Number of warships in service worldwide

The following table lists numbers of warships in service, by type and by country.

Guide to table

• The table only counts warships that are commissioned (or equivalent) and active (not under repair).
• Ceremonial vessels, research vessels, supply vessels, training vessels, and unarmed icebreakers are not included.
• Surface vessels displacing less than 250 tonnes are not included, regardless of other characteristics.
• Armed submarines are included.
• Patrol boats are included, even if they work for a force separate from the country's navy (for example, the Medium Endurance Cutters of the United States Coast Guard).
• The "landing ship" category includes dock landing ships and amphibious transport docks.
• The "anti-mine ship" category includes minesweepers and minehunters.
• The "missile sub." category includes ballistic missile submarines only. Cruise missile submarines are counted as attack submarines.
• Vessels are categorized by size and purpose in accordance with the most broadly accepted definitions. For example, some large frigates may be counted as destroyers.
• Totals are approximate: data on some countries' brown water forces may be scarce.
• The ranking of countries is partly arbitrary. Generally, total tonnage of ships is more important than total number of ships.
• The vessels are grouped into three main types (indicated by colors): red for carriers, green for combatants, and blue for submarines.

The table

Rank (sorted by tonnage)[citation needed]	Country	Aircraft carrier	Amphibious assault ship	Landing Ship	Cruiser	Destroyer	Frigate	Corvette	Patrol boat	Anti-mine ship	Missile sub.	Attack sub.	Total	Tonnage
	World total	18	23	44	28	171	411	301	1,190	443	49	398	3,074
1	United States Navy	10	9	21	22	62	24	2	209	14	14	57	445	3,415,893
2	Russian Navy	1	0	0	5	13	4	74	0	34	11	38	179	845,730
3	People's Liberation Army Navy	1	0	3	0	24	45	8	236	107	5	55	484	659,578
4	Royal Navy	2	2	9 (RFA)	0	6	13	0	24	15	4	7	58	380,262
5	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force	0	2	3	0	26	13	6	6	29	0	16	103	363,720
6	French Navy	1	3	1	0	0	22	9	14	18	4	6	78	311,740
7	Indian Navy	1	0	1	0	8	15	24	23	7	1	14	95	226,407
8	Republic of Korea Navy	0	1	0	0	12	10	21	9	10	0	13	66	178,710
9	Marina Militare	2	0	3	0	4	12	9	17	10	0	6	62	173,549
10	Republic of China Navy	0	0	0	0	4	22	0	12	8	0	2	48	151,662
11	Brazilian Navy	1	0	0	0	0	9	5	30	6	0	5	58	150,033
12	Spanish Navy	0	1	2	0	0	11	0	18	6	0	3	42	148,607
13	Turkish Navy	0	0	0	0	0	16	8	29	20	0	14	87	144,748
14	Indonesian Navy	0	0	0	0	0	11	23	56	10	0	5	64	125,774
15	Hellenic Navy	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	20	10	0	8	51	105,953
16	Royal Australian Navy	0	1	1	0	0	12	0	14	6	0	6	49	98,426
17	Royal Canadian Navy	0	0	0	0	3	12	0	12	0	0	4	31	94,000
18	German Navy	0	0	0	0	0	13	5	10	17	0	4	49	87,563
19	Royal Netherlands Navy	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	4	10	0	4	27	79,076
20	Korean People's Navy	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	23	10	0	62	98	76,135
21	Republic of Singapore Navy	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	12	4	0	6	38	72,040
22	Chilean Navy	0	0	1	0	0	8	0	6	0	0	4	19	67,880
23	Peruvian Navy	0	0	0	1	0	8	6	6	0	0	6	30	62,762
24	Egyptian Navy	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	18	15	0	4	48	61,874
25	Pakistan Navy	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	2	3	0	5	21	52,144
26	Royal Danish Navy	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	9	0	0	0	16	51,235
27	Royal Thai Navy	1	0	0	0	0	12	5	20	7	0	0	45	43,916
28	Royal Norwegian Navy	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	18	8	0	6	37	37,172
29	Portuguese Navy	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	21	0	0	2	35	33,570
30	Royal New Zealand Navy	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	9	29,071
31	Algerian National Navy	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	19	1	0	4	35	28,260
32	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	15	1	0	12	39
33	Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	4	0	0	2	20
34	Mexican Navy	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	38	6	0	0	52
35	Philippine Navy	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	38	0	0	0	53
36	Israeli Navy	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	42	0	0	4	49
37	Argentine Navy	0	0	0	0	4	0	9	8	3	0	3	27
38	South African Navy	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5
39	Colombian Navy	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	8
40	Vietnamese People's Navy	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	28	0	0	6	52
41	Ukrainian Navy	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	5	0	1	11
42	Swedish Navy	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	12	11	0	5	34
43	Royal Malaysian Navy	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	31	4	0	2	47
44	Polish Navy	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	20	0	5	35
45	Bulgarian Navy	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	10	0	0	19
46	Romanian Naval Forces	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	3	5	0	0	18
47	Libyan Navy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	Royal Saudi Navy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	United Arab Emirates Navy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Ireland Navy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	7	8,372
51	Kuwait Navy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	Belgian Navy	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	8
53	Finnish Navy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14	0	0	24
54	Slovenia Navy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1

See also

• List of navies
• List of naval ship classes in service

References

• Various links to ship numbers
• The United States Navy. "Fact files" on the Navy's main website.