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 16th of April. 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), Italy(13), Japan(13), Argentina(13), Austria(11), Switzerland(11), New Zealand(11), Russia(10), Finland(9), Netherlands(8), Singapore(8), Sweden(8), Philippines(8), Ukraine(8), Chile(8), South Korea(7), Kenya(7), Tanzania(7), Spain(7), Indonesia(7), Turkey(7), Armenia(7), Poland(7), Mexico(6), Nepal(6), Romania(6), Bulgaria(6), Ireland(6), United Arab Emirates(6), Czech Republic(6), Thailand(6), Greece(6), Costa Rica(5), Belgium(5), Estonia(5), Sri Lanka(5), Serbia(5), Luxembourg(5), Bangladesh(5), Egypt(5), Norway(5), Lebanon(5), Slovakia(4), Pakistan(4), Latvia(4), Saudi Arabia(4), Mauritius(4), Lithuania(4), Bahrain(4), Malaysia(4), Kuwait(4), Ecuador(3), Iceland(3), Mongolia(3), Oman(3), Taiwan(3), Cote D'Ivoire(3), Denmark(3), Rwanda(3), Uruguay(3), Tunisia(3), Angola(3), Bolivia(3), Portugal(3), Mozambique(3), Netherlands Antilles(3), Qatar(3), Grenada(3), Colombia(3), Nigeria(3), Fiji(3), Malawi(3), Iran(2), Israel(2), Panama(2), Senegal(2), Cambodia(2), Hungary(2), Paraguay(2), Peru(2), Croatia(2), Djibouti(2), Vanuatu(2), Puerto Rico(2), Ghana(2), Palestine(2), Venezuela(2), Myanmar(2), Kazakhstan(2), 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), 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)
Countries without Root Nameservers: 67
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Laos, Palau, Swaziland, Western Sahara, Martinique, Andorra, Bahamas, Chad, Guatemala, Mali, San Marino, Tonga, Falkland Islands, Turkmenistan, Brunei Darussalam, Cuba, Guyana, Nicaragua, Somalia, British Virgin Islands, Lesotho, Kosovo, Albania, Cape Verde, Eritrea, Liechtenstein, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Syria, Zambia, Mauritania, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Comoros, Guinea, Malta, Sao Tome and Principe, Uzbekistan, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan, Niger, Suriname, US Virgin Islands, Libya, South Sudan, Algeria, Central African Republic, Guam, North Macedonia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Timor-Leste, Ethiopia, Monaco, Aruba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Nauru, Sierra Leone, Viet Nam, North Korea, Sint Maarten, Afghanistan
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 Friday 16th of April from https://www.pch.net/ixp/summary_root_servers
Last updated: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:14:05 +0000