The CIA World Factbook Edition 2022 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 2022 edition carries it in 188 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2022 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:
- 98,202
- by type:
- bulk carrier 12,319, container ship 5,428, general cargo 18,993, oil tanker 11,243, other 50,219 (2021)
Africa
41 entriesAlgeria
- total:
- 114
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 2, general cargo 11, oil tanker 11, other 89 (2021)
Cameroon
- total:
- 94
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, container ship 1,general cargo 35, oil tanker 24, other 31 (2021)
Comoros
- total:
- 236
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 7, general cargo 112, oil tanker 31, other 78 (2021)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 22
- by type:
- general cargo 4, oil tanker 2, other 16 (2021)
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 11
- by type:
- general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 9 (2021)
Djibouti
- total:
- 33
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 2, oil tanker 8, other 21 (2021)
Egypt
- total:
- 421
- by type:
- bulk carrier 14, container ship 8, general cargo 27, oil tanker 40, other 332 (2021)
Liberia
- total:
- 3,942
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,487, container ship 878, general cargo 131, oil tanker 851, other 595 (2021)
Sierra Leone
- total:
- 591
- by type:
- bulk carrier 30, container ship 9, general cargo 319, oil tanker 108, other 125 (2021)
Tanzania
- total:
- 314
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 6, general cargo 144, oil tanker 49, other 111 (2021)
Togo
- total:
- 411
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 9, general cargo 265, oil tanker 56, other 80 (2021)
Antarctic Region
1 entryArctic Region
2 entriesAsia
15 entriesBangladesh
- total:
- 468
- by type:
- bulk carrier 48, container ship 6, general cargo 140, oil tanker 144, other 130 (2021)
China
- total:
- 6,662
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,558, container ship 341, general cargo 957, oil tanker 1,061, other 2,745 (2021)
India
- total:
- 1,801
- by type:
- bulk carrier 63, container ship 22, general cargo 587, oil tanker 136, other 993 (2021)
Japan
- total:
- 5,201
- by type:
- bulk carrier 148, container ship 45, general cargo 1,900, oil tanker 666, other 2,442 (2021)
Korea, North now North Korea
- total:
- 264
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 5, general cargo 189, oil tanker 33, other 29 (2021)
Korea, South now South Korea
- total:
- 1,904
- by type:
- bulk carrier 78, container ship 91, general cargo 360, oil tanker 184, other 1,191 (2021)
Mongolia
- total:
- 302
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 7, general cargo 131, oil tanker 64, other 96 (2021)
Russia
- total:
- 2,873
- by type:
- bulk carrier 13, container ship 17, general cargo 946, oil tanker 406, other 1,491 (2021)
Central America and the Caribbean
26 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- total:
- 677
- by type:
- bulk carrier 24, container ship 123, general cargo 473, oil tanker 2, other 55 (2021)
Bahamas, The now The Bahamas
- total:
- 1,323
- by type:
- bulk carrier 333, container ship 45, general cargo 64, oil tanker 224, other 657 (2021)
Belize
- total:
- 813
- by type:
- bulk carrier 54, container ship 1, general cargo 428, oil tanker 70, other 260 (2021)
Cayman Islands
- total:
- 160
- by type:
- bulk carrier 32, container ship 1, general cargo 1, oil tanker 23, other 103 (2021)
Dominican Republic
- total:
- 38
- by type:
- container ship 1, general cargo 2, oil tanker 1, other 34 (2021)
Jamaica
- total:
- 43
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 5, general cargo 9, oil tanker 1, other 27 (2021)
Panama
- total:
- 7,980
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2,697, container ship 643, general cargo 1,381, oil tanker 771, other 2,488 (2021)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- total:
- 244
- by type:
- bulk carrier 6, container ship 7, general cargo 45, oil tanker 53, other 133 (2021)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- total:
- 792
- by type:
- bulk carrier 27, container ship 17, general cargo 155, oil tanker 16, other 577 (2021)
Virgin Islands
- total:
- 1,868
- by type:
- bulk carrier 91, container ship 39, general cargo 1,205, oil tanker 118, other 415 (2019)
Europe
35 entriesBelgium
- total:
- 201
- by type:
- bulk carrier 19, container ship 7, general cargo 16, oil tanker 21, other 138 (2021)
Denmark
- total:
- 717
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 148, general cargo 68, oil tanker 105, other 388 (2021)
Finland
- total:
- 272
- by type:
- bulk carrier 9, container ship 1, general cargo 74, oil tanker 4, other 184 (2021)
France
- total:
- 548
- by type:
- container ship 29, general cargo 50, oil tanker 28, other 441 (2021)
note: includes Monaco
Gibraltar
- total:
- 202
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 19, general cargo 55, oil tanker 20, other 100 (2021)
Greece
- total:
- 1,236
- by type:
- bulk carrier 158, container ship 5, general cargo 89, oil tanker 337, other 647 (2021)
Italy
- total:
- 1,296
- by type:
- bulk carrier 36, container ship 7, general cargo 111, oil tanker 103, other 1,039 (2021)
Liechtenstein
- total:
- 20
- by type:
- bulk carrier 16, general cargo 1, other 3 (includes Switzerland) (2021)
Luxembourg
- total:
- 153
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 23, oil tanker 3, other 122 (2021)
Malta
- total:
- 2,137
- by type:
- bulk carrier 601, container ship 310, general cargo 218, oil tanker 412, other 596 (2021)
Moldova
- total:
- 147
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 5, general cargo 97, oil tanker 7, other 33 (2021)
Netherlands
- total:
- 1,199
- by type:
- bulk carrier 10, container ship 40, general cargo 559, oil tanker 26, other 564 (2021)
Norway
- total:
- 1,644
- by type:
- bulk carrier 109, container ship 1, general cargo 242, oil tanker 96, other 1,196 (2021)
Portugal
- total:
- 726
- by type:
- bulk carrier 86, container ship 267, general cargo 137, oil tanker 27, other 209 (2021)
Switzerland
- total:
- 20
- by type:
- bulk carrier 16, general cargo 1, other 3 (includes Liechtenstein) (2021)
Ukraine
- total:
- 409
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 84, oil tanker 15, other 308 (2021)
United Kingdom
- total:
- 1,249
- by type:
- bulk carrier 140, container ship 59, general cargo 109, oil tanker 84, other 857 (2021)
Middle East
15 entriesCyprus
- total:
- 1,051
- by type:
- bulk carrier 269, container ship 182, general cargo 197, oil tanker 59, other 344 (2021)
Iran
- total:
- 893
- by type:
- bulk carrier 32, container ship 31, general cargo 371, oil tanker 84, other 375 (2021)
Qatar
- total:
- 129
- by type:
- bulk carrier 9, container ship 4, general cargo 4, oil tanker 5, other 107 (2021)
Saudi Arabia
- total:
- 392
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 1, general cargo 21, oil tanker 58, other 307 (2021)
Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye
- total:
- 1,217
- by type:
- bulk carrier 39, container ship 41, general cargo 317, oil tanker 126, other 694 (2021)
United Arab Emirates
- total:
- 623
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 3, general cargo 117, oil tanker 19, other 483 (2021)
North America
4 entriesCanada
- total:
- 679
- by type:
- bulk carrier 22, container ship 1, general cargo 66, oil tanker 15, other 575 (2021)
Mexico
- total:
- 671
- by type:
- container ship 1, bulk carrier 4, general cargo 11, oil tanker 31, other 624 (2021)
United States
- total:
- 3,627
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 60, general cargo 103, oil tanker 69, other 3,391 (2021)
Oceania
21 entriesCook Islands
- total:
- 194
- by type:
- bulk carrier 19, container ship 1, general cargo 57, oil tanker 54, other 63 (2021)
Marshall Islands
- total:
- 3,817
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,733, container ship 248, general cargo 66, oil tanker 970, other 800 (2021)
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total:
- 38
- by type:
- general cargo 19, oil tanker 4, other 15 (2021)
Niue
- total:
- 69
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, container ship 2, general cargo 25, oil tanker 7, other 32 (2021)
Palau
- total:
- 264
- by type:
- bulk carrier 16, container ship 7, general cargo 107, oil tanker 40, other 94 (2021)
Papua New Guinea
- total:
- 177
- by type:
- container ship 6, general cargo 81, oil tanker 3, other 87 (2021)
Tuvalu
- total:
- 245
- by type:
- bulk carrier 22, container ship 3, general cargo 32, oil tanker 21, other 167 (2021)
Vanuatu
- total:
- 306
- by type:
- bulk carrier 18, container ship 2, general cargo 55, oil tanker 2, other 229 (2021)
South America
13 entriesArgentina
- total:
- 202
- by type:
- container ship 1,bulk carrier 1 general cargo 8, oil tanker 33, other 159 (2021)
Brazil
- total:
- 864
- by type:
- bulk carrier 11, container ship 19, general cargo 42, oil tanker 31, other 761 (2021)
Chile
- total:
- 231
- by type:
- bulk carrier 6, container ship 5, general cargo 58, oil tanker 14, other 148 (2021)
Paraguay
- total:
- 110
- by type:
- container ship 3, general cargo 25, oil tanker 5, other 77 (2021)
note: as of 2017, Paraguay registered 2,012 fluvial vessels of which 1,741 were commercial barges
Venezuela
- total:
- 281
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 26, oil tanker 18, other 232 (2021)
Southeast Asia
14 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- total:
- 95
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, general cargo 39, oil tanker 5, other 49 (2021)
Hong Kong
- total:
- 2,718
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,158, container ship 558, general cargo 184, oil tanker 388, other 430 (2021)
Indonesia
- total:
- 10,427
- by type:
- bulk carrier 148, container ship 226, general cargo 2,238, oil tanker 676, other 7,139 (2021)
Malaysia
- total:
- 1,769
- by type:
- bulk carrier 16, container ship 28, general cargo 174, oil tanker 153, other 1,398 (2021)
Philippines
- total:
- 1,805
- by type:
- bulk carrier 62, container ship 44, general cargo 716, oil tanker 205, other 778 (2021)
Singapore
- total:
- 3,321
- by type:
- bulk carrier 576, container ship 514, general cargo 113, oil tanker 699, other 1,419 (2021)
Taiwan
- total:
- 429
- by type:
- bulk carrier 37, container ship 49, general cargo 57, oil tanker 33, other 253 (2021)
Thailand
- total:
- 839
- by type:
- bulk carrier 26, container ship 27, general cargo 94, oil tanker 251, other 441 (2021)
Vietnam
- total:
- 1,926
- by type:
- bulk carrier 116, container ship 41, general cargo 1,193, oil tanker 125, other 451 (2021)
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2022, “Merchant marine”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/merchant-marine/2022.