Internet IP Address 2008 Report

IP address allocation is the process of distributing IP addresses to organizations worldwide. The major effect of the allocation process is that the Internet IP address has been distributed unevenly across the entire world due to different political boundaries of owners. In this 2008 study, our scopes are to analyze the distribution and the trends of IP address allocation in 238 countries for 2007.

In this first section of the study, we breakdown the average percentages of IP address allocation in 238 countries using the IP2Location historical data in 2007. The average percentage is the arithmetic mean of 12-month values collected on the first day of the month from the IP2Location database.

From the data analysis (see Table 1 & Chart 1), the United States tops the allocation list by holding 37.73% of the IP addresses worldwide. It follows by United Kingdom (12.83%), Japan (7.64%), China (5.74%), Germany (3.81%), France (3.65%), Canada (2.81%), Korea (2.74%), Netherlands (2.00%) and Italy (1.67%). These Top 11 countries in the list occupied more than 80% of total allocated IP address ranges in the world in 2007. The rest 227 countries are sharing less than 20% of allocated IP address spaces.

In this second section of the study, we plot the month-to-month percentage of IP address allocation by country using the IP2Location historical data in 2007.

From the chart analysis (see Chart 2), the United States and the Japan percentages in the IP address space is decreasing in slow pace. China IP address range is increasing at a fast pace and it could potentially overtake the number 3 spot in 2008. Other countries such as Germany and France are growing at slower rate compare to China relatively.

Table 1:The Percentage of IP Address Ownership by Country in 2007

Country Code	Country Name	Percentage	2007 Ranking
US	UNITED STATES	37.7270%	1
UK	UNITED KINGDOM	12.8334%	2
JP	JAPAN	7.6421%	3
CN	CHINA	5.7362%	4
DE	GERMANY	3.8051%	5
FR	FRANCE	3.6514%	6
CA	CANADA	2.8189%	7
KR	KOREA REPUBLIC OF	2.7441%	8
NL	NETHERLANDS	1.9983%	9
IT	ITALY	1.6730%	10
AU	AUSTRALIA	1.6198%	11
ES	SPAIN	1.0997%	12
SE	SWEDEN	1.0846%	13
BR	BRAZIL	1.0495%	14
CH	SWITZERLAND	0.9685%	15
TW	TAIWAN	0.9313%	16
MX	MEXICO	0.8588%	17
RU	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	0.7808%	18
NO	NORWAY	0.6519%	19
FI	FINLAND	0.6230%	20
PL	POLAND	0.5752%	21
MU	MAURITIUS	0.5185%	22
IN	INDIA	0.5174%	23
ZA	SOUTH AFRICA	0.4886%	24
AT	AUSTRIA	0.4601%	25
DK	DENMARK	0.4430%	26
BE	BELGIUM	0.4079%	27
TR	TURKEY	0.3872%	28
HK	HONG KONG	0.3477%	29
IL	ISRAEL	0.2975%	30
CZ	CZECH REPUBLIC	0.2719%	31
RO	ROMANIA	0.2624%	32
NZ	NEW ZEALAND	0.2540%	33
IE	IRELAND	0.2414%	34
AR	ARGENTINA	0.2169%	35
PT	PORTUGAL	0.1964%	36
CL	CHILE	0.1932%	37
TH	THAILAND	0.1912%	38
HU	HUNGARY	0.1903%	39
ID	INDONESIA	0.1866%	40
GR	GREECE	0.1719%	41
SG	SINGAPORE	0.1696%	42
MY	MALAYSIA	0.1577%	43
VE	VENEZUELA	0.1479%	44
CO	COLOMBIA	0.1382%	45
VN	VIET NAM	0.1306%	46
PH	PHILIPPINES	0.1198%	47
BG	BULGARIA	0.1177%	48
UA	UKRAINE	0.1175%	49
EG	EGYPT	0.0963%	50
LT	LITHUANIA	0.0871%	51
SK	SLOVAKIA	0.0859%	52
SA	SAUDI ARABIA	0.0809%	53
AE	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	0.0672%	54
IR	IRAN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF	0.0664%	55
CR	COSTA RICA	0.0663%	56
SI	SLOVENIA	0.0612%	57
LV	LATVIA	0.0596%	58
LU	LUXEMBOURG	0.0530%	59
PE	PERU	0.0520%	60
EE	ESTONIA	0.0500%	61
HR	CROATIA	0.0479%	62
PA	PANAMA	0.0455%	63
CS	SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO	0.0396%	64
IS	ICELAND	0.0369%	65
PR	PUERTO RICO	0.0362%	66
KW	KUWAIT	0.0358%	67
PK	PAKISTAN	0.0313%	68
MA	MOROCCO	0.0299%	69
TN	TUNISIA	0.0295%	70
EC	ECUADOR	0.0247%	71
KZ	KAZAKHSTAN	0.0213%	72
UY	URUGUAY	0.0202%	73
CY	CYPRUS	0.0194%	74
BD	BANGLADESH	0.0176%	75
BO	BOLIVIA	0.0170%	76
NG	NIGERIA	0.0165%	77
QA	QATAR	0.0159%	78
SV	EL SALVADOR	0.0152%	79
LK	SRI LANKA	0.0151%	80
MT	MALTA	0.0149%	81
DZ	ALGERIA	0.0145%	82
GT	GUATEMALA	0.0132%	83
DO	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	0.0124%	84
KE	KENYA	0.0123%	85
BA	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	0.0122%	86
LB	LEBANON	0.0120%	87
OM	OMAN	0.0119%	88
JO	JORDAN	0.0115%	89
GE	GEORGIA	0.0106%	90
MK	MACEDONIA THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF	0.0106%	91
MD	MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	0.0101%	92
AN	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	0.0089%	93
BN	BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	0.0088%	94
BY	BELARUS	0.0087%	95
MO	MACAO	0.0084%	96
TT	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	0.0082%	97
UZ	UZBEKISTAN	0.0077%	98
BH	BAHRAIN	0.0076%	99
AZ	AZERBAIJAN	0.0075%	100
LY	LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA	0.0073%	101
JM	JAMAICA	0.0071%	102
GU	GUAM	0.0069%	103
MN	MONGOLIA	0.0064%	104
GH	GHANA	0.0064%	105
NI	NICARAGUA	0.0063%	106
SY	SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	0.0057%	107
AM	ARMENIA	0.0056%	108
BZ	BELIZE	0.0055%	109
UG	UGANDA	0.0053%	110
RS	SERBIA	0.0053%	111
PY	PARAGUAY	0.0053%	112
KG	KYRGYZSTAN	0.0052%	113
HN	HONDURAS	0.0051%	114
BM	BERMUDA	0.0050%	115
CU	CUBA	0.0048%	116
FJ	FIJI	0.0047%	117
TZ	TANZANIA UNITED REPUBLIC OF	0.0047%	118
NP	NEPAL	0.0043%	119
VI	VIRGIN ISLANDS U.S.	0.0042%	120
BS	BAHAMAS	0.0040%	121
BB	BARBADOS	0.0038%	122
IQ	IRAQ	0.0038%	123
LI	LIECHTENSTEIN	0.0037%	124
CI	COTE D'IVOIRE	0.0036%	125
GN	GUINEA	0.0036%	126
RW	RWANDA	0.0035%	127
KH	CAMBODIA	0.0034%	128
BW	BOTSWANA	0.0031%	129
SD	SUDAN	0.0031%	130
MC	MONACO	0.0030%	131
NA	NAMIBIA	0.0030%	132
CM	CAMEROON	0.0027%	133
MZ	MOZAMBIQUE	0.0025%	134
GI	GIBRALTAR	0.0024%	135
ZW	ZIMBABWE	0.0024%	136
NC	NEW CALEDONIA	0.0024%	137
SN	SENEGAL	0.0024%	138
AL	ALBANIA	0.0023%	139
HT	HAITI	0.0022%	140
PF	FRENCH POLYNESIA	0.0021%	141
AF	AFGHANISTAN	0.0021%	142
AO	ANGOLA	0.0020%	143
FO	FAROE ISLANDS	0.0018%	144
MM	MYANMAR	0.0018%	145
GA	GABON	0.0017%	146
MV	MALDIVES	0.0017%	147
TJ	TAJIKISTAN	0.0016%	148
YE	YEMEN	0.0016%	149
PG	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	0.0015%	150
MG	MADAGASCAR	0.0015%	151
LA	LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	0.0014%	152
AW	ARUBA	0.0014%	153
AD	ANDORRA	0.0014%	154
GY	GUYANA	0.0013%	155
ZM	ZAMBIA	0.0013%	156
AG	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	0.0013%	157
SL	SIERRA LEONE	0.0011%	158
SM	SAN MARINO	0.0011%	159
SZ	SWAZILAND	0.0011%	160
KY	CAYMAN ISLANDS	0.0010%	161
SR	SURINAME	0.0010%	162
ML	MALI	0.0010%	163
ET	ETHIOPIA	0.0010%	164
TG	TOGO	0.0008%	165
GL	GREENLAND	0.0008%	166
KN	SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	0.0007%	167
BF	BURKINA FASO	0.0007%	168
MP	NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS	0.0007%	169
BT	BHUTAN	0.0007%	170
SC	SEYCHELLES	0.0007%	171
MW	MALAWI	0.0007%	172
WS	SAMOA	0.0007%	173
MR	MAURITANIA	0.0006%	174
GM	GAMBIA	0.0006%	175
VA	HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)	0.0006%	176
CK	COOK ISLANDS	0.0006%	177
SB	SOLOMON ISLANDS	0.0006%	178
ME	MONTENEGRO	0.0005%	179
NR	NAURU	0.0005%	180
TV	TUVALU	0.0005%	181
LS	LESOTHO	0.0005%	182
GD	GRENADA	0.0005%	183
CD	CONGO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE	0.0005%	184
AI	ANGUILLA	0.0004%	185
AX	ÅLAND ISLANDS	0.0004%	186
BJ	BENIN	0.0004%	187
VU	VANUATU	0.0004%	188
VC	SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	0.0004%	189
LC	SAINT LUCIA	0.0004%	190
DM	DOMINICA	0.0004%	191
TM	TURKMENISTAN	0.0004%	192
AQ	ANTARCTICA	0.0004%	193
VG	VIRGIN ISLANDS BRITISH	0.0004%	194
ER	ERITREA	0.0004%	195
PW	PALAU	0.0004%	196
DJ	DJIBOUTI	0.0004%	197
TO	TONGA	0.0003%	198
GF	FRENCH GUIANA	0.0003%	199
AS	AMERICAN SAMOA	0.0003%	200
LR	LIBERIA	0.0003%	201
CG	CONGO	0.0003%	202
SO	SOMALIA	0.0003%	203
NE	NIGER	0.0003%	204
GW	GUINEA-BISSAU	0.0003%	205
GP	GUADELOUPE	0.0003%	206
KI	KIRIBATI	0.0003%	207
CF	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	0.0003%	208
FM	MICRONESIA FEDERATED STATES OF	0.0003%	209
KP	KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	0.0003%	210
BI	BURUNDI	0.0003%	211
CV	CAPE VERDE	0.0002%	212
RE	REUNION	0.0002%	213
MQ	MARTINIQUE	0.0002%	214
MH	MARSHALL ISLANDS	0.0002%	215
GQ	EQUATORIAL GUINEA	0.0002%	216
ST	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	0.0002%	217
IO	BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	0.0002%	218
TD	CHAD	0.0002%	219
KM	COMOROS	0.0001%	220
NF	NORFOLK ISLAND	0.0001%	221
TC	TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	0.0001%	222
JE	JERSEY	0.0001%	223
NU	NIUE	0.0001%	224
IM	ISLE OF MAN	0.0000%	225
MS	MONTSERRAT	0.0000%	226
FK	FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)	0.0000%	227
WF	WALLIS AND FUTUNA	0.0000%	228
TL	TIMOR-LESTE	0.0000%	229
YU	SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO	0.0000%	230
YT	MAYOTTE	0.0000%	231
BV	BOUVET ISLAND	0.0000%	232
UM	UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS	0.0000%	233
TK	TOKELAU	0.0000%	234
HM	HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS	0.0000%	235
GG	GUERNSEY	0.0000%	236
GS	SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS	0.0000%	237
PN	PITCAIRN	0.0000%	238

Internet IP Address 2008 Report

Table 1:The Percentage of IP Address Ownership by Country in 2007

Chart 1:Worldwide IP Address Ownership by Country in 2007

Chart 2:Worldwide IP Address Ownership by Country in 2007 with Month-to-Month Comparison