2026 World Aircraft Carrier & Flat-Top Rankings

Complete global inventory of aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered supercarriers, CATOBAR/STOBAR flat-tops, and amphibious assault helicopter carriers (LHD/LHA).

💡 Aircraft carriers provide sovereign floating airfields capable of projecting 5th-gen fighter strike wings anywhere across the world's oceans.

Tank & Armored Vehicle Power Air Power & Combat Aviation Naval Fleet & Maritime Power Submarine Fleet Aircraft Carrier & Flat-Top Standing Armies & Military Personnel Military Spending & Defense Budget Nuclear Weapons & Warhead Stockpiles

#2 Rank

China

★ #1 GLOBAL LEADER

United States

#3 Rank

Italy

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Rank	Country	Total Carriers & LHDs ▼	Fleet Aircraft Carriers ⇅	Amphibious Assault (LHD) ⇅	Escort Destroyers ⇅	Escort Frigates ⇅	Total Air Fleet ⇅	Action
#1	United States	47	26	21	193	0	13.209	Profile
#2	China	14	6	8	111	96	3.529	Profile
#3	Italy	11	11	0	16	77	850	Profile
#4	France	9	2	7	26	12	974	Profile
#5	Japan	6	0	6	65	13	1.429	Profile
#6	United Kingdom	4	4	0	12	14	664	Profile
#7	Australia	3	0	3	4	9	355	Profile
#8	Egypt	3	0	3	0	18	1.088	Profile
#9	India	3	3	0	20	28	2.296	Profile
#10	South Korea	3	0	3	18	23	1.540	Profile
#11	Russia	3	3	0	34	31	4.237	Profile
#12	Brazil	2	0	2	0	13	495	Profile
#13	Turkey	2	0	2	0	35	1.069	Profile
#14	Spain	1	1	0	0	15	440	Profile
#15	Thailand	1	0	1	0	8	488	Profile
#16	Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	135	Profile
#17	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	285	Profile
#18	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	26	Profile
#19	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	570	Profile
#20	Argentina	0	0	0	5	0	245	Profile
#21	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	69	Profile
#22	Antarctica	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#23	French Southern Lands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#24	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	95	Profile
#25	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	155	Profile
#26	Burundi	0	0	0	0	0	8	Profile
#27	Belgium	0	0	0	0	2	108	Profile
#28	Benin	0	0	0	0	0	9	Profile
#29	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	32	Profile
#30	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	10	220	Profile
#31	Bulgaria	0	0	0	0	10	71	Profile
#32	The Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	4	Profile
#33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	22	Profile
#34	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	198	Profile
#35	Belize	0	0	0	0	0	4	Profile
#36	Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#37	Bolivia	0	0	0	0	0	72	Profile
#38	Brunei	0	0	0	0	1	20	Profile
#39	Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	4	Profile
#40	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	45	Profile
#41	Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	8	Profile
#42	Canada	0	0	0	0	24	354	Profile
#43	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	141	Profile
#44	Chile	0	0	0	0	20	218	Profile
#45	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	22	Profile
#46	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	35	Profile
#47	DR Congo	0	0	0	0	0	56	Profile
#48	Republic of the Congo	0	0	0	0	0	14	Profile
#49	Colombia	0	0	0	0	11	430	Profile
#50	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	1	15	Profile
#51	Cuba	0	0	0	0	2	20	Profile
#52	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	1	15	Profile
#53	Czechia	0	0	0	0	0	103	Profile
#54	Germany	0	0	0	0	12	617	Profile
#55	Djibouti	0	0	0	0	1	10	Profile
#56	Denmark	0	0	0	0	19	122	Profile
#57	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	80	Profile
#58	Algeria	0	0	0	0	9	620	Profile
#59	Ecuador	0	0	0	0	4	118	Profile
#60	Eritrea	0	0	0	0	0	20	Profile
#61	Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#62	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	8	Profile
#63	Ethiopia	0	0	0	0	0	104	Profile
#64	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	162	Profile
#65	Fiji	0	0	0	0	1	0	Profile
#66	Falkland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	5	Profile
#67	Gabon	0	0	0	0	0	25	Profile
#68	Georgia	0	0	0	0	0	61	Profile
#69	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	18	Profile
#70	Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	10	Profile
#71	Gambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#72	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	4	Profile
#73	Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	15	Profile
#74	Greece	0	0	0	0	37	560	Profile
#75	Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	2	Profile
#76	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	35	Profile
#77	French Guiana	0	0	0	0	0	4	Profile
#78	Guyana	0	0	0	0	1	10	Profile
#79	Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	45	Profile
#80	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	67	Profile
#81	Haiti	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#82	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	48	Profile
#83	Indonesia	0	0	0	0	13	460	Profile
#84	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	23	Profile
#85	Iran	0	0	0	0	13	551	Profile
#86	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	360	Profile
#87	Iceland	0	0	0	0	0	4	Profile
#88	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	597	Profile
#89	Jamaica	0	0	0	0	1	15	Profile
#90	Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	260	Profile
#91	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	168	Profile
#92	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	154	Profile
#93	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	20	Profile
#94	Cambodia	0	0	0	0	0	24	Profile
#95	Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	115	Profile
#96	Laos	0	0	0	0	0	29	Profile
#97	Lebanon	0	0	0	0	0	75	Profile
#98	Liberia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#99	Libya	0	0	0	0	2	83	Profile
#100	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	5	90	Profile
#101	Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	3	Profile
#102	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	12	Profile
#103	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	2	Profile
#104	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	8	Profile
#105	Morocco	0	0	0	0	7	271	Profile
#106	Moldova	0	0	0	0	0	3	Profile
#107	Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	14	Profile
#108	Mexico	0	0	0	0	1	424	Profile
#109	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	20	Profile
#110	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	38	Profile
#111	Malta	0	0	0	0	1	8	Profile
#112	Myanmar	0	0	0	0	9	331	Profile
#113	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	10	Profile
#114	Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	8	Profile
#115	Mozambique	0	0	0	0	0	23	Profile
#116	Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	23	Profile
#117	Malawi	0	0	0	0	0	12	Profile
#118	Malaysia	0	0	0	0	2	185	Profile
#119	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	30	Profile
#120	New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#121	Niger	0	0	0	0	0	22	Profile
#122	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	1	172	Profile
#123	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	18	Profile
#124	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	10	130	Profile
#125	Norway	0	0	0	0	5	112	Profile
#126	Nepal	0	0	0	0	0	35	Profile
#127	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	3	47	Profile
#128	Oman	0	0	0	0	0	128	Profile
#129	Pakistan	0	0	0	0	10	1.434	Profile
#130	Panama	0	0	0	0	0	38	Profile
#131	Peru	0	0	0	0	16	252	Profile
#132	Philippines	0	0	0	0	8	204	Profile
#133	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	1	5	Profile
#134	Poland	0	0	0	0	3	457	Profile
#135	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	15	Profile
#136	North Korea	0	0	0	3	3	837	Profile
#137	Portugal	0	0	0	0	8	128	Profile
#138	Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	49	Profile
#139	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#140	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	263	Profile
#141	Romania	0	0	0	0	3	148	Profile
#142	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	15	Profile
#143	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	8	917	Profile
#144	Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	183	Profile
#145	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	32	Profile
#146	Singapore	0	0	0	0	8	248	Profile
#147	Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#148	Sierra Leone	0	0	0	0	0	5	Profile
#149	El Salvador	0	0	0	0	0	51	Profile
#150	Somalia	0	0	0	0	0	6	Profile
#151	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	118	Profile
#152	South Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	19	Profile
#153	Suriname	0	0	0	0	0	3	Profile
#154	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	36	Profile
#155	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	40	Profile
#156	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	172	Profile
#157	Eswatini	0	0	0	0	0	5	Profile
#158	Syria	0	0	0	0	0	104	Profile
#159	Chad	0	0	0	0	0	42	Profile
#160	Togo	0	0	0	0	0	15	Profile
#161	Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	25	Profile
#162	Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	105	Profile
#163	East Timor	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#164	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	1	6	Profile
#165	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	1	142	Profile
#166	Taiwan	0	0	0	4	23	744	Profile
#167	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	38	Profile
#168	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	52	Profile
#169	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	235	Profile
#170	Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	28	Profile
#171	Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0	0	185	Profile
#172	Venezuela	0	0	0	0	1	224	Profile
#173	Vietnam	0	0	0	0	16	265	Profile
#174	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#175	Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	25	Profile
#176	South Africa	0	0	0	0	5	181	Profile
#177	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	78	Profile
#178	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	80	Profile
#179	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#180	Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#181	Monaco	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#182	San Marino	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#183	Vatican City	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#184	Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#185	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	12	Profile
#186	Macau	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#187	Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	4	Profile
#188	Seychelles	0	0	0	0	0	6	Profile
#189	Cape Verde	0	0	0	0	0	2	Profile
#190	Mauritius	0	0	0	0	0	5	Profile
#191	Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#192	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#193	Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	115	Profile
#194	Aruba	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#195	Anguilla	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#196	American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#197	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#198	Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#199	Dominica	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#200	Grenada	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#201	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#202	Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#204	Tuvalu	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#205	Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#206	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#207	Palau	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#208	Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#209	Marshall Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#210	Kiribati	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#211	Nauru	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#212	Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0	0	2	Profile
#213	British Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#214	US Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	0	2	Profile
#215	Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#216	Guam	0	0	0	0	0	24	Profile
#217	Saint Barthelemy	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#218	Bouvet Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#219	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#220	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#221	Christmas Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#222	Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#223	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#224	Isle of Man	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#225	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	0	0	0	0	15	Profile
#226	Jersey	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#227	Saint Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#228	Northern Mariana Islands	0	0	0	0	0	2	Profile
#229	Montserrat	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#230	Mayotte	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#231	Norfolk Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#232	Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#233	Pitcairn Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#234	French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	4	Profile
#235	Saint Helena	0	0	0	0	0	2	Profile
#236	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	0	0	0	0	1	Profile
#237	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#238	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#239	Tokelau	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#240	Wallis and Futuna	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#241	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	2	Profile
#242	Transnistria	0	0	0	0	0	15	Profile
#243	Curaçao	0	0	0	0	0	2	Profile
#244	Sint Maarten	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#245	Åland Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#246	Somaliland	0	0	0	0	0	4	Profile
#247	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#248	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#249	Indian Ocean Australian Territories	0	0	0	0	0	1	Profile
#250	Siachen Glacier	0	0	0	0	0	6	Profile
#251	Réunion	0	0	0	0	0	4	Profile