Internet IP Address 2011 Report

IP addresses are allocated on an annual basis by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and its regional registries to various organizations worldwide with the majority of the IP addresses being allocated to the developed countries like the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom. In the last few years though, emerging economies like China have been allocated an increasingly bigger percentage of the IP addresses. This trend which is also evident in the likes of India, Vietnam and Mexico indicates an ever growing appetite for internet consumption amongst their populations.

In this first section of the study, we breakdown the average percentages of IP address allocations in 240 countries using the IP2Location historical data. The average percentage is the arithmetic mean of 12-month values collected on the first day of the month from the IP2Location monthly database.

From the data analysis (see Table 1 &Chart 1), it is clear that the overall IP address allocations for Asian countries are on the rise whereas European countries have seen a drop in their allocations. Leading the Asian countries is China which has overtaken the United Kingdom for the 2nd highest number of allocations. South Korea, a country famous for online gaming, managed to secure 6th place and has relegated France to the 7th position.

The Top 10 countries in the list still managed to secure 77.73% of the total allocated IP addresses in 2010. That is a decrease from the 2009 total of 79.1%. With the economic upheavals in both the United States and Europe, it is hardly a surprise that the numbers have decreased. On the other hand, it will open up more allocations to emerging countries in Asia and South America.

In this second section of the study, we plot the month-to-month percentage of IP address allocations by country using the IP2Location historical data in 2010.

From the chart analysis (see Chart 2), we can see that the allocation rate is slowing down compared to 11% in 2009. The total IP addresses allocated for 2010 is 2,685,024,462. Compared to the total for 2009 which is 2,505,141,392, we are seeing a 7.2% increase in the total number of allocations.

Considering that the total IP addresses in the IPv4 space is 4,294,967,296, that leaves us with only approximately 37% of IP addresses to be allocated in Class A, B and C.

References:
IP2Location Internet IP Address Year 2010 Report
https://www.ip2location.com/reports/internet-ip-address-2010-report

Table 1:The Percentage of IP Address Ownership by Country in 2010

Country Code	Country Name	Percentage	2010 Ranking	2009 Ranking
US	UNITED STATES	36.5982%	1	1
CN	CHINA	9.7077%	2	3
UK	UNITED KINGDOM	8.1512%	3	2
JP	JAPAN	7.0413%	4	4
DE	GERMANY	3.6158%	5	5
KR	KOREA REPUBLIC OF	3.4460%	6	7
FR	FRANCE	3.3053%	7	6
CA	CANADA	2.4097%	8	8
IT	ITALY	1.7404%	9	9
NL	NETHERLANDS	1.7086%	10	10
AU	AUSTRALIA	1.6155%	11	11
BR	BRAZIL	1.4144%	12	12
RU	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1.2858%	13	13
TW	TAIWAN	1.1250%	14	14
MX	MEXICO	1.0098%	15	17
ES	SPAIN	0.9870%	16	15
SE	SWEDEN	0.9715%	17	16
IN	INDIA	0.8787%	18	19
CH	SWITZERLAND	0.8174%	19	18
ZA	SOUTH AFRICA	0.6315%	20	20
PL	POLAND	0.6115%	21	21
NO	NORWAY	0.5602%	22	22
FI	FINLAND	0.5059%	23	23
TR	TURKEY	0.4495%	24	24
DK	DENMARK	0.4479%	25	25
ID	INDONESIA	0.4424%	26	29
AT	AUSTRIA	0.4249%	27	26
BE	BELGIUM	0.4214%	28	27
RO	ROMANIA	0.3985%	29	28
AR	ARGENTINA	0.3682%	30	31
HK	HONG KONG	0.3507%	31	30
VN	VIET NAM	0.3405%	32	33
CZ	CZECH REPUBLIC	0.2856%	33	32
UA	UKRAINE	0.2727%	34	37
IL	ISRAEL	0.2688%	35	34
NZ	NEW ZEALAND	0.2584%	36	35
TH	THAILAND	0.2411%	37	38
CO	COLOMBIA	0.2335%	38	40
IE	IRELAND	0.2279%	39	36
MY	MALAYSIA	0.2119%	40	45
PT	PORTUGAL	0.2087%	41	39
CL	CHILE	0.2087%	42	41
GR	GREECE	0.1968%	43	42
SG	SINGAPORE	0.1918%	44	44
EG	EGYPT	0.1909%	45	49
HU	HUNGARY	0.1824%	46	43
PH	PHILIPPINES	0.1822%	47	46
VE	VENEZUELA BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF	0.1745%	48	47
BG	BULGARIA	0.1417%	49	48
SA	SAUDI ARABIA	0.1328%	50	50
IR	IRAN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF	0.1041%	51	53
MU	MAURITIUS	0.1037%	52	62
PK	PAKISTAN	0.0968%	53	57
AE	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	0.0955%	54	51
SK	SLOVAKIA	0.0896%	55	54
LT	LITHUANIA	0.0841%	56	52
PE	PERU	0.0778%	57	55
SI	SLOVENIA	0.0724%	58	58
TN	TUNISIA	0.0714%	59	75
HR	CROATIA	0.0687%	60	56
CR	COSTA RICA	0.0630%	61	59
DZ	ALGERIA	0.0614%	62	68
LV	LATVIA	0.0591%	63	60
RS	SERBIA	0.0579%	64	77
KZ	KAZAKHSTAN	0.0565%	65	67
PA	PANAMA	0.0522%	66	63
EC	ECUADOR	0.0502%	67	66
LU	LUXEMBOURG	0.0500%	68	61
KW	KUWAIT	0.0460%	69	65
EE	ESTONIA	0.0421%	70	64
MA	MOROCCO	0.0397%	71	70
UY	URUGUAY	0.0374%	72	73
PR	PUERTO RICO	0.0372%	73	69
BY	BELARUS	0.0371%	74	91
BD	BANGLADESH	0.0342%	75	74
IS	ICELAND	0.0296%	76	72
GE	GEORGIA	0.0289%	77	76
MD	MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	0.0279%	78	78
KE	KENYA	0.0247%	79	93
NG	NIGERIA	0.0245%	80	79
MK	MACEDONIA THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF	0.0212%	81	80
BA	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	0.0208%	82	87
CY	CYPRUS	0.0207%	83	82
DO	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	0.0206%	84	84
LK	SRI LANKA	0.0205%	85	86
GT	GUATEMALA	0.0200%	86	81
BO	BOLIVIA PLURINATIONAL STATE OF	0.0195%	87	83
CS	SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO	0.0182%	88	71
TT	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	0.0181%	89	90
QA	QATAR	0.0181%	90	89
MT	MALTA	0.0174%	91	85
SV	EL SALVADOR	0.0173%	92	88
SY	SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	0.0170%	93	97
LB	LEBANON	0.0160%	94	92
JO	JORDAN	0.0155%	95	94
BH	BAHRAIN	0.0131%	96	98
AZ	AZERBAIJAN	0.0121%	97	99
AM	ARMENIA	0.0121%	98	108
OM	OMAN	0.0120%	99	96
LY	LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA	0.0120%	100	95
AN	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	0.0118%	101	100
PY	PARAGUAY	0.0116%	102	106
NI	NICARAGUA	0.0100%	103	101
HN	HONDURAS	0.0096%	104	103
TZ	TANZANIA UNITED REPUBLIC OF	0.0092%	105	119
MO	MACAO	0.0092%	106	105
GH	GHANA	0.0091%	107	109
JM	JAMAICA	0.0090%	108	104
UZ	UZBEKISTAN	0.0088%	109	102
NP	NEPAL	0.0085%	110	110
AL	ALBANIA	0.0084%	111	111
BN	BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	0.0076%	112	107
KH	CAMBODIA	0.0073%	113	118
SN	SENEGAL	0.0071%	114	130
GU	GUAM	0.0070%	115	126
SD	SUDAN	0.0068%	116	129
GA	GABON	0.0068%	117	112
UG	UGANDA	0.0066%	118	114
MN	MONGOLIA	0.0064%	119	117
RW	RWANDA	0.0063%	120	113
NA	NAMIBIA	0.0062%	121	115
IQ	IRAQ	0.0061%	122	131
KG	KYRGYZSTAN	0.0058%	123	116
CI	COTE D'IVOIRE	0.0058%	124	120
FJ	FIJI	0.0053%	125	121
MZ	MOZAMBIQUE	0.0053%	126	135
BZ	BELIZE	0.0050%	127	122
BS	BAHAMAS	0.0048%	128	127
CU	CUBA	0.0046%	129	123
CM	CAMEROON	0.0045%	130	137
BM	BERMUDA	0.0043%	131	124
VI	VIRGIN ISLANDS U.S.	0.0042%	132	128
BB	BARBADOS	0.0042%	133	125
ME	MONTENEGRO	0.0042%	134	133
AO	ANGOLA	0.0041%	135	140
ZM	ZAMBIA	0.0040%	136	146
NC	NEW CALEDONIA	0.0039%	137	139
HT	HAITI	0.0037%	138	134
BW	BOTSWANA	0.0034%	139	132
AF	AFGHANISTAN	0.0034%	140	141
LI	LIECHTENSTEIN	0.0030%	141	136
GI	GIBRALTAR	0.0025%	142	143
GN	GUINEA	0.0025%	143	138
ZW	ZIMBABWE	0.0023%	144	144
PG	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	0.0022%	145	148
LA	LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	0.0022%	146	150
MG	MADAGASCAR	0.0022%	147	149
TJ	TAJIKISTAN	0.0022%	148	151
MW	MALAWI	0.0021%	149	162
MV	MALDIVES	0.0021%	150	147
MC	MONACO	0.0021%	151	142
SR	SURINAME	0.0020%	152	145
AG	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	0.0019%	153	154
KY	CAYMAN ISLANDS	0.0018%	154	155
YE	YEMEN	0.0017%	155	158
AW	ARUBA	0.0016%	156	159
PF	FRENCH POLYNESIA	0.0016%	157	152
GY	GUYANA	0.0016%	158	169
AD	ANDORRA	0.0016%	159	161
MR	MAURITANIA	0.0015%	160	160
BF	BURKINA FASO	0.0014%	161	166
FO	FAROE ISLANDS	0.0014%	162	156
ML	MALI	0.0014%	163	164
SC	SEYCHELLES	0.0013%	164	165
RE	REUNION	0.0013%	165	153
SZ	SWAZILAND	0.0013%	166	157
SM	SAN MARINO	0.0011%	167	168
BJ	BENIN	0.0011%	168	173
BT	BHUTAN	0.0010%	169	167
CD	CONGO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE	0.0010%	170	174
SL	SIERRA LEONE	0.0010%	171	171
VC	SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	0.0010%	172	183
NE	NIGER	0.0010%	173	177
AX	ALAND ISLANDS	0.0010%	174	170
KN	SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	0.0010%	175	175
VG	VIRGIN ISLANDS BRITISH	0.0009%	176	181
GW	GUINEA-BISSAU	0.0009%	177	214
WS	SAMOA	0.0008%	178	178
GD	GRENADA	0.0008%	179	180
LS	LESOTHO	0.0008%	180	176
ET	ETHIOPIA	0.0008%	181	172
MM	MYANMAR	0.0007%	182	163
TG	TOGO	0.0007%	183	179
GM	GAMBIA	0.0007%	184	184
DJ	DJIBOUTI	0.0007%	185	189
GL	GREENLAND	0.0006%	186	182
CV	CAPE VERDE	0.0006%	187	188
VA	HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)	0.0006%	188	187
VU	VANUATU	0.0006%	189	195
MP	NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS	0.0006%	190	185
TM	TURKMENISTAN	0.0006%	191	186
LR	LIBERIA	0.0005%	192	205
LC	SAINT LUCIA	0.0005%	193	191
SB	SOLOMON ISLANDS	0.0005%	194	192
NR	NAURU	0.0005%	195	193
TV	TUVALU	0.0005%	196	194
DM	DOMINICA	0.0004%	197	200
MQ	MARTINIQUE	0.0004%	198	196
FM	MICRONESIA FEDERATED STATES OF	0.0004%	199	211
CF	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	0.0004%	200	201
AI	ANGUILLA	0.0004%	201	197
AQ	ANTARCTICA	0.0004%	202	190
TO	TONGA	0.0004%	203	207
CG	CONGO	0.0004%	204	204
KP	KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	0.0004%	205	202
PW	PALAU	0.0004%	206	199
CK	COOK ISLANDS	0.0003%	207	198
ER	ERITREA	0.0003%	208	203
TC	TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	0.0003%	209	216
TD	CHAD	0.0003%	210	219
GQ	EQUATORIAL GUINEA	0.0003%	211	209
SO	SOMALIA	0.0003%	212	206
MH	MARSHALL ISLANDS	0.0003%	213	213
KI	KIRIBATI	0.0003%	214	212
BI	BURUNDI	0.0003%	215	215
AS	AMERICAN SAMOA	0.0003%	216	208
JE	JERSEY	0.0003%	217	222
GF	FRENCH GUIANA	0.0002%	218	217
GP	GUADELOUPE	0.0002%	219	210
IM	ISLE OF MAN	0.0002%	220	218
MF	SAINT MARTIN	0.0002%	221	225
TL	TIMOR-LESTE	0.0002%	222	230
ST	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	0.0002%	223	220
KM	COMOROS	0.0002%	224	221
PM	SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON	0.0002%	225	224
IO	BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	0.0001%	226	223
NU	NIUE	0.0001%	227	228
MS	MONTSERRAT	0.0001%	228	226
WF	WALLIS AND FUTUNA	0.0001%	229	227
FK	FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)	0.0001%	230	229
NF	NORFOLK ISLAND	0.0001%	231	231
UM	UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS	0.0000%	232	234
TK	TOKELAU	0.0000%	233	236
GG	GUERNSEY	0.0000%	234	232
BV	BOUVET ISLAND	0.0000%	235	233
YT	MAYOTTE	0.0000%	236	235
TF	FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES	0.0000%	237	238
GS	SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS	0.0000%	238	239
HM	HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS	0.0000%	239	237
PN	PITCAIRN	0.0000%	240	240

Internet IP Address 2011 Report

Table 1:The Percentage of IP Address Ownership by Country in 2010

Chart 1:Worldwide IP Address Ownership by Country in 2010

Chart 2:Worldwide IP Address Ownership by Country in 2010 with Month-to-Month Comparison