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 2006 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 Ă…LAND 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
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