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Merchant marine registered with the countries of the world

Rank (total)	Country	Total (ships)	per Capita (ships per mio. pers.)	Date
1	Panama	6,413	1,880.27	2010
2	Liberia	2,771	751.95	2010
3	China	2,030	1.53	2010
4	Malta	1,650	4,056.34	2010
5	Hong Kong	1,644	231.89	2010
6	Singapore	1,599	340.14	2010
7	Marshall Islands	1,593	24,188.04	2010
8	Indonesia	1,340	5.52	2010
9	Antigua and Barbuda	1,257	14,489.25	2010
10	Bahamas	1,160	3,736.80	2010
11	Russia	1,143	8.20	2010
12	Greece	860	80.00	2010
13	Cyprus	838	759.97	2010
14	Korea (South)	786	16.16	2010
15	Netherlands	744	44.33	2010
16	Japan	684	5.39	2010
17	Italy	681	11.72	2010
18	Turkey	629	8.08	2010
19	Norway	585	125.10	2010
20	Vietnam	579	6.46	2010
21	Cambodia	544	36.87	2010
22	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	504	8.22	2010
23	Philippines	446	4.46	2010
24	Germany	427	5.19	2010
25	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	412	3,953.29	2010
26	United States of America	393	1.27	2010
27	Denmark	367	66.54	2010
28	Thailand	363	5.47	2010
29	India	340	0.29	2010
30	Isle of Man	321	4,173.55	2010
31	Malaysia	315	12.04	2010
32	Gibraltar	267	9,246.11	2010
33	Belize	247	785.32	2010
34	Sierra Leone	215	40.99	2010
35	Canada	181	5.36	2010
36	France	162	2.57	2010
37	Korea (North)	158	6.94	2010
38	Saint Kitts and Nevis	152	3,046.21	2010
39	Comoros	149	192.65	2010
40	Georgia	142	30.86	2010
41	Bermuda	139	2,036.09	2010
42	Sweden	135	14.88	2010
43	Ukraine	134	2.95	2010
44	Spain	132	3.26	2010
45	Moldova	121	28.03	2010
46	Cayman Islands	116	2,310.34	2010
47	Taiwan	112	4.86	2010
48	Barbados	109	381.58	2010
48	Brazil	109	0.54	2010
48	Portugal	109	10.15	2010
51	Finland	97	18.46	2010
52	Tanzania	94	2.24	2010
53	Azerbaijan	90	10.84	2010
54	Nigeria	89	0.58	2010
55	Honduras	88	11.01	2010
56	Belgium	87	8.35	2010
57	Croatia	77	17.16	2010
57	Kiribati	77	774.01	2010
57	Vanuatu	77	347.55	2010
60	Iran	76	1.13	2010
61	Saudi Arabia	72	2.47	2010
62	Egypt	67	0.83	2010
63	Monaco	64	2,092.46	2010
64	Bangladesh	62	0.39	2010
65	Togo	61	9.84	2010
65	United Arab Emirates	61	12.26	2010
67	Tuvalu	58	5,538.58	2010
68	Mongolia	57	18.47	2010
69	Venezuela	53	1.95	2010
70	Mexico	52	0.46	2010
71	Luxembourg	49	98.48	2010
72	Ecuador	44	2.97	2010
73	Dominica	43	590.55	2010
74	Chile	42	2.51	2010
75	Australia	41	1.91	2010
76	Algeria	38	1.10	2010
76	Lithuania	38	10.72	2010
76	Switzerland	38	4.98	2010
79	Faroe Islands	37	754.22	2010
80	Argentina	36	0.87	2010
81	Cook Islands	35	3,046.66	2010
82	Kuwait	34	12.19	2010
83	Ireland	31	7.29	2010
83	Papua New Guinea	31	5.11	2010
85	Lebanon	29	7.03	2010
85	Myanmar (Burma)	29	0.54	2010
87	Qatar	28	33.30	2010
88	Morocco	26	0.82	2010
89	Estonia	25	19.36	2010
90	Slovenia	24	11.98	2010
91	Libya	23	3.56	2010
92	Bulgaria	22	3.08	2010
92	Peru	22	0.74	2010
94	Sri Lanka	21	0.98	2010
95	Paraguay	19	2.98	2010
95	Syria	19	0.86	2010
97	Bolivia	18	1.81	2010
97	Maldives	18	45.49	2010
99	Albania	17	4.65	2010
100	Uruguay	16	4.56	2010
101	New Zealand	15	3.53	2010
102	Jamaica	14	4.92	2010
102	Jersey	14	152.49	2010
104	Cape Verde	13	25.56	2010
105	Colombia	12	0.27	2010
105	French Polynesia	12	41.24	2010
105	Jordan	12	1.87	2010
108	Fiji	11	11.48	2010
108	Kazakhstan	11	0.71	2010
108	Latvia	11	4.96	2010
108	Pakistan	11	0.06	2010
108	Slovakia	11	2.01	2010
108	Turkmenistan	11	2.23	2010
114	Guyana	10	13.36	2010
115	Brunei	9	22.78	2010
115	Poland	9	0.23	2010
115	Seychelles	9	101.88	2010
115	Tunisia	9	0.85	2010
119	Bahrain	8	10.84	2010
119	Ethiopia	8	0.09	2010
119	Israel	8	1.09	2010
122	Angola	7	0.54	2010
122	Tonga	7	57.11	2010
124	Equatorial Guinea	5	7.68	2010
124	Kenya	5	0.12	2010
124	Oman	5	1.68	2010
124	Romania	5	0.23	2010
124	Yemen	5	0.21	2010
129	Eritrea	4	0.69	2010
129	Gambia	4	2.19	2010
129	Ghana	4	0.16	2010
129	Mauritius	4	3.09	2010
129	Trinidad and Tobago	4	3.26	2010
134	Austria	3	0.37	2010
134	Cuba	3	0.26	2010
134	Micronesia	3	28.00	2010
134	New Caledonia	3	13.04	2010
134	São Tomé and Príncipe	3	17.06	2010
134	South Africa	3	0.06	2010
140	Gabon	2	1.29	2010
140	Iceland	2	6.47	2010
140	Iraq	2	0.07	2010
140	Montenegro	2	3.00	2010
140	Mozambique	2	0.09	2010
140	Samoa	2	10.42	2010
140	Sudan	2	0.05	2010
147	Congo (Democratic Republic)	1	0.01	2010
147	Congo (Republic)	1	0.24	2010
147	Costa Rica	1	0.22	2010
147	Czech Republic	1	0.10	2010
147	East Timor	1	0.87	2010
147	Greenland	1	17.35	2010
147	Madagascar	1	0.05	2010
147	Namibia	1	0.47	2010
147	Senegal	1	0.07	2010
147	Somalia	1	0.10	2008
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No information is available for non-listed countries.

Merchant marine includes all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all nonmilitary ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc. The given number includes the number of ships (1,000 GRT or over). GRT or gross register tonnage is a figure obtained by measuring the entire sheltered volume of a ship available for cargo and passengers and converting it to tons on the basis of 100 cubic feet per ton.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2012-10-10)