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.