The list of all the world's aircraft carriers, along with their respective owners, is visualized using data from various sources, with the USA leading.

Warships with a full-length flight deck for transporting, deploying, and recovering aircraft are known as aircraft carriers. They are typically the capital ships in a fleet because they enable naval forces to use air power without depending on nearby bases.

Bruno Venditti of Visual Capitalist has created a graphic that illustrates the number of aircraft carriers in operation by nation as of May 2024.

This chart only shows ships that can transport aircraft—not just those made specifically for helicopters. The list is built using information from multiple sources.

U.S. Dominance

With a total of 11 aircraft carriers, the United States possesses 40% of the world's fleet. About 80 fighters can be accommodated on certain American carriers. The entire deck space of the nation is more than twice that of all other countries p...