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The following countries operate or have operated [[submarine]]s for [[Navy|naval]] or other [[military]] purposes.

==Countries with currently operational submarines==
[[File:S-120 Papanikolis 1.jpg|thumb|[[Hellenic Navy|Greece]] [[Type 214 submarine]]]]
[[File:RIAN archive 187524 The crew of a diesel-powered Varshavyanka -Kilo--class submarine.jpg|thumb|[[Russian Navy|Russian]] [[Kilo-class submarine]]]]
[[File:FNS Amethyste (S605) visits Naval Submarine Base New London 210901-N-GR655-368.jpg|thumb|[[French Navy|French]] [[Rubis-class submarine]]]]
* [[Algerian National Navy|Algeria]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/africa/algeria.htm |title=World Navies Today: Algeria|website=hazegray.org}}</ref>
* [[Royal Australian Navy|Australia]]
* [[Azerbaijan Navy|Azerbaijan]]
* [[Bangladesh Navy|Bangladesh]]
* [[Brazilian Navy|Brazil]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/brazil.htm |title=World Navies Today: Brazil|website=hazegray.org}}</ref>
* [[Royal Canadian Navy|Canada]]
* [[Chilean Navy|Chile]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/chile.htm |title=World Navies Today: Chile|website=hazegray.org}}</ref>
* [[Colombian Navy|Colombia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/colombia.htm |title=World Navies Today: Colombia|website=hazegray.org}}</ref>
* [[Cuban Revolutionary Navy|Cuba]] - One indigenous design submarine was reported in service in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/03/01/new-photo-reveals-cuban-navys-secret-submarine/|title=New Photo Reveals Cuban Navy's Secret Submarine|last=Sutton|first=H. I.|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>
* [[Ecuadorian Navy|Ecuador]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/ecuador.htm |title=World Navies Today: Ecuador|website=hazegray.org}}</ref>
* [[Egyptian Navy|Egypt]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/africa/egypt.htm |title=World Navies Today: Egypt|website=hazegray.org}}</ref>
* [[French Navy|France]] ([[List of submarines of France|list]])
* [[German Navy|Germany]] ([[List of U-boats of Germany|list]])
* [[Greek Navy|Greece]]
* [[Indian Navy|India]] ([[List of submarines of the Indian Navy|list]])
* [[Indonesian Navy|Indonesia]]
* [[Iranian Navy|Iran]]
* [[Marina Militare|Italy]] ([[List of submarines of Italy|list]])
* [[Israeli Navy|Israel]]
* [[Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force|Japan]]
* [[Malaysian Navy|Malaysia]]
* [[Myanmar Navy|Myanmar]]
* [[Dutch Navy|Netherlands]] ([[List of submarines of the Netherlands|list]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/ |title=Dutch Submarines: The Submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy|website=dutchsubmarines.com}}</ref>
* [[North Korean Navy|North Korea]]
* [[Norwegian Navy|Norway]]
* [[Pakistani Navy|Pakistan]]
* [[Submarines of the People's Liberation Army Navy|People's Republic of China]]
* [[Republic of China Navy|Republic of China]] ([[Taiwan]])
* [[Peruvian Navy|Peru]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/peru.htm |title=World Navies Today: Peru|website=hazegray.org}}</ref>
* [[Polish Navy|Poland]]
* [[Portuguese Navy|Portugal]] ([[List of Portuguese naval ships#Submarines|list]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInformationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1602,5862,00.html |title=Fuel Cell Today - Portuguese navy orders two submarines with Siemens fuel cell technology|access-date=2005-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050817031250/http://www.fuelcelltoday.com/FuelCellToday/IndustryInformation/IndustryInformationExternal/NewsDisplayArticle/0,1602,5862,00.html |archive-date=2005-08-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Russian Navy|Russia]] ([[List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes|list]]) (some ex-[[Soviet Navy|Soviet Union]])
* [[Republic of Singapore Navy|Singapore]]
* [[South African Navy|South Africa]]
* [[South Korean Navy|South Korea]]
* [[Spanish Navy|Spain]] ([[List of submarines in the Spanish Navy|list]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/spain/spain164.html |title=Spain - Navy|website=reference.allrefer.com}}</ref>
* [[Swedish Navy|Sweden]] ([[List of submarines of the Swedish Navy|list]])
* [[Thai Navy|Thailand]]
* [[Turkish Navy|Turkey]] ([[List of submarines of the Turkish Navy|list]])
* [[Royal Navy|United Kingdom]] ([[List of submarines of the Royal Navy|list]])
* [[United States Navy|United States]] ([[List of submarine classes of the United States Navy|list]])
* [[Venezuelan Navy|Venezuela]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/venez.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629103534/http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/americas/venez.htm |archive-date=2011-06-29 |title=World Navies Today: Venezuela|date=June 29, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Vietnam People's Navy|Vietnam]]

==Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBN)==
[[File:Jin (Type 094) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine.JPG|thumb|[[People's Liberation Army Navy|Chinese]] [[Type 094 submarine]]]]
[[File:Sub Marine.jpg|thumb|[[Indian Navy|Indian]] [[Arihant-class submarine|Arihant Class Submarine]]]]
Ballistic missile submarines are larger than any other type of submarine, in order to accommodate [[ballistic missile]]s capable of carrying [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear warheads]].
* [[People's Liberation Army Navy|China]] – [[Type 094 submarine]], [[Type 092 submarine]]
* [[French Navy|France]] – {{sclass|Triomphant|submarine|4}}
* [[Indian Navy|India]] – {{sclass|Arihant|submarine|}}
* [[Russian Navy|Russia]] – {{sclass2|Delta|submarine|5}} and {{sclass2|Borei|submarine|4}}es
* [[Royal Navy|United Kingdom]] – {{sclass|Vanguard|submarine|4}}
* [[United States Navy|United States]] – {{sclass|Ohio|submarine|4}}

== Countries previously operating submarines ==
* [[Albanian Navy|Albania]] - all retired 1998
* [[Argentine Navy|Argentina]] - Two submarines inactive (non-operational) in the [[Argentinian Navy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuestromar.org/defensa-y-seguridad/estiman-que-la-llegada-del-proximo-submarino-operativo-para-argentina-demoraria-de-cinco-a-seis-anos/|title=Estiman que la llegada del próximo submarino operativo para Argentina demoraría de cinco a seis años|language=Spanish|work=Fundación Nuestro Mar|date=8 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2020/12/23/noticia-rossi-argentina-argentina-tiene-tener-fuerza-aerea-aviones-supersonicos.html|title=A. Rossi Argentina: Argentina tiene que tener una Fuerza Aérea con aviones supersónicos 2|work=Infodefensa|language=Spanish}}</ref>
* [[Austro-Hungarian Navy|Austria-Hungary]] ([[List of Austro-Hungarian U-boats|list]])
* [[Bulgarian Navy|Bulgaria]] - all retired by 2011
* [[Military of Cuba|Cuba]] - Operated 3 {{sclass2|Foxtrot|submarine|2}}s retired. 
* [[Danish Navy|Denmark]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navalhistory.dk/English/Naval_Lists/Types/Submarines.htm |title=Danish Submarines 1909-2004|website=navalhistory.dk}}</ref> - retired after 2003
* [[Estonian Navy|Estonia]] ([[Kalev-class submarine|''Kalev'']] and {{ship|EML|Lembit||2}}) - decommissioned 1955 in the Soviet Navy
* [[Finnish Navy|Finland]] - last subs decommissioned after World War II
* [[Latvian Navy|Latvia]] - all submarines taken over by Soviet Union in 1940.
* [[Libyan Navy|Libya]] - all Foxtrot-class submarines retired (1 non-commissioned remains docked)
* [[Romanian Naval Forces|Romania]] ({{ship|Romanian submarine|Delfinul||2}}, not operational; used for dockside training)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Adamowski|first=Jaroslaw|date=2018-02-09|title=Romania to buy 3 sub, 4 ships to bolster Black Sea ops|url=https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/02/09/romania-to-buy-3-sub-4-ships-to-bolster-black-sea-ops/|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Defense News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/europe/romania.htm |title=World Navies Today: Romania|website=hazegray.org}}</ref>
* [[Military of Serbia and Montenegro|Serbia and Montenegro]] (ex-[[Yugoslav Navy|Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/europe/yugo.htm |title=World Navies Today: Yugoslavia|website=hazegray.org}}</ref>
* [[Soviet Navy|Soviet Union]] ([[List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes|list]]) (prior to 1991 collapse, many now operated by [[successor state]] [[Russian Navy|Russia]])
* [[Syrian Navy|Syria]] - all {{sclass2|Romeo|submarine|2}}s retired around 1992
* [[Royal Thai Navy|Thailand]] ({{sclass|Matchanu|submarine|4}} during the [[Franco-Thai War]] - built in Japan 1938 and retired 1951)
* [[Ukrainian Navy|Ukraine]] ({{ship|Ukrainian submarine|Zaporizhzhia||2}} - lost to [[Russian Navy|Russia]] in the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/politics/3401903-korrespondent-na-malenkom-flotu-na-chto-seichas-sposobny-ostatky-ukraynskoho-flota |script-title=ru:Корреспондент: На маленьком флоту. На что сейчас способны остатки украинского флота |work=Korrespondent |last=Seleznev |first=Denis |language=ru |date=6 August 2014 |access-date=18 June 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of submarine classes]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat|Submarines by country}}

* [http://www.janes.com Jane's]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050330085241/http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/bibs/submarine/subarticlescntry.htm Submarine Warfare in the 20th & 21st Centuries:Bibliography]
* [http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/ World Navies Today]

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