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Submarine Fleet Strength by Country (2024)



NAVAL POWER | FLEET STRENGTH

Ranking total number of submarine craft by country, from highest to lowest.



The modern attack submarine is capable of sea- and land-attack through conventional and nuclear means. Beyond their most obvious uses, submarines can be used in support of special forces operations and reconnaissance work. Many modern world navies utilize the submarine, primarily as a deterrent element in territorial waters with most modern, notable forces keeping a standard fleet of about five or more boats.

For the purposes of the GFP ranking, landlocked nations are NOT penalized for the lack of a standing naval force though nations with a standing navy ARE penalized for lacking certain naval assets (like submarines). This GFP listing does not make a distinction between nuclear- and diesel-electric-powered types nor does it take into account submarine classification (conventional attack, nuclear attack), age, and construction quality.

Data presented on this list is through 2024.
Photograph of the bridge (helm) of an American Navy submarine.
Submarine Fleet Strength (TOP 5)
1
Russia
RUS
65
2
United States
USA
64
3
China
CHN
61
4
North Korea
NKO
35
5
Japan
JPN
23
6
South Korea
SKO
22
7
Iran
IRN
19
8
India
IND
18
9
Turkiye
TKY
12
10
Greece
GRE
11
11
United Kingdom
UKD
10
12
France
FRA
9
13
Egypt
EGY
8
14
Italy
ITA
8
15
Pakistan
PAK
8
16
Singapore
SNG
7
17
Algeria
ALG
6
18
Australia
AUS
6
19
Germany
GER
6
20
Norway
NOR
6
21
Vietnam
VET
6
22
Israel
ISR
5
23
Sweden
SWE
5
24
Azerbaijan
AZR
4
25
Brazil
BRA
4
26
Canada
CAN
4
27
Chile
CHI
4
28
Colombia
COL
4
29
Indonesia
INO
4
30
Peru
PER
4
31
Taiwan
TWN
4
32
Myanmar
MYA
3
33
Netherlands
NTH
3
34
South Africa
SAF
3
35
Spain
SPN
3
36
Argentina
ARG
2
37
Bangladesh
BNG
2
38
Ecuador
ECU
2
39
Malaysia
MLY
2
40
Portugal
POR
2
41
Venezuela
VEN
2
42
Cuba
CUB
1
43
Poland
POL
1
44
Albania
ALB
0
45
Angola
ANG
0
46
Bahrain
BAH
0
47
Belgium
BEL
0
48
Beliz
BLZ
0
49
Benin
BEN
0
50
Bolivia
BOL
0
51
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
0
52
Bulgaria
BUL
0
53
Cambodia
CMB
0
54
Cameroon
CAM
0
55
Croatia
CRO
0
56
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
0
57
Denmark
DEN
0
58
Dominican Republic
DOM
0
59
El Salvador
ESL
0
60
Eritrea
ERI
0
61
Estonia
EST
0
62
Finland
FIN
0
63
Gabon
GAB
0
64
Georgia
GEO
0
65
Ghana
GHA
0
66
Guatemala
GUA
0
67
Honduras
HON
0
68
Iceland
ICE
0
69
Iraq
IRQ
0
70
Ireland
IRE
0
71
Ivory Coast
IVC
0
72
Jordan
JOR
0
73
Kazakhstan
KAZ
0
74
Kenya
KEN
0
75
Kuwait
KUW
0
76
Laos
LAO
0
77
Latvia
LAT
0
78
Lebanon
LEB
0
79
Liberia
LIB
0
80
Libya
LBY
0
81
Lithuania
LIT
0
82
Madagascar
MAD
0
83
Mauritania
MAU
0
84
Mexico
MEX
0
85
Montenegro
MTN
0
86
Morocco
MOR
0
87
Mozambique
MOZ
0
88
Namibia
NAM
0
89
New Zealand
NWZ
0
90
Nicaragua
NIC
0
91
Nigeria
NGA
0
92
Oman
OMA
0
93
Panama
PAN
0
94
Paraguay
PAR
0
95
Philippines
PHL
0
96
Qatar
QTR
0
97
Republic of the Congo
ROC
0
98
Romania
ROM
0
99
Saudi Arabia
SAR
0
100
Senegal
SEN
0
101
Serbia
SRB
0
102
Sierra Leone
SLE
0
103
Slovenia
SLV
0
104
Somalia
SOM
0
105
Sri Lanka
SRL
0
106
Sudan
SDN
0
107
Suriname
SRN
0
108
Syria
SYR
0
109
Tanzania
TNZ
0
110
Thailand
THL
0
111
Tunisia
TUN
0
112
Turkmenistan
TKM
0
113
Uganda
UGA
0
114
Ukraine
UKR
0
115
United Arab Emirates
UAE
0
116
Uruguay
URU
0
117
Yemen
YEM
0
118
Afghanistan
AFG
0
119
Armenia
ARM
0
120
Austria
AST
0
121
Belarus
BLR
0
122
Bhutan
BUT
0
123
Botswana
BOT
0
124
Burkina Faso
BKF
0
125
Central African Republic
CAR
0
126
Chad
CHD
0
127
Czechia
CZC
0
128
Ethiopia
ETH
0
129
Hungary
HUN
0
130
Kosovo
KOS
0
131
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
0
132
Luxembourg
LUX
0
133
Mali
MAL
0
134
Moldova
MOL
0
135
Mongolia
MGL
0
136
Nepal
NEP
0
137
Niger
NGR
0
138
North Macedonia
MAC
0
139
Slovakia
SLK
0
140
South Sudan
SSD
0
141
Switzerland
SWZ
0
142
Tajikistan
TJK
0
143
Uzbekistan
UZB
0
144
Zambia
ZAM
0
145
Zimbabwe
ZIM
0

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