Based on a comparison of 47 countries in 2011, Germany ranked the highest in number of maritime container ships with 15,341 vessels followed by Singapore and United Kingdom. On the other end of the scale was Moldova with 5.64 vessels, Austria with 6.40 vessels and Mongolia with 6.84 vessels.
Data for more countries are available at Number of Maritime Container Ships indicator page.
| Number of Maritime Container Ships | Unit | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| China | vessels | 2,968 | 3,718 | 3,873 | 4,105 | 4,628 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | vessels | 5,027 | 5,561 | 5,681 | 6,189 | 6,514 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | vessels | 981 | 1,185 | 1,779 | 1,776 | 1,797 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | vessels | 8,413 | 11,646 | 11,453 | 13,234 | 15,439 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | vessels | 2,237 | 2,194 | 2,576 | 2,820 | 2,832 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | vessels | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 246 | 311 | 462 | 516 | 609 | ||||
| Italy | vessels | 798 | 897 | 1,067 | 1,301 | 1,065 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | vessels | 728 | 840 | 843 | 842 | 858 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | vessels | 1,477 | 1,553 | 1,520 | 1,785 | 2,294 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | vessels | 1,903 | 1,855 | 1,496 | 1,621 | 1,905 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | vessels | 4,590 | 5,274 | 5,576 | 7,709 | 9,429 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | vessels | 1,213 | 1,367 | 1,420 | 1,606 | 1,766 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | vessels | ... | ... | ... | 290 | 304 | 316 | 455 | 530 | |||||||||||||
| USA | vessels | 3,318 | 3,102 | 3,102 | 3,389 | 3,325 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | vessels | 5,781 | 5,774 | 6,944 | 7,753 | 9,249 |
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