Countries with over 1,000,000 gross tons. Data as of 2025. Data is for flag of registry; many ships are registered under a flag of convenience instead of the country of the owner.
N° Country (or territory) Gross tonnage (thousands) Deadweight tonnage (thousands) World 1,658,757 2,427,811 245,161 310,225 1 272,139 424,063 2 242,497 371,301 3 188,197 305,471 4 (China) 131,912 203,048 5 104,682 152,344 6 90,351 137,064 7 86,875 113,194 8 61,956 70,463 9 32,867 53,459 10 32,193 43,828 11 26,228 35,943 12 24,492 34,251 13 23,443 34,297 14 22,864 25,641 15 19,670 21,354 16 17,766 21,461 17 12,536 7,226 18 12,034 21,080 19 11,941 14,786 20 11,766 19,935 21 11,504 13,244 22 11,083 18,021 23 10,930 18,719 24 10,155 9,943 25 (UK) 10,125 6,737 26 9,650 10,327 27 9,609 17,445 28 8,661 8,711 29 8,112 9,773 30 7,190 11,666 31 6,576 6,777 32 6,509 9,414 33 5,308 6,842 34 5,088 7,732 35 4,467 7,156 36 4,434 6,874 37 4,366 5,901 38 4,210 5,922 39 4,075 5,626 40 3,519 6,019 41 3,462 5,072 42 (UK) 3,405 5,531 43 3,367 5,476 44 3,257 6,140 45 3,222 5,625 46 3,015 4,635 47 2,921 5,197 48 2,909 3,305 49 2,799 4,821 50 2,708 4,739 51 2,598 4,149 52 2,551 4,056 53 2,504 4,052 54 2,320 1,142 55 2,285 1,601 56 2,093 2,410 57 1,980 2,681 58 1,846 3,473 59 1,827 2,758 60 1,765 1,005 61 1,715 2,228 62 1,532 2,674 63 1,289 1,935 64 1,283 1,636 65 1,211 2,118 66 1,190 2,148 67 1,153 1,665 68 1,130 2,051 69 1,074 1,215 70 1,032 1,241
See also
Ship registration Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)
References
External links CIA – World Factbook – Merchant Marine (cia.gov) – List of countries by Merchant Marine (number of ships), generally total tonnage of ships is more important than total number of ships