The CIA World Factbook Edition 2020 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 2020 edition carries it in 183 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2020 edition
- 183
- 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:
- 94,980
- by type:
- bulk carrier 11,369, container ship 5,265, general cargo 18,614, oil tanker 10,619, other 49,113 (2019)
Africa
42 entriesComoros
- total:
- 230
- by type:
- bulk carrier 7, container ship 5, general cargo 109, oil tanker 27, other 82 (2019)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 21
- by type:
- general cargo 4, oil tanker 2, other 15 (2019)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 11
- by type:
- general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 9 (2019)
Egypt
- total:
- 393
- by type:
- bulk carrier 13, container ship 7, general cargo 28, oil tanker 36, other 309 (2019)
Liberia
- total:
- 3,496
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,161, container ship 854, general cargo 145, oil tanker 761, other 575 (2019)
Sierra Leone
- total:
- 518
- by type:
- bulk carrier 30, container ship 10, general cargo 263, oil tanker 95, other 120 (2019)
Tanzania
- total:
- 337
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 8, general cargo 173, oil tanker 44, other 108 (2019)
Togo
- total:
- 405
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 5, general cargo 266, oil tanker 50, other 79 (2019)
Arctic Region
2 entriesAsia
15 entriesBangladesh
- total:
- 376
- by type:
- bulk carrier 36, container ship 5, general cargo 97, oil tanker 136, other 102 (2019)
China
- total:
- 5,594
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,231, container ship 262, general cargo 846, oil tanker 777, other 2,478 (2019)
India
- total:
- 1,731
- by type:
- bulk carrier 67, container ship 25, general cargo 579, oil tanker 128, other 932 (2019)
Japan
- total:
- 5,017
- by type:
- bulk carrier 158, container ship 37, general cargo 1,767, oil tanker 661, other 2,394 (2019)
Korea, North now North Korea
- total:
- 264
- by type:
- bulk carrier 9, container ship 5, general cargo 188, oil tanker 33, other 29 (2019)
Korea, South now South Korea
- total:
- 1,880
- by type:
- bulk carrier 83, container ship 86, general cargo 368, oil tanker 187, other 1,156 (2019)
Mongolia
- total:
- 271
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, container ship 3, general cargo 100, oil tanker 72, other 94 (2019)
Russia
- total:
- 2,739
- by type:
- bulk carrier 16, container ship 13, general cargo 899, oil tanker 404, other 1,407 (2019)
Sri Lanka
- total:
- 97
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 1, general cargo 17, oil tanker 13, other 58 (2019)
Central America and the Caribbean
25 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- total:
- 780
- by type:
- bulk carrier 32, container ship 151, general cargo 534, oil tanker 2, other 61 (2019)
Bahamas, The now The Bahamas
- total:
- 1,401
- by type:
- bulk carrier 333, container ship 49, general cargo 78, oil tanker 268, other 673 (2019)
Belize
- total:
- 786
- by type:
- bulk carrier 56, container ship 4, general cargo 398, oil tanker 65, other 263 (2019)
Panama
- total:
- 7,860
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2,567, container ship 609, general cargo 1,325, oil tanker 798, other 2,561 (2019)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- total:
- 218
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, container ship 3, general cargo 31, oil tanker 51, other 130 (2019)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- total:
- 810
- by type:
- bulk carrier 19, container ship 12, general cargo 172, oil tanker 16, other 591 (2019)
Virgin Islands
- total:
- 1,868
- by type:
- bulk carrier 91, container ship 39, general cargo 1,205, oil tanker 118, other 415 (2019)
Europe
32 entriesDenmark
- total:
- 682
- by type:
- bulk carrier 7, container ship 149, general cargo 59, oil tanker 77, other 390 (2019)
Finland
- total:
- 269
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 1, general cargo 79, oil tanker 4, other 177 (2019)
France
- total:
- 552
- by type:
- bulk carrier 25, general cargo 53, oil tanker 29, other 445 (2019)
note: includes Monaco
Germany
- total:
- 609
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 87, general cargo 83, oil tanker 36, other 402 (2019)
Gibraltar
- total:
- 232
- by type:
- bulk carrier 10, container ship 24, general cargo 71, oil tanker 24, other 103 (2019)
Greece
- total:
- 1,308
- by type:
- bulk carrier 180, container ship 6, general cargo 95, oil tanker 375, other 652 (2019)
Italy
- total:
- 1,353
- by type:
- bulk carrier 48, container ship 9, general cargo 116, oil tanker 120, other 1,060 (2019)
Luxembourg
- total:
- 143
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 4, general cargo 14, oil tanker 3, other 118 (2019)
Malta
- total:
- 2,172
- by type:
- bulk carrier 637, container ship 268, general cargo 253, oil tanker 412, other 602 (2019)
Moldova
- total:
- 142
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 4, general cargo 98, oil tanker 8, other 28 (2019)
Netherlands
- total:
- 1,217
- by type:
- bulk carrier 13, container ship 43, general cargo 568, oil tanker 22, other 571 (2019)
Portugal
- total:
- 624
- by type:
- bulk carrier 65, container ship 249, general cargo 99, oil tanker 21, other 190 (2019)
Switzerland
- total:
- 32 includes Liechtenstein
- by type:
- bulk carrier 24, general cargo 4, oil tanker 1, other 3 (2019)
United Kingdom
- total:
- 1,426
- by type:
- bulk carrier 143, container ship 108, general cargo 125, oil tanker 137, other 913 (2019)
Middle East
15 entriesBahrain
- total:
- 261
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 11, oil tanker 4, other 244 (2019)
Cyprus
- total:
- 1,039
- by type:
- bulk carrier 304, container ship 190, general cargo 183, oil tanker 42, other 320 (2019)
Iran
- total:
- 785
- by type:
- bulk carrier 31, container ship 26, general cargo 361, oil tanker 17, other 350 (2019)
Lebanon
- total:
- 55
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, container ship 1, general cargo 39, oil tanker 1, other 12 (2019)
Qatar
- total:
- 136
- by type:
- bulk carrier 9, container ship 6, general cargo 5, oil tanker 7, other 109 (2019)
Saudi Arabia
- total:
- 374
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 1, general cargo 20, oil tanker 57, other 291 (2019)
Turkey now Turkiye
- total:
- 1,234
- by type:
- bulk carrier 57, container ship 54, general cargo 363, oil tanker 124, other 636 (2019)
United Arab Emirates
- total:
- 637
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, general cargo 113, oil tanker 17, other 505 (2019)
North America
4 entriesCanada
- total:
- 669
- by type:
- bulk carrier 18, container ship 1, general cargo 76, oil tanker 16, other 558 (2019)
United States
- total:
- 3,673
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 60, general cargo 104, oil tanker 68, other 3,436 (2019)
Oceania
20 entriesCook Islands
- total:
- 205
- by type:
- bulk carrier 21, container ship 3, general cargo 85, oil tanker 33, other 63 (2019)
Marshall Islands
- total:
- 3,537
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,537, container ship 257, general cargo 66, oil tanker 856, other 821 (2019)
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total:
- 39
- by type:
- general cargo 19, oil tanker 4, other 16 (2019)
Niue
- total:
- 61
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 29, oil tanker 2, other 25 (2019)
Palau
- total:
- 203
- by type:
- bulk carrier 9, container ship 11, general cargo 88, oil tanker 31, other 64 (2019)
Tuvalu
- total:
- 243
- by type:
- bulk carrier 20, container ship 3, general cargo 39, oil tanker 24, other 157 (2019)
South America
13 entriesBrazil
- total:
- 864
- by type:
- bulk carrier 12, container ship 17, general cargo 45, oil tanker 41, other 749 (2019)
Chile
- total:
- 221
- by type:
- bulk carrier 7, container ship 5, general cargo 51, oil tanker 14, other 144 (2019)
Paraguay
- total:
- 106
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, general cargo 24, oil tanker 5, other 74 (2019)
note: as of 2017, Paraguay registered 2,012 fluvial vessels of which 1,741 were commercial barges
Venezuela
- total:
- 289
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 27, oil tanker 23, other 234 (2019)
Southeast Asia
14 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- total:
- 95
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1general cargo 39, oil tanker 6, other 49 (2019)
Hong Kong
- total:
- 2,701
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,164, container ship 540, general cargo 201, oil tanker 377, other 419 (2019)
Indonesia
- total:
- 9,879
- by type:
- bulk carrier 109, container ship 217, general cargo 2,198, oil tanker 622, other 6,733 (2019)
Malaysia
- total:
- 1,748
- by type:
- bulk carrier 15, container ship 22, general cargo 176, oil tanker 140, other 1,395 (2019)
Philippines
- total:
- 1,706
- by type:
- bulk carrier 54, container ship 46, general cargo 685, oil tanker 197, other 724 (2019)
Singapore
- total:
- 3,433
- by type:
- bulk carrier 585, container ship 492, general cargo 130, oil tanker 724, other 1,502 (2019)
Taiwan
- total:
- 389
- by type:
- bulk carrier 30, container ship 47, general cargo 56, oil tanker 32, other 224 (2019)
Thailand
- total:
- 825
- by type:
- bulk carrier 27, container ship 27, general cargo 89, oil tanker 243, other 439 (2019)
Vietnam
- total:
- 1,863
- by type:
- bulk carrier 83, container ship 38, general cargo 1266, oil tanker 114, other 362 (2019)
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2020, “Merchant marine”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/merchant-marine/2020.