Brazil (1)

NAe S?o Paulo (A12): 32,800 ton ex-French carrier FS Foch (launched 1960), purchased in 2000.

France (1)

Charles de Gaulle (R 91): 42,000 ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, commissioned in 2001.

India (1)

INS Viraat: 28,700 ton ex-British carrier HMS Hermes (launched 1953), purchased in 1986 and commissioned in 1987, scheduled to be decommissioned in 2019.

Italy (2)

Giuseppe Garibaldi (551): 14,000 ton Italian STOVL carrier, commissioned in 1985.

Cavour (550): 27,000 ton Italian STOVL carrier, commissioned in 2008.

Russia (1)

Admiral Flota Sovetskovo Soyuza Kuznetsov: 67,500 ton Kuznetsov class STOBAR aircraft carrier. Launched in 1985 as Tbilisi, renamed and operational from 1995.

Spain (2)

Principe de Asturias (R11): 17,200 ton STOVL carrier, commissioned in 1988.

Juan Carlos I (L61): 27,000 ton, launched in 2008, commissioned 30 September 2010.

Thailand (1)

HTMS Chakri Naruebet: 11,400 ton carrier based on Spanish Principe De Asturias design. Commissioned in 1997.

United Kingdom (1)

HMS Illustrious: 22,000 ton STOVL carrier, commissioned in 1982. Originally there were three of her class but the other two have since been retired.

United States (11)

USS Enterprise (CVN-65): 93,500 ton nuclear-powered supercarrier commissioned in 1961. First nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Scheduled for decommissioning in 2013, may be extended to 2014–2015.

Nimitz class: ten 101,000 ton nuclear-powered supercarriers, the first of which was commissioned in 1975. A Nimitz class carrier is powered by two nuclear reactors and four steam turbines and is 1,092 feet (333 m) long.

The United States Navy has the world's largest carrier fleet with eleven supercarriers in service, one under construction and two more planned.