2026 Submarine Fleet Rankings

Countries ranked by number of submarines. This table includes 42 countries with a reported value above zero. Ranked by submarines — higher is better.

1
United States flag

United States

66

Submarines

2
Russia flag

Russia

66

Submarines

3
China flag

China

61

Submarines

1United States flagUnited States662Russia flagRussia663China flagChina614Iran flagIran255North Korea flagNorth Korea246Japan flagJapan237South Korea flagSouth Korea228India flagIndia189Turkey flagTurkey1410United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom1011France flagFrance912Greece flagGreece913Pakistan flagPakistan814Egypt flagEgypt815Italy flagItaly816Vietnam flagVietnam617Israel flagIsrael618Germany flagGermany619Brazil flagBrazil620Algeria flagAlgeria621Australia flagAustralia622Singapore flagSingapore623Peru flagPeru624Norway flagNorway625Taiwan flagTaiwan426Indonesia flagIndonesia427Colombia flagColombia428Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan429Canada flagCanada430Sweden flagSweden431Chile flagChile432Myanmar flagMyanmar333Venezuela flagVenezuela334Netherlands flagNetherlands335South Africa flagSouth Africa336Bangladesh flagBangladesh237Spain flagSpain238Malaysia flagMalaysia239Argentina flagArgentina240Portugal flagPortugal241Ecuador flagEcuador242Poland flagPoland1

How this submarine fleet ranking works

Countries are sorted by the reported submarines value in the MilitaryDex 2026 dataset. Ties preserve the dataset order. Missing values are excluded, and reported zeroes are omitted because they do not identify an active capability.

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Quantity is not the same as readiness or operational effectiveness. Definitions and reporting dates can vary between countries. Review the sources, MSS formula and limitations before comparing capabilities.

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