2026 World Submarine Fleet Rankings

Definitive census of global submarine forces. Compare nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), nuclear attack subs (SSN), and ultra-quiet diesel-electric AIP submarines.

💡 Subsurface forces provide the ultimate survivable nuclear second-strike capability alongside stealth torpedo and anti-ship cruise missile strike warfare.

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

United States

153

★ #1 GLOBAL LEADER

Russia

172

#3 Rank

China

127

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Rank	Country	Total Submarines ▼	Total Naval Vessels ⇅	Carriers & Flat-Tops ⇅	Destroyers ⇅	Frigates ⇅	Nuclear Warheads ⇅	Action
#1	Russia	172	747	3	34	31	5.580	Profile
#2	United States	153	472	26	193	0	5.244	Profile
#3	China	127	841	6	111	96	500	Profile
#4	Iran	48	109	0	0	13	0	Profile
#5	Italy	44	184	11	16	77	35	Profile
#6	Japan	36	158	0	65	13	0	Profile
#7	North Korea	30	332	0	3	3	90	Profile
#8	Turkey	29	186	0	0	35	0	Profile
#9	India	28	294	3	20	28	172	Profile
#10	South Korea	28	215	0	18	23	0	Profile
#11	Greece	24	186	0	0	37	0	Profile
#12	France	21	166	2	26	12	290	Profile
#13	United Kingdom	20	72	4	12	14	225	Profile
#14	Peru	14	78	0	0	16	0	Profile
#15	Egypt	11	149	0	0	18	0	Profile
#16	Brazil	10	69	0	0	13	0	Profile
#17	Chile	10	68	0	0	20	0	Profile
#18	Vietnam	10	116	0	0	16	0	Profile
#19	Pakistan	9	121	0	0	10	170	Profile
#20	Australia	8	48	0	4	9	0	Profile
#21	Canada	8	67	0	0	24	0	Profile
#22	Singapore	8	40	0	0	8	0	Profile
#23	Sweden	8	279	0	0	0	0	Profile
#24	Algeria	7	111	0	0	9	0	Profile
#25	Norway	7	62	0	0	5	0	Profile
#26	Germany	6	65	0	0	12	20	Profile
#27	Israel	6	82	0	0	0	90	Profile
#28	Azerbaijan	5	32	0	0	0	0	Profile
#29	Colombia	5	213	0	0	11	0	Profile
#30	Indonesia	5	338	0	0	13	0	Profile
#31	Netherlands	5	140	0	0	10	20	Profile
#32	Argentina	4	42	0	5	0	0	Profile
#33	Ecuador	4	48	0	0	4	0	Profile
#34	Myanmar	4	239	0	0	9	0	Profile
#35	Taiwan	4	118	0	4	23	0	Profile
#36	Venezuela	4	41	0	0	1	0	Profile
#37	South Africa	4	63	0	0	5	0	Profile
#38	Bangladesh	3	125	0	0	10	0	Profile
#39	Spain	3	175	1	0	15	0	Profile
#40	Portugal	3	128	0	0	8	0	Profile
#41	Malaysia	2	76	0	0	2	0	Profile
#42	Poland	2	63	0	0	3	0	Profile
#43	Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#44	Angola	0	36	0	0	0	0	Profile
#45	Albania	0	33	0	0	0	0	Profile
#46	United Arab Emirates	0	75	0	0	0	0	Profile
#47	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#48	Antarctica	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#49	French Southern Lands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#50	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#51	Burundi	0	6	0	0	0	0	Profile
#52	Belgium	0	14	0	0	2	20	Profile
#53	Benin	0	6	0	0	0	0	Profile
#54	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#55	Bulgaria	0	45	0	0	10	0	Profile
#56	The Bahamas	0	14	0	0	0	0	Profile
#57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#58	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	24	Profile
#59	Belize	0	16	0	0	0	0	Profile
#60	Bermuda	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#61	Bolivia	0	67	0	0	0	0	Profile
#62	Brunei	0	10	0	0	1	0	Profile
#63	Bhutan	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#64	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#65	Central African Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#66	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#67	Ivory Coast	0	16	0	0	0	0	Profile
#68	Cameroon	0	19	0	0	0	0	Profile
#69	DR Congo	0	16	0	0	0	0	Profile
#70	Republic of the Congo	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#71	Costa Rica	0	10	0	0	1	0	Profile
#72	Cuba	0	19	0	0	2	0	Profile
#73	Cyprus	0	10	0	0	1	0	Profile
#74	Czechia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#75	Djibouti	0	12	0	0	1	0	Profile
#76	Denmark	0	50	0	0	19	0	Profile
#77	Dominican Republic	0	34	0	0	0	0	Profile
#78	Eritrea	0	23	0	0	0	0	Profile
#79	Western Sahara	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#80	Estonia	0	8	0	0	0	0	Profile
#81	Ethiopia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#82	Finland	0	165	0	0	0	0	Profile
#83	Fiji	0	9	0	0	1	0	Profile
#84	Falkland Islands	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#85	Gabon	0	5	0	0	0	0	Profile
#86	Georgia	0	19	0	0	0	0	Profile
#87	Ghana	0	20	0	0	0	0	Profile
#88	Guinea	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#89	Gambia	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#90	Guinea-Bissau	0	6	0	0	0	0	Profile
#91	Equatorial Guinea	0	5	0	0	0	0	Profile
#92	Greenland	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#93	Guatemala	0	25	0	0	0	0	Profile
#94	French Guiana	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#95	Guyana	0	12	0	0	1	0	Profile
#96	Honduras	0	98	0	0	0	0	Profile
#97	Croatia	0	30	0	0	0	0	Profile
#98	Haiti	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#99	Hungary	0	15	0	0	0	0	Profile
#100	Ireland	0	8	0	0	0	0	Profile
#101	Iraq	0	67	0	0	0	0	Profile
#102	Iceland	0	3	0	0	0	0	Profile
#103	Jamaica	0	12	0	0	1	0	Profile
#104	Jordan	0	27	0	0	0	0	Profile
#105	Kazakhstan	0	26	0	0	0	0	Profile
#106	Kenya	0	22	0	0	0	0	Profile
#107	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#108	Cambodia	0	20	0	0	0	0	Profile
#109	Kuwait	0	38	0	0	0	0	Profile
#110	Laos	0	51	0	0	0	0	Profile
#111	Lebanon	0	17	0	0	0	0	Profile
#112	Liberia	0	6	0	0	0	0	Profile
#113	Libya	0	5	0	0	2	0	Profile
#114	Sri Lanka	0	275	0	0	5	0	Profile
#115	Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#116	Lithuania	0	11	0	0	0	0	Profile
#117	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#118	Latvia	0	18	0	0	0	0	Profile
#119	Morocco	0	100	0	0	7	0	Profile
#120	Moldova	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#121	Madagascar	0	8	0	0	0	0	Profile
#122	Mexico	0	164	0	0	1	0	Profile
#123	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#124	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#125	Malta	0	8	0	0	1	0	Profile
#126	Montenegro	0	20	0	0	0	0	Profile
#127	Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#128	Mozambique	0	36	0	0	0	0	Profile
#129	Mauritania	0	6	0	0	0	0	Profile
#130	Malawi	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#131	Namibia	0	8	0	0	0	0	Profile
#132	New Caledonia	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#133	Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#134	Nigeria	0	133	0	0	1	0	Profile
#135	Nicaragua	0	30	0	0	0	0	Profile
#136	Nepal	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#137	New Zealand	0	8	0	0	3	0	Profile
#138	Oman	0	16	0	0	0	0	Profile
#139	Panama	0	22	0	0	0	0	Profile
#140	Philippines	0	127	0	0	8	0	Profile
#141	Papua New Guinea	0	12	0	0	1	0	Profile
#142	Puerto Rico	0	8	0	0	0	0	Profile
#143	Paraguay	0	73	0	0	0	0	Profile
#144	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#145	Qatar	0	125	0	0	0	0	Profile
#146	Romania	0	18	0	0	3	0	Profile
#147	Rwanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#148	Saudi Arabia	0	32	0	0	8	0	Profile
#149	Sudan	0	10	0	0	0	0	Profile
#150	Senegal	0	34	0	0	0	0	Profile
#151	Solomon Islands	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#152	Sierra Leone	0	10	0	0	0	0	Profile
#153	El Salvador	0	13	0	0	0	0	Profile
#154	Somalia	0	19	0	0	0	0	Profile
#155	Serbia	0	18	0	0	0	0	Profile
#156	South Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#157	Suriname	0	17	0	0	0	0	Profile
#158	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#159	Slovenia	0	3	0	0	0	0	Profile
#160	Eswatini	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#161	Syria	0	12	0	0	0	0	Profile
#162	Chad	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#163	Togo	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#164	Thailand	0	142	0	0	8	0	Profile
#165	Tajikistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#166	Turkmenistan	0	25	0	0	0	0	Profile
#167	East Timor	0	6	0	0	0	0	Profile
#168	Trinidad and Tobago	0	15	0	0	1	0	Profile
#169	Tunisia	0	50	0	0	1	0	Profile
#170	Tanzania	0	22	0	0	0	0	Profile
#171	Uganda	0	8	0	0	0	0	Profile
#172	Ukraine	0	38	0	0	0	0	Profile
#173	Uruguay	0	14	0	0	0	0	Profile
#174	Uzbekistan	0	12	0	0	0	0	Profile
#175	Vanuatu	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#176	Yemen	0	26	0	0	0	0	Profile
#177	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#178	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#179	Andorra	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#180	Liechtenstein	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#181	Monaco	0	3	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	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#185	Hong Kong	0	18	0	0	0	0	Profile
#186	Macau	0	6	0	0	0	0	Profile
#187	Maldives	0	14	0	0	0	0	Profile
#188	Seychelles	0	8	0	0	0	0	Profile
#189	Cape Verde	0	7	0	0	0	0	Profile
#190	Mauritius	0	10	0	0	0	0	Profile
#191	Comoros	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#192	Sao Tome and Principe	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#193	Bahrain	0	38	0	0	0	0	Profile
#194	Aruba	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#195	Anguilla	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#196	American Samoa	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#197	Antigua and Barbuda	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#198	Barbados	0	6	0	0	0	0	Profile
#199	Dominica	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#200	Grenada	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#201	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	3	0	0	0	0	Profile
#202	Saint Lucia	0	5	0	0	0	0	Profile
#203	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#204	Tuvalu	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#205	Tonga	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#206	Samoa	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#207	Palau	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#208	Micronesia	0	3	0	0	0	0	Profile
#209	Marshall Islands	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#210	Kiribati	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#211	Nauru	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#212	Cayman Islands	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#213	British Virgin Islands	0	3	0	0	0	0	Profile
#214	US Virgin Islands	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#215	Faroe Islands	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#216	Guam	0	8	0	0	0	0	Profile
#217	Saint Barthelemy	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#218	Bouvet Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#219	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#220	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#221	Christmas Island	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#222	Guernsey	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#223	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#224	Isle of Man	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#225	British Indian Ocean Territory	0	6	0	0	0	0	Profile
#226	Jersey	0	3	0	0	0	0	Profile
#227	Saint Martin	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#228	Northern Mariana Islands	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#229	Montserrat	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#230	Mayotte	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#231	Norfolk Island	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#232	Niue	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#233	Pitcairn Islands	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#234	French Polynesia	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#235	Saint Helena	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#236	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#237	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#238	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	3	0	0	0	0	Profile
#239	Tokelau	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#240	Wallis and Futuna	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#241	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#242	Transnistria	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#243	Curaçao	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile
#244	Sint Maarten	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#245	Åland Islands	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#246	Somaliland	0	8	0	0	0	0	Profile
#247	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#248	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	0	1	0	0	0	0	Profile
#249	Indian Ocean Australian Territories	0	2	0	0	0	0	Profile
#250	Siachen Glacier	0	0	0	0	0	0	Profile
#251	Réunion	0	4	0	0	0	0	Profile