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 Friday 17th of August. This report is free for reuse and adaptation.
Countries with Root Nameservers: 142
United States(180), Canada(35), Brazil(33), Germany(27), United Kingdom(22), France(19), Australia(18), South Africa(16), India(16), China(14), Japan(13), Italy(13), Argentina(13), New Zealand(11), Austria(11), Switzerland(11), Russia(10), Finland(9), Philippines(8), Ukraine(8), Chile(8), Netherlands(8), Singapore(8), Sweden(8), Turkey(7), Armenia(7), Poland(7), Kenya(7), Tanzania(7), South Korea(7), Indonesia(7), Spain(7), Czech Republic(6), Thailand(6), Greece(6), Nepal(6), Mexico(6), Romania(6), Bulgaria(6), Ireland(6), United Arab Emirates(6), Norway(5), Lebanon(5), Belgium(5), Costa Rica(5), Sri Lanka(5), Estonia(5), Serbia(5), Luxembourg(5), Bangladesh(5), Egypt(5), Mauritius(4), Lithuania(4), Bahrain(4), Malaysia(4), Kuwait(4), Slovakia(4), Pakistan(4), Latvia(4), Saudi Arabia(4), Grenada(3), Qatar(3), Colombia(3), Nigeria(3), Fiji(3), Malawi(3), Ecuador(3), Iceland(3), Mongolia(3), Oman(3), Cote D'Ivoire(3), Denmark(3), Rwanda(3), Taiwan(3), Uruguay(3), Tunisia(3), Angola(3), Bolivia(3), Mozambique(3), Portugal(3), Netherlands Antilles(3), Puerto Rico(2), Ghana(2), Palestine(2), Venezuela(2), Myanmar(2), Kazakhstan(2), Iran(2), Israel(2), Panama(2), Senegal(2), Cambodia(2), Hungary(2), Paraguay(2), Peru(2), Croatia(2), Djibouti(2), Vanuatu(2), Solomon Islands(1), Gabon(1), Namibia(1), Micronesia(1), Dominican Republic(1), Iraq(1), Belize(1), Sudan(1), Haiti(1), Tajikistan(1), New Caledonia(1), Azerbaijan(1), Benin(1), Democratic Republic of Congo(1), Dominica(1), Jordan(1), Madagascar(1), Curaçao(1), Zimbabwe(1), Togo(1), Seychelles(1), Bhutan(1), Slovenia(1), El Salvador(1), Moldova(1), Burundi(1), Trinidad and Tobago(1), Greenland(1), Belarus(1), Montenegro(1), Botswana(1), Honduras(1), Samoa(1), Papua New Guinea(1), Gambia(1), Uganda(1), Liberia(1), Maldives(1), Marshall Islands(1), Yemen(1), Saint Lucia(1), Jamaica(1), Georgia(1), Morocco(1)
Countries without Root Nameservers: 65
Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Laos, Palau, Swaziland, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Aruba, Central African Republic, Guatemala, Mali, San Marino, Tonga, Falkland Islands, Tuvalu, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Congo, Guyana, Nicaragua, Somalia, British Virgin Islands, Lesotho, South Sudan, Andorra, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Liechtenstein, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Syria, Zambia, Monaco, Bahamas, Chad, Guinea, Malta, Sao Tome and Principe, Uzbekistan, Kiribati, Sint Maarten, Albania, Brunei Darussalam, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Niger, Suriname, US Virgin Islands, Libya, Antigua and Barbuda, Cape Verde, Eritrea, Macedonia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Timor-Leste, Ethiopia, Turkmenistan, Barbados, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Nauru, Sierra Leone, Viet Nam, North Korea, Kosovo
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Packet Clearing House, Internet exchange point directory reports.
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Last updated: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:45:05 +0000