Merchant Marine of the World - statistics and charts as map, diagram and table

Rank (total)	Country	Merchant Marine (ships)	per Capita (ships per mio. pers.)	Date
1	Panama	6,323	1,920.31	2008
2	Liberia	2,204	660.95	2008
3	China	1,826	1.37	2008
4	Malta	1,438	3,563.53	2008
5	Singapore	1,292	280.37	2008
6	Bahamas	1,223	3,977.87	2008
7	Antigua & Barbuda	1,146	16,408.46	2008
8	Hong Kong	1,114	158.72	2008
9	Russia	1,074	7.63	2008
10	Marshall Islands	1,049	16,604.93	2008
11	Indonesia	971	4.09	2008
12	Greece	869	81.04	2008
13	Cyprus	858	1,082.51	2008
14	Korea (South)	812	16.49	2008
15	Norway	688	148.13	2008
16	Japan	683	5.37	2008
17	Cambodia	626	43.96	2008
18	Netherlands	622	37.37	2008
19	Turkey	612	8.51	2008
20	Italy	609	10.47	2008
21	Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	525	4,432.92	2008
22	Great Britain & Northern Ireland	518	8.50	2008
23	India	501	0.44	2008
24	United States of America	422	1.39	2008
25	Thailand	398	6.08	2008
26	Germany	393	4.77	2008
27	Philippines	391	4.22	2008
28	Vietnam	387	4.49	2008
29	Denmark	327	59.62	2008
30	Malaysia	306	12.11	2008
31	Man, Isle of	273	3,581.74	2008
32	Gibraltar	240	8,570.82	2008
33	Belize	216	716.96	2008
34	Sweden	195	21.56	2008
35	Georgia	191	41.25	2008
36	Ukraine	189	4.11	2008
37	Sierra Leone	182	28.91	2008
38	Canada	175	5.27	2008
39	Korea (North)	167	7.11	2008
40	Saint Kitts & Nevis	159	4,013.23	2008
41	Spain	158	3.90	2008
42	Netherlands Antilles	147	652.26	2008
43	France	138	2.22	2008
44	Bermuda	137	2,059.04	2008
45	Brazil	136	0.71	2008
45	Comoros	136	185.85	2008
47	Honduras	123	16.10	2008
48	Portugal	117	10.96	2008
49	Cayman Islands	109	2,277.38	2008
50	Taiwan (Rep. of China)	102	4.45	2008
51	Finland	98	18.69	2008
52	Azerbaijan	89	10.88	2008
53	Barbados	85	301.45	2008
54	Croatia	80	17.81	2008
54	Tuvalu	80	6,569.76	2008
56	Belgium	79	7.59	2008
57	Mongolia	77	25.70	2008
57	Syria	77	3.90	2008
59	Bulgaria	74	10.19	2008
59	Iran	74	1.12	2008
61	Monaco	70	2,134.41	2008
62	Nigeria	68	0.49	2008
63	Egypt	67	0.82	2008
64	Saudi Arabia	62	2.20	2008
64	Venezuela	62	2.35	2008
66	United Arab Emirates	58	12.55	2008
67	Mexico	55	0.50	2008
68	Vanuatu	54	250.64	2008
69	Dominica	53	730.89	2008
70	Slovakia	51	9.35	2008
71	Australia	50	2.43	2008
72	Argentina	46	1.13	2008
73	Lithuania	45	12.62	2008
73	Luxembourg	45	92.59	2008
75	Chile	44	2.67	2008
76	Kiribati	43	389.65	2008
77	Bangladesh	40	0.26	2008
78	Moldova	39	9.02	2008
79	Kuwait	38	14.63	2008
80	Ecuador	37	2.66	2008
81	Morocco	35	1.02	2008
81	Switzerland	35	4.62	2008
83	Algeria	33	0.98	2008
83	Lebanon	33	8.31	2008
85	Estonia	29	22.18	2008
85	Ireland	29	6.98	2008
85	Maldives	29	76.48	2008
85	Slovenia	29	14.44	2008
89	Cook Islands	26	1,185.97	2008
89	Sri Lanka	26	1.23	2008
91	Albania	24	6.63	2008
91	Myanmar	24	0.50	2008
93	Bolivia	23	2.49	2008
93	Paraguay	23	3.37	2008
95	Latvia	22	9.80	2008
95	Qatar	22	23.69	2008
97	Jordan	21	3.39	2008
97	Papua New Guinea	21	3.54	2008
99	Jamaica	20	7.13	2008
100	Colombia	17	0.38	2008
100	Libya	17	2.75	2008
100	Romania	17	0.76	2008
100	Uruguay	17	4.89	2008
104	French Polynesia	15	53.00	2008
104	Pakistan	15	0.09	2008
104	Poland	15	0.39	2008
107	Iraq	14	0.50	2008
108	New Zealand	13	3.11	2008
108	Tonga	13	109.24	2008
110	Faroe Islands	12	246.57	2008
111	Cuba	11	0.96	2008
111	Israel	11	1.55	2008
113	Togo	10	1.71	2008
114	Bahrain	9	12.53	2008
114	Ethiopia	9	0.12	2008
114	Fiji Islands	9	9.66	2008
114	Tanzania	9	0.22	2008
114	Trinidad & Tobago	9	8.59	2008
119	Brunei	8	20.98	2008
119	Cape Verde	8	18.74	2008
119	Guyana	8	10.38	2008
119	Madagascar	8	0.40	2008
119	Peru	8	0.27	2008
119	Seychelles	8	97.27	2008
119	Wallis and Futuna	8	486.38	2008
126	Tunisia	7	0.67	2008
126	Turkmenistan	7	1.35	2008
128	Angola	6	0.48	2008
128	Montenegro	6	8.85	2008
128	Sao Tome and Principe	6	29.10	2008
131	Eritrea	5	0.99	2008
131	Gambia	5	2.88	2008
131	Kazakhstan	5	0.33	2008
134	Austria	4	0.49	2008
134	Ghana	4	0.17	2008
134	Yemen	4	0.17	2008
137	Mauritius	3	2.35	2008
137	Micronesia, Federated States of	3	27.86	2008
137	Oman	3	0.91	2008
137	Puerto Rico	3	0.76	2008
137	South Africa	3	0.07	2008
137	Sudan	3	0.07	2008
143	Gabon	2	1.35	2008
143	Greenland	2	35.51	2008
143	Iceland	2	6.57	2008
143	Mozambique	2	0.09	2008
143	New Caledonia	2	8.90	2008
148	British Virgin Islands	1	41.66	2008
148	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	1	0.02	2008
148	Congo (Republic)	1	0.26	2008
148	Costa Rica	1	0.24	2008
148	Czech Republic	1	0.10	2008
148	Dominican Republic	1	0.11	2008
148	East Timor	1	0.90	2008
148	Equatorial Guinea	1	1.62	2008
148	Kenya	1	0.03	2008
148	Laos	1	0.15	2008
148	Namibia	1	0.48	2008
148	Samoa	1	4.61	2008
148	Somalia	1	0.10	2008
148	Suriname	1	2.10	2008
148	Turks & Caicos Islands	1	44.74	2008
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For non-listed countries is no information available.

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 (2009-10-02)

2009-10-18HTTP://WORLD.BYMAP.ORG© TH. BRINKHOFF

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