The Online World: 2017

Geo-political changes influence The .UK domain is the world’s .no the country codes: Russia officially One of the world’s least-used fourth most popular country-code .fi adopted .ru after the dissolution The US appears unusually small domain. Back in 1985, .UK was 721,045 415,587 county-codes – North Korea’s .kp as there is a general preference .gl .fo .dk of the Soviet Union but the .su – only has 24 registered domains. 3,228 one of the first ever country-code 1,330,848 for using .com over .us, but 4,890 .ax country-code lives on (with nearly This is due to the strict censorship domains to be created. In 2014, 2,480 120,000 registrations). West and domain registrations in .us have shorter ‘website.uk’ domains were of the country’s internet use, with risen by 37% since last year. East Germany had .de and .dd many .kp domains only accessible .is made available alongside .se respectively, with the former 1,452,278 from within the country. 60,931 ‘website.co.uk’ for the first time. becoming the official country Arctic Ocean code after reunification. Arctic Ocean

.ru .nl 5,478,085 .ca 5,696,752 .ee 2,561,793 North .pl 125,967 .im North North Atlantic 35,000 2,698,039 121,000 .lv .bm .kz .kp Pacific .lt 127,114 24 Pacific .us 4,137 Ocean .de .cz 181,552 2,323,053 .mn .tc 16,135,545 1,287,222 .by 15,189 Ocean 353,496 Ocean .bs 6,994 121,637 .pm 2,557 .cu .sk .az .uz .kr 7,243 1,614 .ht .vg .ie .hu 26,652 30,909 2,837 .be .ky 4,544 702,114 .ua 1,048,524 .mx 5,850 .ms 223,657 .uk 1,559,308 .at 556,899 822,968 9,364 10,593,706 1,269,166 .ki .gp .ai .je .md 494 13,153 .ro 20,972 2,293 901,420 .af .tk 5,555 .bz .gg .lu .rs .tm.tj .kg 5,332 18,031,374 33,165 .jm .do .dm 7,104 .cn 91,399 93,936 16,268 10,049 .pk .gt 6,610 19,670 2,511 7,365 .bg 48,942 61,286 20,608,428 15,645 .ag .tr 384,166 .am .hn .pr.vi 17,966 .mk 36,937 .sv 9,014 .mq Did you know? 5,120 1,520 .bb 16,782 8,153 .ni 883 2,212 .ir .np 6,061 .ge .lb .sy .bt .kn .vc .al 3,844 925 852,566 53,062 1,757 50,462 .cy 28,213 1,822 .cr 17,943 13,886 17,349 .fr .li .me .pa .aw .cw .gd 63,026 824,574 .bh It’s not just countries that have domains! 17,922 604 .lc 2,831 4,242 753 4,571 .tt 3,025,909 .si .iq .qa .vn 1,181 22,219 .jp There are an increasing number of local 4,827 .ps .th 560,603 .gy .ch 122,847 .in 65,868 .mo 1,458,160 .ve 3,653 .gr 5,446 .ae 2,659 domains, such as .london, .cymru and 76,428 .ad 2,043,735 .it 377,898 102,498 2,221,531 1,555 .il .om .bd .berlin. The most popular city domain .sr 3,013,174 .sm 240,458 2,642 32,482 3,124 .ye .tw .gf 2,127 .la 465,976 .mh .hr 934 .mm 57,196 name is .nyc, which has more domains 681 5 .co .mc 97,760 .jo 3,999 .hk 2,235,746 3,192 .sa 327,438 registrations than Thailand’s country code. .es 4,768 47,645 .my .ph .mp .ba 324,412 .pt 1,846,437 19,196 .kw .bn .pw 74,944 586 25 998 1,063,419 883,021 .gu .nr 98 There are over 143.6 million country code .va .pg 267 .br 363 .mv .sg 1,929 .ec 3,880,379 3,995 169,758 domain names registered around the 38,338 South .lk .gi 55,724 .fm 1,769 .kh 17,712 .tv world. One of the largest growth areas is .pe .py .ng 3,113 549,523 98,318 17,613 Atlantic .id .tl 50,081 1,207,550 1,822 .sb .fj China, where almost 4 million new .cn .bo .ma 2,808 2,507 .wf 63,938 .cx 10,480 Ocean .io 37,020 1,910 .tn 232,957 .vu domain names have been registered since 34,097 1,532 .sh .bf .dz March 2016. .ar 1,239 8,499 7,288 .cc .ly .ws 416,018 14,417 .nc 1,745,678 153,405 .gw .sn 4,701 .as 134 4,344 .eg .sd 13,904 .mr 7,204 3,138 .gm 1,548 Domain name registrations don’t always 1,450 .ug Indian .to .cl Africa is relatively 6,193 .mt .ne .cm 7,500 16,936 524,524 411 .td 36,422 .au 247 .dj Montenegro’s .me has proven .nf correspond with population sizes. Little 6,870 underrepresented, which is partly .cv .bj .ml 3,092,051 1,127 .uy 1,466 206,898 Ocean 766 very popular worldwide, with Liechtenstein (.li) has 169.1 domain 79,498 .cf due to poor internet connections .tg 634,445 .nu 1,278 .pf .er 110 many global brands such as 346,493 registrations per 100 people, while .et 1,598 in some areas and a preference .ac .gn 291 .so 2,416 .ck 8,000 .sl .ke 13,873 Microsoft and Samsung America’s .us only has 0.7 domains 1,287 62,797 1,274 .pn for using mobiles. Also, many in .lr 3,481 .rw 314 .gh 2,594 783 .ci .ga .tz 12,804 registering domains. For a registration for every 100 people. There .fk 8,215 596,517 123 Africa favour .com as a domain .gq .mw 301,420 9,943 country with around 600,000 .nz are various reasons for the interest in .li – .bi .sc 671,763 name ending over their own .cg .ao 2,254 .tf 1,141 379 .mz 5,467 3,006 .cd 4,578 people, there are over 800,000 it is a popular Chinese surname, some 2,578 .zw .km .gs country code. .zm 1,899 106 75,671 4,181 .sz .hm .bw 1,502 .yt domain names registered. 42,533 American companies use it to mean Long .na 7,801 4,718 3,833 .ls .mu .st 1,107 .mg 7,978 Island, while li is also a common word 12,441 .za 4,068 1,127,415 ending in Russian. .re 27,514 .aq 79

Europe sk Slovakia 353,496 pm St. Pierre and Miquelon 7,243 gt Guatemala 15,645 South America Africa sc Seychelles 5,467 bj Benin 766 sg Singapore 169,758 bn Brunei Darussalam 998 Oceania nf Norfolk Island 1,127 de Germany 16,135,545 ie Ireland 223,657 je Jersey 5,555 ai Anguilla 13,153 br Brazil 3,880,379 za South Africa 1,127,415 yt Mayotte 4,718 ne Niger 411 kz Kazakhstan 127,114 mp Northern Mariana Islands 586 tk Tokelau 18,031,374 pn Pitcairn Island 783 uk United Kingdom 10,593,706 lt Lithuania 181,552 gl Greenland 4,890 ky Cayman Islands 5,850 co Colombia 2,235,746 cf Central African Republic 634,445 mz Mozambique 4,578 ao Angola 379 ph Philippines 74,944 gu Guam 98 au Australia 3,092,051 ki Kiribati 494 nl Netherlands 5,696,752 ee Estonia 125,967 fo Faroe Islands 3,228 ms Montserrat 9,364 cl Chile 524,524 ga Gabon 596,517 sn Senegal 4,344 lr Liberia 314 th Thailand 65,868 kp Korea, Democratic People's Rep’ 24 cc Cocos (Keeling) Islands 1,745,678 nr Nauru 267 fr France 3,025,909 si Slovenia 122,847 mc Monaco 3,192 hn Honduras 9,014 ar Argentina 416,018 gq Equatorial Guinea 301,420 zm Zambia 4,181 gn Guinea 291 pk Pakistan 61,286 mh Marshall Islands 5 nz New Zealand 671,763 it Italy 3,013,174 by Belarus 121,637 ax Åland Islands 2,480 sv El Salvador 8,153 pe Peru 98,318 ml Mali 206,898 mg Madagascar 4,068 td Chad 247 la Lao People's Democratic Republic 57,196 tv Tuvalu 549,523 Antarctica pl Poland 2,698,039 lv Latvia 121,000 gp Guadeloupe 2,293 tc Turks and Caicos Islands 6,994 uy Uruguay 79,498 ma Morocco 63,938 na Namibia 3,833 gw Guinea-Bissau 134 lk Sri Lanka 55,724 Middle East nu Niue 346,493 aq Antartica 79 ch Switzerland 2,043,735 hr Croatia/Hrvatska 97,760 sm San Marino 2,127 jm Jamaica 6,610 ve Venezuela 76,428 ke Kenya 62,797 gh Ghana 3,481 er Eritrea 110 np Nepal 53,062 ir Iran (Islamic Republic of) 852,566 ws Western Samoa 153,405 IDNs excluded from the graphic: es Spain 1,846,437 rs Serbia 93,936 gi Gibraltar 1,769 ni Nicaragua 6,061 gs South Georgia and the South ng Nigeria 50,081 sd Sudan 3,138 km Comoros 106 am Armenia 36,937 il Israel 240,458 hm Heard and McDonald Islands 42,533 be Belgium 1,559,308 lu Luxembourg 91,399 ad Andorra 1,555 pr Puerto Rico 5,120 Sandwich Islands 75,671 cm Cameroon 36,422 rw Rwanda 2,594 bd Bangladesh 32,482 ae United Arab Emirates 102,498 cx Christmas Island 37,020 РФ (Russia) 791,578 li Liechtenstein 63,026 mq Martinique 883 tt Trinidad and Tobago 4,827 cd Congo, Democratic Rep 2,578 Asia uz Uzbekistan 30,909 sa Saudi Arabia 47,645 台灣 (Taiwan) 268,606 se Sweden 1,452,278 ec Ecuador 38,338 tn Tunisia 34,097 fm Micronesia, Federal State of 17,712 中国 (China) 239,405 dk Denmark 1,330,848 is Iceland 60,931 va Holy See (City Vatican State) 363 lc Saint Lucia 4,571 py Paraguay 17,613 ly Libya 14,417 bi Burundi 2,254 cn China 20,608,428 az Azerbaijan 26,652 qa Qatar 22,219 to Tonga 16,936 su* (Soviet Union) 119,096 at Austria 1,269,166 bg Bulgaria 48,942 bm Bermuda 4,137 bo Bolivia 10,480 so Somalia 13,873 zw Zimbabwe 1,899 ru Russia 5,478,085 tm Turkmenistan 16,268 ps Palestine 5,446 as American Samoa 13,904 한국 (Korea) 36,593 cz Czech Republic 1,287,222 im Isle of Man 35,000 North & Central America vg Virgin Islands (British) 4,544 sh St. Helena 7,288 tz Tanzania 12,804 et Ethiopia 2,416 in India 2,221,531 mn Mongolia 15,189 jo Jordan 4,768 ac Ascension Island 8,000 香港 (Hong Kong) 26,461 (Thailand) 18,583 ro Romania 901,420 ge Georgia 28,213 ca Canada 2,561,793 ht Haiti 2,837 gy Guyana 3,653 st Sao Tome and Principe 12,441 sz Swaziland 1,502 jp Japan 1,458,160 kg Kyrgyzstan 10,049 bh Bahrain 4,242 nc New Caledonia 4,701 . БЕЛ (Belarus) 14,694 pt Portugal 883,021 re Reunion Island 27,514 us United States 2,323,053 gd Grenada 2,831 sr Suriname 3,124 mw Malawi 9,943 mr Mauritania 1,548 id Indonesia 1,207,550 tj Tajikistan 7,104 lb Lebanon 3,844 tf French Southern Territories 3,006 .УКР (Ukraine) 9,778 me Montenegro 824,574 md Moldova, Republic of 20,972 mx Mexico 822,968 bs Bahamas 2,557 cw Curacao 753 dz Algeria 8,499 cv Cape Verde 1,466 pw Palau 1,063,419 af Afghanistan 5,332 om Oman 2,642 sb Solomon Islands 2,808 СРБ (Serbia) 2,669 Saudi Arabia) 2,239) اد no Norway 721,045 ba Bosnia and Herzegovina 19,196 vc Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50,462 dm Dominica 2,511 gf French Guiana 681 ci Cote d'Ivoire 8,215 gm Gambia 1,450 kr Korea, Republic of 1,048,524 mm Myanmar 3,999 iq Iraq 1,181 pg Papua New Guinea 1,929 (Iran) 1,949 اان hu Hungary 702,114 al Albania 17,943 bz Belize 33,165 bb Barbados 2,212 aw Aruba 604 mu Mauritius 7,978 sl Sierra Leone 1,287 vn Vietnam 560,603 mv Maldives 3,995 ye Yemen 934 wf Wallis and Futuna Islands 1,910 (Palestinian Territory) 1,090 mk Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Rep’ 16,782 do Dominican Republic 19,670 kn Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,757 tg Togo 1,278 tw Taiwan 465,976 kh Cambodia 3,113 sy Syrian Arab Republic 925  ua Ukraine 556,899 fk Falkland Islands 123 bw Botswana 7,801 tl East Timor 1,822 қаз (Kazakhstan) 1,023 cy Cyprus 13,886 ag Antigua and Barbuda 17,966 cu Cuba 1,614 bf Burkina Faso 1,239 hk Hong Kong 327,438 mo Macau 2,659 kw Kuwait 25 fi Finland 415,587 eg Egypt 7,204 pf French Polynesia 1,598  (Arab Republic of Egypt) 353 United Arab Emirates) 298) ا رات tr Turkey 384,166 mt Malta 7,500 pa Panama 17,922 vi Virgin Islands (USA) 1,520 dj Djibouti 6,870 cg Congo, Republic of 1,141 my Malaysia 324,412 fj Fiji 2,507 vu Vanuatu 1,532 gr Greece 377,898 gg Guernsey 7,365 cr Costa Rica 17,349 sx Sint Maarten no data ug Uganda 6,193 ls Lesotho 1,107 io British Indian Ocean Territory 232,957 bt Bhutan 1,822 ck Cook Islands 1,274 ලංකා (Sri Lanka - Sinhalese) 224 Jordan) 152) ا ردن 新加坡 (Singapore) 136 Disclaimer: Map represents registrations within current country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) in use worldwide. Data provided by Zooknic, March 2017. Numbers estimated on previously available data. *ISO code is obsolete, but can still be purchased இலங்கை (Sri Lanka - Tamil) 120 சிங்கப்பூர் (The Republic of Singapore) 6