World Ranking

🌊 Submarines

Submarines of all types — diesel-electric, nuclear attack and ballistic-missile boats. 39 of 196 countries report a value; every row links to the country's full profile.
🇺🇸 United States
#1 · 68
39
Countries with data
465
World total
6
Median country
41%
Held by the top 3
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Color reflects submarines on a log scale — darker blue is lowest, red is highest. Grey countries have no reported value for this metric.
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Higher No data
Top 10 by submarines
United States: 6868🇺🇸UNITED S…China: 6666🇨🇳CHINARussia: 5858🇷🇺RUSSIAJapan: 2424🇯🇵JAPANNorth Korea: 2424🇰🇵NORTH KO…South Korea: 2222🇰🇷SOUTH KO…Iran: 1919🇮🇷IRANIndia: 1818🇮🇳INDIATürkiye: 1313🇹🇷TÜRKIYEFrance: 1010🇫🇷FRANCE
Regional Breakdown
Summed across all countries with a reported value; follow a region to browse its countries.
Asia
221 · 47.5%
Europe
123 · 26.5%
America
96 · 20.6%
Africa
19 · 4.1%
Oceania
6 · 1.3%
Full Ranking 39 countries
Bars are log-scaled relative to the leader so magnitude gaps stay visible down the long tail.
#CountryRegionSubmarinesRelative
#1 🥇🇺🇸United States America 68
#2 🥈🇨🇳China Asia 66
#3 🥉🇷🇺Russia Europe 58
#4 🇯🇵Japan Asia 24
#5 🇰🇵North Korea Asia 24
#6 🇰🇷South Korea Asia 22
#7 🇮🇷Iran Asia 19
#8 🇮🇳India Asia 18
#9 🇹🇷Türkiye Asia 13
#10 🇫🇷France Europe 10
#11 🇬🇷Greece Europe 10
#12 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 10
#13 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 8
#14 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 8
#15 🇮🇹Italy Europe 8
#16 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia 8
#17 🇦🇺Australia Oceania 6
#18 🇧🇷Brazil America 6
#19 🇩🇪Germany Europe 6
#20 🇳🇴Norway Europe 6
#21 🇵🇪Peru America 6
#22 🇸🇬Singapore Asia 6
#23 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia 6
#24 🇮🇱Israel Asia 5
#25 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 5
#26 🇨🇦Canada America 4
#27 🇨🇱Chile America 4
#28 🇨🇴Colombia America 4
#29 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia 4
#30 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 4
#31 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 3
#32 🇪🇸Spain Europe 3
#33 🇦🇷Argentina America 2
#34 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia 2
#35 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia 2
#36 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia 2
#37 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 2
#38 🇻🇪Venezuela America 2
#39 🇵🇱Poland Europe 1
Estimates from open reporting or formula-modeled; countries with no reported value are excluded rather than shown as zero. Not a source of record — cross-check before citing.