The CIA World Factbook Edition 2023 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 2023 edition carries it in 187 entries, in its Transportation section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2023 edition
- 187
- 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:
- 101,158 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 12,707, container ship 5,583, general cargo 19,647, oil tanker 11,396, other 51,825
Africa
41 entriesAlgeria
- total:
- 119 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 4, general cargo 11, oil tanker 14, other 89
Comoros
- total:
- 248 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 10, container ship 6, general cargo 108, oil tanker 38, other 86
Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 23 (2022)
- by type:
- general cargo 5, oil tanker 2, other 16
Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo
- total:
- 11 (2022)
- by type:
- general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 9
Djibouti
- total:
- 42 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 4, oil tanker 15, other 21
Egypt
- total:
- 436 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 15, container ship 6, general cargo 27, oil tanker 41, other 347
Liberia
- total:
- 4,311 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,673, container ship 962, general cargo 141, oil tanker 907, other 628
Sierra Leone
- total:
- 605 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 36, container ship 6, general cargo 325, oil tanker 104, other 134
Tanzania
- total:
- 322 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 9, general cargo 148, oil tanker 46, other 115
Togo
- total:
- 403 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 10, general cargo 254, oil tanker 57, other 81
Antarctic Region
1 entryArctic Region
2 entriesAsia
15 entriesBangladesh
- total:
- 511 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 56, container ship 10, general cargo 150, oil tanker 152, other 143
China
- total:
- 7,362 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,684, container ship 355, general cargo 1,164, oil tanker 1,133, other 3,026
India
- total:
- 1,810 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 65, container ship 23, general cargo 594, oil tanker 134, other 994
Japan
- total:
- 5,590 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 149, container ship 47, general cargo 2,071, oil tanker 690, other 2,633
Korea, North now North Korea
- total:
- 270 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 9, container ship 5, general cargo 193, oil tanker 33, other 30
Korea, South now South Korea
- total:
- 2,063 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 84, container ship 99, general cargo 358, oil tanker 200, other 1,322
Mongolia
- total:
- 314 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, container ship 6, general cargo 151, oil tanker 57, other 97
Russia
- total:
- 2,917 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 12, container ship 18, general cargo 987, oil tanker 392, other 1,508
Central America and the Caribbean
26 entriesAntigua and Barbuda
- total:
- 638 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 26, container ship 112, general cargo 443, oil tanker 4, other 53
Bahamas, The now The Bahamas
- total:
- 1,307 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 337, container ship 40, general cargo 63, oil tanker 213, other 654
Cayman Islands
- total:
- 139 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 29, container ship 3, general cargo 1, oil tanker 20, other 86
Dominican Republic
- total:
- 38 (2022)
- by type:
- container ship 1, general cargo 2, oil tanker 1, other 34
Panama
- total:
- 8,025 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2,690, container ship 662, general cargo 1,418, oil tanker 785, other 2,470
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- total:
- 282 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 9, container ship 11, general cargo 64, oil tanker 46, other 152
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- total:
- 832 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 32, container ship 17, general cargo 148, oil tanker 14, other 621
Virgin Islands
- total:
- 1,868 (2019)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 91, container ship 39, general cargo 1,205, oil tanker 118, other 415
Europe
35 entriesBelgium
- total:
- 199 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 18, container ship 3, general cargo 15, oil tanker 23, other 140
Denmark
- total:
- 731 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 13, container ship 137, general cargo 70, oil tanker 118, other 393
Finland
- total:
- 278 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 9, container ship 1, general cargo 74, oil tanker 5, other 189
France
- total:
- 549 (2022)
- by type:
- container ship 32, general cargo 49, oil tanker 26, other 442
note: includes Monaco
Germany
- total:
- 592 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 72, general cargo 79, oil tanker 34, other 406
Gibraltar
- total:
- 155 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 8, container ship 12, general cargo 36, oil tanker 16, other 83
Greece
- total:
- 1,234 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 146, container ship 5, general cargo 83, oil tanker 311, other 689
Italy
- total:
- 1,266 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 20, container ship 6, general cargo 107, oil tanker 102, other 1,031
Liechtenstein
- total:
- 20 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 16, general cargo 1, other 3 (includes Switzerland)
Luxembourg
- total:
- 149 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 27, oil tanker 3, other 114
Malta
- total:
- 2,047 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 545, container ship 312, general cargo 182, oil tanker 395, other 613
Moldova
- total:
- 126 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 5, container ship 2, general cargo 79, oil tanker 7, other 33
Netherlands
- total:
- 1,175 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 11, container ship 37, general cargo 543, oil tanker 26, other 558
Norway
- total:
- 1,710 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 105, container ship 1, general cargo 273, oil tanker 95, other 1,236
Portugal
- total:
- 820 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 103, container ship 290, general cargo 175, oil tanker 28, other 224
Switzerland
- total:
- 20 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 16, general cargo 1, other 3 (includes Liechtenstein)
Ukraine
- total:
- 410 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 84, oil tanker 15, other 309
United Kingdom
- total:
- 1,174 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 133, container ship 58, general cargo 97, oil tanker 73, other 813
Middle East
15 entriesCyprus
- total:
- 1,030 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 255, container ship 169, general cargo 200, oil tanker 61, other 345
Iran
- total:
- 942 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 32, container ship 31, general cargo 393, oil tanker 83, other 403
Qatar
- total:
- 123 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 6, container ship 4, general cargo 4, oil tanker 3, other 106
Saudi Arabia
- total:
- 413 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 6, container ship 1, general cargo 21, oil tanker 58, other 327
Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye
- total:
- 1,237 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 37, container ship 41, general cargo 288, oil tanker 130, other 741
United Arab Emirates
- total:
- 636 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 2, container ship 3, general cargo 121, oil tanker 16, other 494
North America
4 entriesCanada
- total:
- 689 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 21, container ship 1, general cargo 65, oil tanker 15, other 587
Mexico
- total:
- 669 (2022)
- by type:
- container ship 1, bulk carrier 5, general cargo 10, oil tanker 32, other 621
United States
- total:
- 178 (2022)
- by type:
bulk carrier 4, container ship 61, general cargo 19, oil tanker 65, other (roll on/roll off 29)
note - oceangoing self-propelled, cargo-carrying vessels of 1,000 gross tons and above
Oceania
20 entriesMarshall Islands
- total:
- 4,042 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,879 container ship 276, general cargo 62, oil tanker 1023, other 802
Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia
- total:
- 37 (2022)
- by type:
- general cargo 19, oil tanker 4, other 14
Niue
- total:
- 71 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 2, general cargo 29, oil tanker 4, other 32
Palau
- total:
- 304 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 29, container ship 6, general cargo 137, oil tanker 43, other 89
Papua New Guinea
- total:
- 199 (2022)
- by type:
- container ship 6, general cargo 87, oil tanker 3, other 103
Tuvalu
- total:
- 260 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 23, container ship 3, general cargo 39, oil tanker 24, other 171
Vanuatu
- total:
- 331 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 16, container ship 4, general cargo 87, oil tanker 2, other 222
South America
13 entriesArgentina
- total:
- 203 (2022)
- by type:
- container ship 1, bulk carrier 1 general cargo 8, oil tanker 33, other 160
Brazil
- total:
- 877 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 11, container ship 20, general cargo 40, oil tanker 27, other 779
Chile
- total:
- 239 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 4, container ship 5, general cargo 64, oil tanker 14, other 152
Paraguay
- total:
- 105 (2022)
- by type:
- container ship 2, general cargo 24, oil tanker 5, other 74
note: as of 2017, Paraguay registered 2,012 fluvial vessels of which 1,741 were commercial barges
Venezuela
- total:
- 272 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 3, container ship 1, general cargo 25, oil tanker 17, other 226
Southeast Asia
14 entriesBurma now Burma (Myanmar)
- total:
- 102 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1, general cargo 45, oil tanker 5, other 51
Hong Kong
- total:
- 2,661 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 1,135, container ship 558, general cargo 155, oil tanker 394, other 419
Indonesia
- total:
- 11,015 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 154, container ship 218, general cargo 2,310, oil tanker 700, other 7,633
Malaysia
- total:
- 1,790 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 14, container ship 33, general cargo 181, oil tanker 156, other 1,406
Philippines
- total:
- 1,853 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 59, container ship 43, general cargo 749, oil tanker 210, other 792
Singapore
- total:
- 3,227 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 574, container ship 542, general cargo 99, oil tanker 633, other 1,379
Taiwan
- total:
- 450 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 34, container ship 53, general cargo 58, oil tanker 34, other 271
Thailand
- total:
- 829 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 26, container ship 28, general cargo 91, oil tanker 246, other 438
Vietnam
- total:
- 1,975 (2022)
- by type:
- bulk carrier 116, container ship 42, general cargo 1,194, oil tanker 137, other 486
Cite this page
Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2023, “Merchant marine”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/merchant-marine/2023.