Comparative navy officer ranks of Asia

Rank comparison chart of navies of Asian states.

Officers

Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	No navy
Armenia	No navy
Azerbaijani Navy[1] v t e
					Admiral		Vitse-admiral		Kontr-admiral		Birinci dərəcəli kapitan		Ikinci dərəcəli kapitan		Üçüncü dərəcəli kapitan		Kapitan-leytenant		Baş leytenant		Leytenant		Kiçik leytenant
Royal Bahrain Naval Force v t e
	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Bangladesh Navy[2] v t e
			এ্যাডমিরাল Aeḍmirāl		ভাইস এ্যাডমিরাল Bhā'is aeḍamirāl		রিয়ার এ্যাডমিরাল Riẏār aeḍamirāl		কমোডোর Kômōḍōr		ক্যাপ্টেন Kaepṭēn		কমান্ডার Kômānḍār		লেফটেন্যান্ট কমান্ডার Lēphṭēnānṭ kômānḍār		লেফটেন্যান্ট Lēphṭēnānṭ		সাব-লেফটেন্যান্ট Sāb-lēphṭēnānṭ		এ্যাক্টিং সাব-লেফটেন্যান্ট Ēyākṭiṁ sāb-lēphṭēn'yānṭ		মিডশিপম্যান Miḍśipmaen
Bhutan	No navy
Royal Brunei Navy[3] v t e
	Laksamana armada		Laksamana		Laksamana madya		Laksamana muda		Laksamana pertama		Kepten		Komander		Leftenan komander		Leftenan		Leftenan madya			Leftenan muda
Royal Cambodian Navy v t e
			នាយឧត្តមនាវី Néay ŭtdâmnéavi		ឧត្តមនាវីឯក Ŭtdâmnéavi êk		ឧត្តមនាវីទោ Ŭtdâmnéavi toŭ		ឧត្តមនាវីត្រី Ŭtdâmnéavi trei		វរនាវីឯក Vôrnéavi êk		វរនាវីទោ Vôrnéavi toŭ		វរនាវីត្រី Vôrnéavi trei		អនុនាវីឯក Ânŭnéavi êk		អនុនាវីទោ Ânŭnéavi toŭ			អនុនាវីត្រី Ânŭnéavi trei
PLA Navy[4] v t e
			海军上将 Hǎijūn shàngjiàng		海军中将 Hǎijūn zhōngjiàng		海军少将 Hǎijūn shàojiàng				海军大校 Hǎijūn dàxiào	海军上校 Hǎijūn shàngxiào	海军中校 Hǎijūn zhōngxiào		海军少校 Hǎijūn shàoxiào		海军上尉 Hǎijūn shàngwèi		海军中尉 Hǎijūn zhōngwèi			海军少尉 Hǎijūn shàowèi
Republic of China Navy[5] v t e
			一級上將 It-kip siōng-chiòng	二級上將 Jī-kip siōng-chiòng	中將 Tiong-chiòng		少將 Siáu-chiòng				上校 Siōng-hāu		中校 Tiong-hāu		少校 Siáu-hāu		上尉 Siōng-ùi		中尉 Tiong-ùi			少尉 Siáu-ùi
Republic of China Marine Corps[5] v t e
			二級上將 Jī-kip siōng-chiòng		中將 Tiong-chiòng		少將 Siáu-chiòng				上校 Siōng-hāu		中校 Tiong-hāu		少校 Siáu-hāu		上尉 Siōng-ùi		中尉 Tiong-ùi			少尉 Siáu-ùi
Indian Navy[6] v t e
			Admiral एडमिरल		Vice admiral वाइस एडमिरल		Rear admiral रियर एडमिरल		Commodore कमोडोर		Captain कैप्टन		Commander कमांडर		Lieutenant commander लेफ़्टिनेंट कमांडर		Lieutenant लेफ्टिनेंट		Sub-lieutenant सब लेफ्टिनेंट			Midshipman मिडशिपमैन
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Indonesian Navy[7] v t e
	Laksamana besar		Laksamana		Laksamana madya		Laksamana muda		Laksamana pertama		Kolonel		Letnan kolonel		Mayor		Kapten		Letnan satu			Letnan dua
Iranian Navy[8] v t e
			دریابد Daryabod		دریاسالار Daryasalar		دریابان Daryaban		دریادار Daryadar	دریادار دوم Daryadar dovom	ناخدا یکم Nakhoda yekom		ناخدا دوم Nakhoda dovom		ناخدا سوم Nakhoda sevom		ناوسروان Navsarvan		ناوبان یکم Navban yekom		ناوبان دوم Navban dovom		ناوبان سوم Navban sevom
			Admiral		Vice admiral		Rear admiral		Flotilla admiral	Second flotilla admiral	Captain		Commander		Lieutenant Commander		Lieutenant		Lieutenant Junior Grade		Ensign		Ensign Junior Grade
Iraqi Navy[9] v t e
	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Israeli Navy[10] v t e
					רב-אלוף Rav aluf		אלוף Aluf		תת-אלוף Tat aluf		אלוף משנה Aluf mishne		סגן-אלוף Sgan aluf		רב סרן Rav seren		סרן Seren		סגן Segen			סגן-משנה Segen mishne
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force[11] v t e
			幕僚長たる海将 Bakuryōchō-taru-kaishō		海将 Kaishō		海将補 Kaishō-ho				1等海佐 Ittō kaisa		2等海佐 Nitō kaisa		3等海佐 Santō kaisa		1等海尉 Ittō kaii		2等海尉 Nitō kaii		3等海尉 Santō kaii		准海尉 Jun kaii
Royal Jordanian Navy[12] v t e
	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Kazakh Naval Forces[13] v t e
	Жоғарғы Бас қолбасшының Joğarğı Bas qolbasşınıñ				Адмирал Admïral		Вице-адмирал Vice-admïral		Контр-адмирал Kontr-admïral		Бірінші дәрежелі капитан Birinşi därejeli kapïtan		Екінші дәрежелі капитан Ekinşi därejeli kapïtan		Үшінші дәрежелі капитан Üşinşi därejeli kapïtan		Капитан-лейтенант Kapïtan-leytenant		Аға лейтенант Ağa leytenant			Лейтенант Leytenant
Korean People's Navy[14] v t e
인민군원수 Inmingun-wonsu	차수 Chasu	대장 Daejang		상장 Sangjang		중장 Chungjang		소장 Sojang		대좌 Daechwa	상좌 Sangjwa	중좌 Chungjwa		소좌 Sojwa		대위 Taewi		상위 Sangwi		중위 Chungwi		소위 Sowi
Republic of Korea Navy[15] v t e
	원수 Wonsu		대장 Daejang		중장 Jungjang		소장 Sojang		준장 Junjang		대령 Daeryeong		중령 Jungnyeong		소령 Soryeong		대위 Daewi		중위 Jungwi			소위 Sowi
Republic of Korea Marine Corps[16] v t e
			대장 Daejang		중장 Jungjang		소장 Sojang		준장 Junjang		대령 Daeryeong		중령 Jungnyeong		소령 Soryeong		대위 Daewi		중위 Jungwi			소위 Sowi
Kuwait Navy v t e
			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Kyrgyzstan	No navy
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Lao People's Navy[17] v t e
			ພົນເອກ Phonoek		ພົນໂທ Phonoth		ພົນຕີ Phon ti		ພົນຈັດຕະວາ Phonchadtauaa		ພັນເອກ Phanoek		ພັນໂທ Phanoth		ພັນຕີ Phan ti		ຮ້ອຍເອກ Honyoek		ຮ້ອຍໂທ Hony oth			ຮ້ອຍຕີ Hony ti
Lebanese Navy[18] v t e
					عماد Eimad		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Royal Malaysian Navy[19] v t e
	Laksamana armada		Laksamana		Laksamana madya		Laksamana muda		Laksamana pertama		Kepten		Komander		Leftenan komander		Leftenan		Leftenan madya			Leftenan muda
Maldivian Coast Guard[20] v t e
									ބްރިގޭޑިއަރ ޖެނެރަލް Brigeydiar jeneral		ކާނަލް Kaanal		ލެފްޓިނަންޓް ކާނަލް Leftinant kaanal		މޭޖަރ Meyjar		ކެޕްޓަން Keptan		ފަސްޓް ލެފްޓިނަންޓް Fast leftinant			ލެފްޓިނަންޓް Leftinant
Mongolia	No navy
Myanmar Navy v t e
	ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး bogyok hmūgyī		ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး dụtịyạ bogyok hmūgyī	ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး bogyok kyī	ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး dụtịyạ bogyok kyī		ဗိုလ်ချုပ် bogyok		ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ် bohmūgyok		ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး bohmūgyī		ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး dụtịyạ bohmūgyī		ဗိုလ်မှူး bohmū		ဗိုလ်ကြီး bogyī		ဗိုလ် bo			ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ် dụtịyạ bo
Nepal	No navy
Royal Navy of Oman[21] v t e
	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Pakistan Navy[22] v t e
			Admiral ایڈمرل		Vice admiral وائس ایڈمرل		Rear admiral بحریہ کا امیر		Commodore کموڈور		Captain کپتان		Commander کمانڈر		Lieutenant commander لیفٹیننٹ کمانڈر		Lieutenant لیفٹیننٹ		Sub-lieutenant سب لیفٹیننٹ			Midshipman مڈ شپ مین
Philippine Navy[23] v t e
			Admiral		Vice admiral		Rear admiral		Commodore		Captain		Commander		Lieutenant commander		Lieutenant		Lieutenant junior grade			Ensign
Qatari Emiri Navy v t e
			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Russian Navy[24] v t e
			Адмирал флота Admiral flota		Адмирал Admiral		Вице-адмирал Vitse-admiral		Контр-адмирал Contre-admiral		Капитан 1-го ранга Kapitan 1-go ranga		Капитан 2-го ранга Kapitan 2-go ranga		Капитан 3-го ранга Kapitan 3-go ranga		Капитан-лейтенант Kapitan-leytenant		Старший лейтенант Starshey leytenant		Лейтенант Leytenant		Младший лейтенант Mladshiy leytenant
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers
Royal Saudi Navy[25] v t e
			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Republic of Singapore Navy[26] v t e			No insignia yet
			Admiral		Vice admiral		Rear admiral		Rear admiral (junior grade)		Colonel		Senior lieutenant colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Sri Lanka Navy[27] v t e
	Admiral of the fleet		Admiral		Vice admiral		Rear admiral		Commodore		Captain		Commander		Lieutenant commander		Lieutenant		Sub-lieutenant			Midshipman
Syrian Arab Navy[28] v t e
	فريق Fariq		عماد أول‎‎ Eimad 'awal		عماد Eimad		لواء Alliwa'		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Tajikistan	No navy
Royal Thai Navy[29] v t e
	จอมพลเรือ Chom phon ruea		พลเรือเอก Phon ruea ek		พลเรือโท Phon ruea tho		พลเรือตรี Phon ruea tri				นาวาเอก Nawa ek		นาวาโท Nawa tho		นาวาตรี Nawa tri		เรือเอก Ruea ek		เรือโท Ruea tho			เรือตรี Ruea tri
East Timor Navy[30] v t e
											Capitão de Mar e Guerra		Capitão de Fragata		Capitão-tenente		Primeiro-tenente		Segundo-tenente			Guarda-marinha
Turkmen Naval Forces[31] v t e
			Flot admiraly		Admiral		Wise-admiral		Kontr-admiral		1-nji derejeli kapitan		2-nji derejeli kapitan		3-nji derejeli kapitan		Kapitan-leýtenant		Uly leýtenant		Leýtenant		Kiçi leýtenant
United Arab Emirates Navy v t e
			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Uzbek River Force[32] v t e
											I rang kapitani		II rang kapitani		III rang kapitani		Kapitan-leytenant		Katta leytenant			Leytenant
Vietnam People's Navy[33] v t e
					Đô đốc		Phó đô đốc		Chuẩn đô đốc		Đại tá	Thượng tá	Trung tá		Thiếu tá		Đại úy		Thượng úy		Trung úy		Thiếu úy
Yemeni Navy v t e
									عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم ثان Mulazim than
Rank group	General / flag officers										Senior officers						Junior officers

See also

• Comparative navy enlisted ranks of Asia

Notes

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