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 Saturday 18th of September. 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), Ukraine(8), Chile(8), Netherlands(8), Singapore(8), Sweden(8), Philippines(8), Poland(7), South Korea(7), Kenya(7), Tanzania(7), Spain(7), Indonesia(7), Turkey(7), Armenia(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), Malaysia(4), Kuwait(4), Slovakia(4), Pakistan(4), Latvia(4), Saudi Arabia(4), Mauritius(4), Lithuania(4), Bahrain(4), Fiji(3), Malawi(3), 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), Kazakhstan(2), 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), 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), Solomon Islands(1), Gabon(1), Namibia(1), Micronesia(1), Dominican Republic(1), Iraq(1), Belize(1), Sudan(1), Haiti(1), Tajikistan(1)
Countries without Root Nameservers: 67
North Korea, Sint Maarten, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Nauru, Sierra Leone, Viet Nam, Martinique, Andorra, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Laos, Palau, Swaziland, Western Sahara, Turkmenistan, Bahamas, Chad, Guatemala, Mali, San Marino, Tonga, Falkland Islands, Lesotho, Kosovo, Albania, Brunei Darussalam, Cuba, Guyana, Nicaragua, Somalia, British Virgin Islands, Mauritania, Antigua and Barbuda, Cape Verde, Eritrea, Liechtenstein, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Syria, Zambia, Tuvalu, Barbados, Comoros, Guinea, Malta, Sao Tome and Principe, Uzbekistan, Kiribati, Libya, South Sudan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cyprus, Kyrgyzstan, Niger, Suriname, US Virgin Islands, Monaco, Aruba, Central African Republic, Guam, North Macedonia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Timor-Leste, Ethiopia
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Packet Clearing House, Internet exchange point directory reports.
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Last updated: Sat, 18 Sep 2021 03:48:01 +0000