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APPENDIX A: COMBAT FLEETS OF THE WORLD’S TOP 60 NAVIES (2016)

Combat Fleets of the World’s Top 60 Navies (2016)

Countries

Surface Warships

Submarines

Total

Power Projection Ships

Major Surface Combatants

Minor Surface Combatants

Aircraft Carriers

Principal Amphibious Ships

Cruisers

Destroyers

Frigates

Corvettes

Patrol and Coastal Combatants

Mine Warfare Vessels

Asia-Pacific

6

26

9

74

190

122

1,455+

182

219

2,283+

Australia

0

3

0

0

11

0

15

6

6

41

Bangladesh

0

0

0

0

5

6

50

5

0

66

China

1

4

0

21

57

27

180+

41

57

388+

India

1

1

0

14

13

8

99

6

14

156

Indonesia

0

5

0

0

12

20

64

8

2

111

Japan

3

3

2

33

9

0

6

27

19

102

Malaysia

0

0

0

0

10

4

33

4

2

53

Myanmar

0

0

0

0

5

2

111

0

0

118

New Zealand

0

1

0

0

2

0

6

0

0

9

North Korea

0

0

0

0

2

0

383+

24

73

482+

Pakistan

0

0

0

0

10

0

16

3

8

37

Philippines

0

1

0

0

1

0

66

0

0

68

Singapore

0

4

0

0

6

6

29

4

4

53

South Korea

0

2

3

6

14

35

74+

10

23

167+

Sri Lanka

0

0

0

0

0

0

131

0

0

131

Taiwan

0

1

4

0

22

1

50

14

4

96

Thailand

1

1

0

0

9

7

77

17

0

112

Vietnam

0

0

0

0

2

6

65

13

7

93

Europe

4

15

5

69

109

79

449

234

145

1,109

Belgium

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

6

0

10

Bulgaria

0

0

0

0

4

0

3

6

0

13

Denmark

0

0

0

3

4

0

9

6

0

22

Finland

0

0

0

0

0

0

18

15

0

33

France

1

4

0

12

11

0

22

18

10

78

Germany

0

0

0

7

8

0

0

33

6

54

Greece

0

0

0

0

13

5

28

4

11

61

Italy

2

3

0

9

8

4

14

10

7

57

Netherlands

0

2

0

4

2

0

4

6

4

22

Norway

0

0

0

5

0

0

23

6

6

40

Poland

0

0

0

0

2

1

3

20

5

31

Portugal

0

0

0

0

5

5

18

0

2

30

Romania

0

0

0

3

0

4

21

11

0

39

Russia

1

0

5

15

12

48

47

45

62

235

Spain

0

3

0

5

6

0

23

6

3

46

Sweden

0

0

0

0

0

5

142

10

5

162

Turkey

0

0

0

0

18

6

47

15

13

99

Ukraine

0

0

0

0

1

1

3

1

0

6

United Kingdom

0

3

0

6

13

0

22

16

11

71

Americas

11

34

24

71

69

16

348

19

98

690

Argentina

0

0

0

5

6

3

13

0

3

30

Brazil

1

2

0

3

10

0

44

5

5

70

Canada

0

0

0

0

12

0

12

0

4

28

Chile

0

1

0

1

7

0

13

0

4

26

Colombia

0

0

0

0

4

1

53

0

4

62

Ecuador

0

0

0

0

1

6

3

0

2

12

Mexico

0

0

0

0

6

0

122

0

0

128

Peru

0

0

1

0

7

6

6

0

6

26

United States

10

31

23

62

8

0

57

11

68

270

Uruguay

0

0

0

0

2

0

15

3

0

20

Venezuela

0

0

0

0

6

0

10

0

2

18

Africa

0

3

0

2

26

10

255+

18

11

325+

Algeria

0

1

0

0

7

6

18

0

4

36

Egypt

0

2

0

1

8

2

58

14

4

89

Libya

0

0

0

0

1

0

11+

0

0

12+

Morocco

0

0

0

1

5

1

49

0

0

56

Nigeria

0

0

0

0

1

1

113

2

0

117

South Africa

0

0

0

0

4

0

6

2

3

15

Middle-East

0

0

0

3

14

22

365+

10

26

440+

Bahrain

0

0

0

0

1

2

10

0

0

13

Iran

0

0

0

0

5

2

237+

5

21

270+

Israel

0

0

0

0

0

3

50

0

5

58

Oman

0

0

0

0

3

2

10

0

0

15

Saudi Arabia

0

0

0

3

4

4

26

3

0

40

United Arab Emirates

0

0

0

0

1

9

32

2

0

44

Grand Total

21

78

38

219

408

249

2,872+

463

499

4,847+

Notes: The table only focuses on navies. It does not include references to vessels operated by coast guards; customs and border protection services; police forces and other law enforcement agencies; border guards, civil guards, revolutionary guards, and other types of paramilitary forces. Moreover, the table only includes surface warships and submarines. It does not include the various auxiliary non-combat ships owned and operated by those navies, such as auxiliary oil replenishment (AOR) ships, logistics and support ships, amphibious landing ships and landing craft, hospital ships, research and survey ships, training ships, rescue boats, diving tenders, harbour patrol craft, fireboats, tugs, and other similar types of vessels.

The “Principal Amphibious Ships” category only includes the following types of helicopter-carrying amphibious ships: Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH), Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA), Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD), Landing Platform Dock (LPD), and Landing Ship Dock (LSD). Other types of amphibious ships, such as Landing Ship Medium (LSM) or Landing Ship Tank (LST), are not included in the “Principal Amphibious Ships” category.

The “Patrol and Coastal Combatants” category includes all types of minor surface combatant vessels, with the exception of corvettes and mine warfare vessels. Included in this category are fast attack crafts, littoral combat ships, inshore and offshore patrol ships, coastal patrol ships, patrol boats, and other types of small armed combatant vessels.

Source: Table prepared using data from International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), The Military Balance 2017, pp. 27–548.