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| Albania | total: 70 by type: general cargo 50, oil tanker 1, other 19 (2020) |
| Algeria | total: 114 by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 2, general cargo 11, oil tanker 11, other 89 (2020) |
| Angola | total: 54 by type: general cargo 14, oil tanker 8, other 32 (2020) |
| Anguilla | total: 2 by type: other 2 (2020) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | total: 727 by type: bulk carrier 27, container ship 135, general cargo 507, oil tanker 2, other 56 (2020) |
| Argentina | total: 199 by type: container ship 1, general cargo 8, oil tanker 32, other 158 (2020) |
| Australia | total: 581 by type: bulk carrier 3, general cargo 78, oil tanker 6, other 494 (2020) |
| Azerbaijan | total: 303 by type: general cargo 38, oil tanker 45, other 220 (2020) |
| Bahamas, The | total: 1,381 by type: bulk carrier 345, container ship 53, general cargo 70, oil tanker 240, other 673 (2020) |
| Bahrain | total: 234 by type: general cargo 11, oil tanker 4, other 219 (2020) |
| Bangladesh | total: 427 by type: bulk carrier 46, container ship 4, general cargo 118, oil tanker 142, other 117 (2020) |
| Barbados | total: 145 by type: bulk carrier 31, general cargo 100, other 14 (2020) |
| Belarus | total: 4 by type: other 4 (2020) |
| Belgium | total: 203 by type: bulk carrier 21, container ship 5, general cargo 16, oil tanker 25, other 136 (2020) |
| Belize | total: 790 by type: bulk carrier 50, container ship 4, general cargo 401, oil tanker 67, other 268 (2020) |
| Benin | total: 6 by type: other 6 (2020) |
| Bermuda | total: 138 by type: container ship 12, oil tanker 18, other 108 (2020) |
| Bolivia | total: 42 by type: general cargo 27, oil tanker 1, other 14 (2020) |
| Brazil | total: 875 by type: bulk carrier 12, container ship 18, general cargo 45, oil tanker 38, other 762 (2020) |
| British Virgin Islands | total: 31 by type: general cargo 4, other 27 (2020) |
| Brunei | total: 102 by type: general cargo 18, oil tanker 2, other 82 (2020) |
| Bulgaria | total: 81 by type: bulk carrier 5, general cargo 15, oil tanker 8, other 53 (2020) |
| Burma | total: 93 by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 37, oil tanker 5, other 49 (2020) |
| Cambodia | total: 257 by type: container ship 2, general cargo 170, oil tanker 19, other 66 (2020) |
| Cameroon | total: 61 by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 34, oil tanker 2, other 24 (2020) |
| Canada | total: 691 by type: bulk carrier 20, container ship 1, general cargo 76, oil tanker 15, other 579 (2020) |
| Cayman Islands | total: 163 by type: bulk carrier 31, general cargo 3, oil tanker 23, other 106 (2020) |
| Chile | total: 229 by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 5, general cargo 56, oil tanker 13, other 147 (2020) |
| China | total: 6,197 by type: bulk carrier 1,515, container ship 322, general cargo 862, oil tanker 968, other 2,530 (2020) |
| Colombia | total: 120 by type: general cargo 22, oil tanker 8, other 90 (2020) |
| Comoros | total: 244 by type: bulk carrier 7, container ship 9, general cargo 105, oil tanker 28, other 95 (2020) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total: 21 by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 2, other 15 (2020) |
| Congo, Republic of the | total: 11 by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 9 (2020) |
| Cook Islands | total: 204 by type: bulk carrier 22, container ship 1, general cargo 80, oil tanker 34, other 67 (2020) |
| Costa Rica | total: 10 by type: other 10 (2020) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | total: 25 by type: oil tanker 2, other 23 (2020) |
| Croatia | total: 343 by type: bulk carrier 14, general cargo 33, oil tanker 19, other 277 (2020) |
| Cuba | total: 55 by type: general cargo 12, oil tanker 6, other 37 (2020) |
| Curacao | total: 66 by type: general cargo 8, oil tanker 1, other 57 (2020) |
| Cyprus | total: 1,065 by type: bulk carrier 286, container ship 197, general cargo 190, oil tanker 49, other 343 (2020) |
| Denmark | total: 692 by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 148, general cargo 62, oil tanker 87, other 394 (2020) |
| Djibouti | total: 18 by type: general cargo 1, other 17 (2020) |
| Dominica | total: 98 by type: general cargo 28, oil tanker 22, other 48 (2020) |
| Dominican Republic | total: 38 by type: container ship 1, general cargo 2, oil tanker 1, other 34 (2020) |
| Ecuador | total: 147 by type: container ship 1, general cargo 7, oil tanker 29, other 110 (2020) |
| Egypt | total: 402 by type: bulk carrier 14, container ship 8, general cargo 28, oil tanker 37, other 315 (2020) |
| El Salvador | total: 2 by type: other 2 (2020) |
| Equatorial Guinea | total: 40 by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 8, oil tanker 6, other 25 (2020) |
| Eritrea | total: 9 by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 1, other 4 (2020) |
| Estonia | total: 67 by type: general cargo 2, oil tanker 5, other 60 (2020) |
| Ethiopia | total: 11 by type: general cargo 9, oil tanker 2 (2020) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | total: 2 by type: general cargo 1, other 1 (2020) |
| Faroe Islands | total: 100 by type: container ships 6, general cargo 46, oil tanker 1, other 47 (2020) |
| Fiji | total: 70 by type: general cargo 18, oil tanker 4, other 48 (2020) |
| Finland | total: 274 by type: bulk carrier 9, container ship 1, general cargo 77, oil tanker 4, other 183 (2020) |
| France | total: 545 by type: container ship 30, general cargo 50, oil tanker 28, other 437 (2020) note: includes Monaco |
| French Polynesia | total: 24 by type: general cargo 14, other 10 (2020) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands | total: 3 by type: other 3 (2020) |
| Gabon | total: 40 by type: general cargo 16, oil tanker 6, other 18 (2020) |
| Gambia, The | total: 8 by type: other 8 (2020) |
| Georgia | total: 81 by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 22, oil tanker 2, other 55 (2020) |
| Germany | total: 607 by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 84, general cargo 86, oil tanker 37, other 399 (2020) |
| Ghana | total: 50 by type: general cargo 6, oil tanker 3, other 41 (2020) |
| Gibraltar | total: 217 by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 24, general cargo 64, oil tanker 21, other 100 (2020) |
| Greece | total: 1,294 by type: bulk carrier 165, container ship 6, general cargo 95, oil tanker 379, other 649 (2020) |
| Greenland | total: 8 by type: other 8 (2020) |
| Grenada | total: 6 by type: general cargo 3, other 3 (2020) |
| Guam | total: 3 by type: other 3 (2020) |
| Guatemala | total: 8 by type: oil tanker 1, other 7 (2020) |
| Guinea | total: 2 by type: other 2 (2020) |
| Guinea-Bissau | total: 8 by type: general cargo 5, other 3 (2020) |
| Guyana | total: 58 by type: general cargo 28, oil tanker 7, other 23 (2020) |
| Haiti | total: 4 by type: general cargo 3, other 1 (2020) |
| Honduras | total: 514 by type: general cargo 246, oil tanker 83, other 185 (2020) |
| Hong Kong | total: 2,694 by type: bulk carrier 1,157, container ship 551, general cargo 188, oil tanker 372, other 426 (2020) |
| Hungary | total: 1 by type: other 1 (2020) |
| Iceland | total: 40 by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 2, other 33 (2020) |
| India | total: 1,768 by type: bulk carrier 63, container ship 23, general cargo 579, oil tanker 141, other 962 (2020) |
| Indonesia | total: 10,137 by type: bulk carrier 129, container ship 226, general cargo 2,213, oil tanker 643, other 6,926 (2020) |
| Iran | total: 877 by type: bulk carrier 32, container ship 26, general cargo 373, oil tanker 83, other 363 (2020) |
| Iraq | total: 68 by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 61 (2020) |
| Ireland | total: 95 by type: bulk carrier 11, general cargo 37, oil tanker 1, other 46 (2020) |
| Israel | total: 41 by type: container ship 6, general cargo 3, oil tanker 3, other 29 (2020) |
| Italy | total: 1,310 by type: bulk carrier 42, container ship 7, general cargo 114, oil tanker 107, other 1,040 (2020) |
| Jamaica | total: 46 by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 7, general cargo 8, oil tanker 1, other 29 (2020) |
| Japan | total: 5,041 by type: bulk carrier 161, container ship 43, general cargo 1,789, oil tanker 667, other 2,381 (2020) |
| Jordan | total: 35 by type: general cargo 7, oil tanker 1, other 27 (2020) |
| Kazakhstan | total: 128 by type: general cargo 3, oil tanker 8, other 117 (2020) |
| Kenya | total: 24 by type: oil tanker 2, other 22 (2020) |
| Kiribati | total: 87 by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 38, oil tanker 10, other 37 (2020) |
| Korea, North | total: 261 by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 5, general cargo 187, oil tanker 32, other 29 (2020) |
| Korea, South | total: 1,889 by type: bulk carrier 88, container ship 84, general cargo 357, oil tanker 187, other 1,173 (2020) |
| Kuwait | total: 159 by type: general cargo 15, oil tanker 24, other 120 (2020) |
| Laos | total: 1 by type: general cargo 1 (2020) |
| Latvia | total: 66 by type: general cargo 16, oil tanker 9, other 41 (2020) |
| Lebanon | total: 52 by type: bulk carrier 2, general cargo 37, oil tanker 1, other 12 (2020) |
| Liberia | total: 3,716 by type: bulk carrier 1,325, container ship 858, general cargo 141, oil tanker 820, other 572 (2020) |
| Libya | total: 94 by type: general cargo 2, oil tanker 12, other 80 (2020) |
| Liechtenstein | total: 28 by type: bulk carrier 21, general cargo 3, oil tanker 1, other 3 (includes Switzerland) (2020) |
| Lithuania | total: 61 by type: container ship 4, general cargo 23, oil tanker 2, other 32 (2020) |
| Luxembourg | total: 150 by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 21, oil tanker 3, other 121 (2020) |
| Macau | total: 1 by type: other 1 (2020) |
| Madagascar | total: 29 by type: general cargo 16, oil tanker 2, other 11 (2020) |
| Malaysia | total: 1,772 by type: bulk carrier 16, container ship 26, general cargo 179, oil tanker 153, other 1,398 (2020) |
| Maldives | total: 67 by type: general cargo 21, oil tanker 18, other 28 (2020) |
| Malta | total: 2,207 by type: bulk carrier 617, container ship 315, general cargo 240, oil tanker 422, other 613 (2020) |
| Marshall Islands | total: 3,683 by type: bulk carrier 1,647, container ship 249, general cargo 73, oil tanker 915, other 799 (2020) |
| Mauritania | total: 5 by type: general cargo 2, other 3 (2020) |
| Mauritius | total: 30 by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 5, other 24 (2020) |
| Mexico | total: 668 by type: bulk carrier 6, general cargo 10, oil tanker 34, other 618 (2020) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | total: 38 by type: general cargo 18, oil tanker 4, other 16 (2020) |
| Moldova | total: 127 by type: bulk carrier 5, container ship 5, general cargo 84, oil tanker 8, other 25 (2020) |
| Mongolia | total: 294 by type: bulk carrier 3, container ship 4, general cargo 113, oil tanker 70, other 104 (2020) |
| Montenegro | total: 16 by type: bulk carrier 4, other 12 (2020) |
| Morocco | total: 88 by type: container ship 7, general cargo 4, oil tanker 2, other 75 (2020) |
| Mozambique | total: 29 by type: general cargo 9, other 20 (2020) |
| Namibia | total: 14 by type: general cargo 1, other 13 (2020) |
| Nauru | total: 5 by type: oil tanker 2, other 3 (2020) |
| Netherlands | total: 1,200 by type: bulk carrier 10, container ship 45, general cargo 557, oil tanker 23, other 565 (2020) |
| New Caledonia | total: 26 by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 1, other 20 (2020) |
| New Zealand | total: 114 by type: container ship 1, general cargo 12, oil tanker 4, other 97 (2020) |
| Nicaragua | total: 5 by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 1, other 3 (2020) |
| Niger | total: 1 by type: general cargo 1 (2020) |
| Nigeria | total: 728 by type: general cargo 15, oil tanker 110, other 603 (2020) |
| Niue | total: 67 by type: bulk carrier 5, container ship 1, general cargo 25, oil tanker 3, other 33 (2020) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | total: 1 by type: other 1 (2019) |
| Norway | total: 1,619 by type: bulk carrier 102, general cargo 242, oil tanker 92, other 1,183 (2020) |
| Oman | total: 55 by type: general cargo 10, other 45 (2020) |
| Pakistan | total: 57 by type: bulk carrier 5, oil tanker 7, other 45 (2020) |
| Palau | total: 232 by type: bulk carrier 13, container ship 7, general cargo 104, oil tanker 25, other 83 (2020) |
| Panama | total: 7,886 by type: bulk carrier 2,604, container ship 615, general cargo 1,347, oil tanker 789, other 2,531 (2020) |
| Papua New Guinea | total: 175 by type: container ship 6, general cargo 80, oil tanker 3, other 86 (2020) |
| Paraguay | total: 110 by type: container ship 3, general cargo 25, oil tanker 5, other 77 (2020) note: as of 2017, Paraguay registered 2,012 fluvial vessels of which 1,741 were commercial barges |
| Peru | total: 97 by type: general cargo 1, oil tanker 10, other 86 (2020) |
| Philippines | total: 1,747 by type: bulk carrier 69, container ship 45, general cargo 682, oil tanker 203, other 748 (2020) |
| Poland | total: 142 by type: general cargo 6, oil tanker 7, other 129 (2020) |
| Portugal | total: 673 by type: bulk carrier 74, container ship 255, general cargo 122, oil tanker 23, other 199 (2020) |
| Qatar | total: 131 by type: bulk carrier 8, container ship 6, general cargo 5, oil tanker 5, other 107 (2020) |
| Romania | total: 120 by type: general cargo 11, oil tanker 7, other 102 (2020) |
| Russia | total: 2,808 by type: bulk carrier 15, container ship 16, general cargo 923, oil tanker 406, other 1,448 (2020) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | total: 218 by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 3, general cargo 35, oil tanker 52, other 124 (2020) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total: 813 by type: bulk carrier 22, container ship 17, general cargo 163, oil tanker 16, other 595 (2020) |
| Samoa | total: 12 by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 1, other 7 (2020) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | total: 17 by type: general cargo 12, other 5 (2020) |
| Saudi Arabia | total: 376 by type: bulk carrier 5, container ship 1, general cargo 22, oil tanker 61, other 287 (2020) |
| Senegal | total: 34 by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 1, other 29 (2020) |
| Seychelles | total: 26 by type: general cargo 4, oil tanker 6, other 16 (2020) |
| Sierra Leone | total: 557 by type: bulk carrier 31, container ship 12, general cargo 286, oil tanker 104, other 124 (2020) |
| Singapore | total: 3,420 by type: bulk carrier 570, container ship 497, general cargo 123, oil tanker 748, other 1,482 (2020) |
| Slovenia | total: 9 by type: other 9 (2020) |
| Solomon Islands | total: 24 by type: general cargo 8, oil tanker 1, other 15 (2020) |
| Somalia | total: 4 by type: general cargo 1, other 3 (2020) |
| South Africa | total: 103 by type: bulk carrier 3, general cargo 1, oil tanker 6, other 93 (2020) |
| Spain | total: 474 by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 36, oil tanker 25, other 412 (2020) |
| Sri Lanka | total: 96 by type: bulk carrier 6, container ship 1, general cargo 19, oil tanker 12, other 58 (2020) |
| Sudan | total: 15 by type: other 15 (2020) |
| Suriname | total: 10 by type: general cargo 5, oil tanker 3, other 2 (2020) |
| Sweden | total: 368 by type: general cargo 49, oil tanker 20, other 299 (2020) |
| Switzerland | total: 28 by type: bulk carrier 21, general cargo 3, oil tanker 1, other 3 (includes Liechtenstein) (2020) |
| Syria | total: 26 by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 11, other 14 (2020) |
| Taiwan | total: 407 by type: bulk carrier 36, container ship 49, general cargo 57, oil tanker 31, other 234 (2020) |
| Tanzania | total: 315 by type: bulk carrier 3, container ship 5, general cargo 156, oil tanker 45, other 106 (2020) |
| Thailand | total: 840 by type: bulk carrier 26, container ship 28, general cargo 87, oil tanker 257, other 442 (2020) |
| Togo | total: 415 by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 7, general cargo 271, oil tanker 49, other 84 (2020) |
| Tonga | total: 36 by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 4, general cargo 14, oil tanker 1, other 16 (2020) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | total: 103 by type: general cargo 1, other 102 (2020) |
| Tunisia | total: 69 by type: general cargo 9, oil tanker 1, other 59 (2020) |
| Turkey | total: 1,216 by type: bulk carrier 50, container ship 42, general cargo 338, oil tanker 121, other 665 (2020) |
| Turkmenistan | total: 68 by type: general cargo 6, oil tanker 8, other 54 (2020) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | total: 3 by type: general cargo 1, other 2 (2020) |
| Tuvalu | total: 246 by type: bulk carrier 20, container ship 3, general cargo 38, oil tanker 20, other 165 (2020) |
| Uganda | total: 1 by type: bulk carrier 1 (2019) |
| Ukraine | total: 409 by type: container ship 1, general cargo 85, oil tanker 15, other 308 (2020) |
| United Arab Emirates | total: 640 by type: container ship 3, general cargo 120, oil tanker 19, other 498 (2020) |
| United Kingdom | total: 1,304 by type: bulk carrier 147, container ship 59, general cargo 116, oil tanker 99, other 883 (2020) |
| United States | total: 3,652 by type: bulk carrier 5, container ship 63, general cargo 104, oil tanker 68, other 3,412 (2020) |
| Uruguay | total: 60 by type: container ship 1, general cargo 5, oil tanker 3, other 51 (2020) |
| Vanuatu | total: 345 by type: bulk carrier 23, container ship 1, general cargo 43, other 278 (2020) |
| Venezuela | total: 282 by type: bulk carrier 4, container ship 1, general cargo 26, oil tanker 21, other 230 (2020) |
| Vietnam | total: 1,909 by type: bulk carrier 102, container ship 40, general cargo 1,196, oil tanker 121, other 450 (2020) |
| Virgin Islands | total: 1,868 by type: bulk carrier 91, container ship 39, general cargo 1,205, oil tanker 118, other 415 (2019) |
| World | total: 98,140 by type: bulk carrier 11,965, container ship 5,371, general cargo 19,116, oil tanker 11,201, other 50,487 (2020) |
| Yemen | total: 33 by type: general cargo 2, oil tanker 4, other 27 (2020) |
| Zambia | total: 1 by type: other 1 (2019) |
Source: CIA Factbook
