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 Thursday 24th of July. This report is free for reuse and adaptation.
Countries with Root Nameservers: 159
United States(180), Canada(35), Brazil(33), Germany(27), United Kingdom(22), France(19), Australia(18), India(16), South Africa(16), China(14), Argentina(13), Italy(13), Japan(13), Austria(11), New Zealand(11), Switzerland(11), Russia(10), Finland(9), Netherlands(9), Chile(8), Philippines(8), Singapore(8), Sweden(8), Ukraine(8), Armenia(7), Indonesia(7), Kenya(7), Poland(7), South Korea(7), Spain(7), Tanzania(7), Turkey(7), Bulgaria(6), Czech Republic(6), Greece(6), Ireland(6), Mexico(6), Nepal(6), Romania(6), Thailand(6), United Arab Emirates(6), Bangladesh(5), Belgium(5), Costa Rica(5), Egypt(5), Estonia(5), Lebanon(5), Luxembourg(5), Norway(5), Saudi Arabia(5), Serbia(5), Sri Lanka(5), Bahrain(4), Kuwait(4), Latvia(4), Lithuania(4), Malaysia(4), Mauritius(4), Pakistan(4), Slovakia(4), Angola(3), Bolivia(3), Colombia(3), Cote D'Ivoire(3), Denmark(3), Ecuador(3), Fiji(3), Grenada(3), Iceland(3), Malawi(3), Mongolia(3), Mozambique(3), Netherlands Antilles(3), Nigeria(3), Oman(3), Portugal(3), Qatar(3), Rwanda(3), Taiwan(3), Tunisia(3), Uruguay(3), Viet Nam(3), Afghanistan(2), Burkina Faso(2), Cambodia(2), Cameroon(2), Chad(2), Croatia(2), Djibouti(2), Ghana(2), Guatemala(2), Guinea(2), Hungary(2), Iran(2), Israel(2), Kazakhstan(2), Liechtenstein(2), Mali(2), Myanmar(2), North Macedonia(2), Palestine(2), Panama(2), Paraguay(2), Peru(2), Puerto Rico(2), Saint Barthélemy(2), Senegal(2), Somalia(2), Suriname(2), Vanuatu(2), Venezuela(2), Azerbaijan(1), Belarus(1), Belize(1), Benin(1), Bhutan(1), Bosnia and Herzegovina(1), Botswana(1), Burundi(1), Curaçao(1), Democratic Republic of Congo(1), Dominica(1), Dominican Republic(1), El Salvador(1), Gabon(1), Gambia(1), Georgia(1), Greenland(1), Guam(1), Haiti(1), Honduras(1), Iraq(1), Jamaica(1), Jordan(1), Liberia(1), Madagascar(1), Maldives(1), Marshall Islands(1), Micronesia(1), Moldova(1), Montenegro(1), Morocco(1), Namibia(1), New Caledonia(1), Papua New Guinea(1), Saint Lucia(1), Samoa(1), Seychelles(1), Sint Maarten(1), Slovenia(1), Solomon Islands(1), Sudan(1), Tajikistan(1), Togo(1), Trinidad and Tobago(1), Uganda(1), Uzbekistan(1), Yemen(1), Zimbabwe(1)
Countries without Root Nameservers: 51
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Cuba, Cyprus, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Libya, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Monaco, Nauru, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, Palau, Republic of Congo, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, US Virgin Islands, Western Sahara, Zambia
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Last updated: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 06:18:05 +0000