Packet Clearing House Report on Root Nameserver Locations
This map plots the density distribution of the root nameservers which are the top of the Internet's domain-name resolution hierarchy, by country. Countries must have root nameservers, country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) nameservers, and Internet exchange points (IXPs) within their borders in order to maintain autonomy and internal connectivity during periods when international cables are damaged.
Hold your cursor over a dot on the map to see the city name and which root-servers are present there. We use the United Nations list of countries, and countries which display as less than one pixel are listed below, but aren't indicated on the map.
Last updated Sunday 24th of September. This report is free for reuse and adaptation.
Countries with Root Nameservers: 96
United States(86), Brazil(19), Germany(15), France(13), Canada(13), Australia(12), China(10), Italy(10), Japan(9), New Zealand(9), United Kingdom(8), Netherlands(7), South Africa(7), Switzerland(6), Spain(6), Ukraine(5), Finland(5), Poland(5), Singapore(5), Korea(5), Argentina(5), Sweden(5), Norway(5), Belgium(4), Estonia(4), Kenya(4), United Arab Emirates(4), Indonesia(4), Bangladesh(4), Egypt(4), Turkey(4), Russia(4), India(4), Philippines(4), Chile(3), Malaysia(3), Costa Rica(3), Austria(3), Taiwan(3), Bulgaria(3), Portugal(3), Ireland(3), Netherlands Antilles(3), Saudi Arabia(3), Czech Republic(3), Greece(3), Mexico(2), Ecuador(2), Iceland(2), Mongolia(2), Nepal(2), Cote D'Ivoire(2), Senegal(2), Pakistan(2), Romania(2), Luxembourg(2), Mozambique(2), Qatar(2), Grenada(2), Bahrain(2), Armenia(2), Fiji(1), New Caledonia(1), Malawi(1), Azerbaijan(1), Kazakhstan(1), Slovakia(1), Oman(1), Israel(1), Panama(1), Bhutan(1), Sri Lanka(1), Denmark(1), Slovenia(1), El Salvador(1), Montenegro(1), Cambodia(1), Uruguay(1), Serbia(1), Tunisia(1), Hungary(1), Tanzania(1), Papua New Guinea(1), Latvia(1), Peru(1), Croatia(1), Yemen(1), Thailand(1), Puerto Rico(1), Lebanon(1), Solomon Islands(1), Venezuela(1), Lithuania(1), Colombia(1), Nigeria(1), Dominican Republic(1)
Countries without Root Nameservers: 110
Guinea-Bissau, Kyrgyzstan, Marshall Islands, Palestine, Sao Tome and Principe, Tajikistan, US Virgin Islands, Lesotho, Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Botswana, Comoros, Eritrea, Honduras, Macedonia, Namibia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Somalia, Tonga, Zimbabwe, Mauritania, Uganda, Albania, Belarus, Burundi, Cuba, Georgia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mali, Niger, Samoa, Swaziland, Viet Nam, North Korea, Moldova, Curaçao, Angola, Bolivia, Central African Republic, Dominica, Guyana, Laos, Morocco, Paraguay, Seychelles, Timor-Leste, Western Sahara, Liberia, Turkmenistan, Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Iran, Madagascar, Nauru, Saint Lucia, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Sint Maarten, Algeria, Belize, Cameroon, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea, Jordan, Malta, Palau, San Marino, Syria, British Virgin Islands, Kuwait, Monaco, South Sudan, Antigua and Barbuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Myanmar, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia, Libya, Tuvalu, Afghanistan, Barbados, Burkina Faso, Congo-Kinshasa, Gambia, Iraq, Maldives, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Kosovo, Andorra, Benin, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Greenland
If you need to cite this information in a formal way (i.e. for bibliographical purposes), we suggest you use:
Packet Clearing House, Internet exchange point directory reports.
Retrieved on Sunday 24th of September from http://wwww.pch.net/ixpdir/summary_root_servers
Last updated: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 13:47:49 +0000