type:
- bulk carrier 54, container ship 4, general cargo 383, oil tanker 57, other 266 (2018)
Jamaica
- total:
- 43
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 8, general cargo 10, oil tanker 1, other 23 (2018)
Panama
- total:
- 7,914
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2585, container ship 590, general cargo 1327, oil tanker 808, other 2604 (2018)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- total:
- 240
- by type:
- bulk carrier 6, container ship 5, general cargo 44, oil tanker 55, other 130 (2018)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- total:
- 889
- by type:
- bulk carrier 22, container ship 14, general cargo 184, oil tanker 17, other 652 (2018)
Europe
32 entriesDenmark
- total:
- 668
- by type:
- bulk carrier 7, container ship 123, general cargo 77, oil tanker 75, other 386 (2018)
Finland
- total:
- 259
- by type:
- bulk carrier 7, container ship 1, general cargo 88, oil tanker 4, other 159 (2018)
France
- total:
- 555
- by type:
- container ship 24, general cargo 73, oil tanker 29, other 429 (2018)
note: includes Monaco
Germany
- total:
- 629
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 107, general cargo 92, oil tanker 36, other 393 (2018)
Gibraltar
- total:
- 250
- by type:
- bulk carrier 11, container ship 26, general cargo 81, oil tanker 27, other 105 (2018)
Greece
- total:
- 1,343
- by type:
- bulk carrier 191, container ship 6, general cargo 136, oil tanker 405, other 605 (2018)
Italy
- total:
- 1,405
- by type:
- bulk carrier 59, container ship 10, general cargo 142, oil tanker 128, other 1066 (2018)
Luxembourg
- total:
- 152
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 9, general cargo 6, oil tanker 2, other 131 (2018)
Malta
- total:
- 2,205
- by type:
- bulk carrier 645, container ship 283, general cargo 288, oil tanker 391, other 598 (2018)
Moldova
- total:
- 151
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, container ship 3, general cargo 113, oil tanker 8, other 24 (2018)
Netherlands
- total:
- 1,233
- by type:
- bulk carrier 13, container ship 41, general cargo 586, oil tanker 21, other 572 (2018)
Poland
- total:
- 148
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 13, oil tanker 7, other 126 (2018)
Portugal
- total:
- 576
- by type:
- bulk carrier 68, container ship 236, general cargo 84, oil tanker 11, other 177 (2018)
Switzerland
- total:
- 30 includes Liechtenstein
- by type:
- bulk carrier 24, general cargo 4, oil tanker 2 (2019)
United Kingdom
- total:
- 1,570
- by type:
- bulk carrier 129, container ship 109, general cargo 162, oil tanker 177, other 993 (2018)
Middle East
15 entriesBahrain
- total:
- 259
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 12, oil tanker 4, other 241 (2018)
Cyprus
- total:
- 1,020
- by type:
- bulk carrier 311, container ship 184, general cargo 177, oil tanker 51, other 297 (2018)
Iran
- total:
- 720
- by type:
- bulk carrier 31, container ship 25, general cargo 336, oil tanker 17, other 311 (2018)
Lebanon
- total:
- 55
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 40, oil tanker 1, other 12 (2018)
Qatar
- total:
- 140
- by type:
- bulk carrier 10, container ship 5, general cargo 6, oil tanker 7, other 112 (2018)
Saudi Arabia
- total:
- 380
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 1, general cargo 19, oil tanker 65, other 290 (2018)
Turkey now Turkiye
- total:
- 1,277
- by type:
- bulk carrier 61, container ship 70, general cargo 305, oil tanker 139, other 702 (2018)
United Arab Emirates
- total:
- 616
- by type:
- container ship 2, general cargo 103, oil tanker 22, other 489 (2018)
North America
4 entriesBermuda
- total:
- 160
- by type:
- bulk carrier 6, container ship 11, general cargo 1, oil tanker 19, other 123 (2018)
Canada
- total:
- 657
- by type:
- bulk carrier 17, container ship 1, general cargo 91, oil tanker 17, other 531 (2018)
United States
- total:
- 3,692
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 61, general cargo 115, oil tanker 71, other 3440 (2018)
Oceania
17 entriesCook Islands
- total:
- 215
- by type:
- bulk carrier 23, container ship 5, general cargo 91, oil tanker 25, other 71 (2018)
Marshall Islands
- total:
- 3,419
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1437, container ship 256, general cargo 68, oil tanker 837, other 821 (2018)
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total:
- 63
- by type:
- general cargo 40, oil tanker 6, other 17 (2018)
Papua New Guinea
- total:
- 173
- by type:
- container ship 7, general cargo 79, oil tanker 3, other 84 (2018)
Tonga
- total:
- 33
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 15, oil tanker 1, other 15 (2018)
Tuvalu
- total:
- 254
- by type:
- bulk carrier 24, container ship 1, general cargo 41, oil tanker 25, other 163 (2018)
South America
13 entriesBrazil
- total:
- 791
- by type:
- bulk carrier 13, container ship 15, general cargo 47, oil tanker 38, other 678 (2018)
Chile
- total:
- 222
- by type:
- bulk carrier 9, container ship 5, general cargo 58, oil tanker 15, other 135 (2018)
Paraguay
- total:
- 80
- by type:
- container ship 3, general cargo 23, oil tanker 6, other 48 (2018)
note: as of 2017, Paraguay registered 2,012 fluvial vessels of which 1,741 were commercial barges
Venezuela
- total:
- 269
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 30, oil tanker 26, other 208 (2018)
Southeast Asia
13 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- total:
- 95
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, general cargo 41, oil tanker 5, other 48 (2018)
Hong Kong
- total:
- 2,615
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1143, container ship 499, general cargo 217, oil tanker 355, other 401 (2018)
Indonesia
- total:
- 9,053
- by type:
- bulk carrier 97, container ship 205, general cargo 2203, oil tanker 567, other 5981 (2018)
Malaysia
- total:
- 1,704
- by type:
- bulk carrier 15, container ship 22, general cargo 182, oil tanker 137, other 1348 (2018)
Philippines
- total:
- 1,615
- by type:
- bulk carrier 58, container ship 43, general cargo 654, oil tanker 191, other 669 (2018)
Singapore
- total:
- 3,526
- by type:
- bulk carrier 603, container ship 490, general cargo 132, oil tanker 732, other 1,569 (2018)
Taiwan
- total:
- 267
- by type:
- bulk carrier 18, container ship 59, general cargo 60, oil tanker 19, other 111 (2018)
Thailand
- total:
- 807
- by type:
- bulk carrier 27, container ship 25, general cargo 91, oil tanker 241, other 423 (2018)
Vietnam
- total:
- 1,863
- by type:
- bulk carrier 83, container ship 38, general cargo 1266, oil tanker 114, other 362 (2018)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2019, “Merchant marine”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/merchant-marine/2019.