Internet IP Address 2010 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 addresses have been distributed unevenly across the entire world due to different political boundaries of the owners. This Year 2010 study report analyzes the distribution and the trends of IP address allocations in 240 countries using historical data from IP2Location releases in 2009. It also compares the trends with the same IP address report for 2009.

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 each month from the IP2Location monthly database.

From the data analysis (see Table 1 & Chart 1), the United States tops the allocation list by holding 37.46% of the total IP addresses worldwide. It is followed by the United Kingdom (9.94%), China (8.33%), Japan (7.13%), Germany (3.90%), France (3.41%), South Korea (2.99%), Canada (2.51%), Italy (1.78%) and the Netherlands (1.77%). If we compare the data from the year 2008, Italy has replaced Netherlands for the 9th position.

These Top 10 countries in the list occupied close to 79.1% of the total allocated IP addresses in the world in 2009. The amount has dropped from 79.5% last year mainly due to more allocation to emerging countries such as Taiwan and Russia. The other 230 countries are sharing the remaining 20.9% of the allocated IP address spaces.

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 2009.

From the chart analysis (see Chart 2), the total percentages of the IP address space allocated to networks in the United States is decreasing at a slow pace. Meanwhile, the new IP address space allocated to networks in China has kept increasing for the second consecutive year. There is a chance China will take over the second place from the United Kingdom in 2010. Our projection in the last year’s report is accurate as we do not expect this replacement to occur in 2009.

A roundup of the report shows that the total number of IP addresses allocated for use in 2009 is 2,505,141,392 compared with 2,258,290,025 in 2010 which indicates a growth rate of 11% per annum.

References:
IP2Location Internet IP Address Year 2009 Report
https://www.ip2location.com/reports/internet-ip-address-2009-report

Table 1:The Percentage of IP Address Ownership by Country in 2009

Country Code	Country Name	Percentage	2009 Ranking	2008 Ranking
US	UNITED STATES	37.4607%	1	1
UK	UNITED KINGDOM	9.9383%	2	2
CN	CHINA	8.3331%	3	3
JP	JAPAN	7.1290%	4	4
DE	GERMANY	3.7988%	5	5
FR	FRANCE	3.4150%	6	6
KR	KOREA REPUBLIC OF	2.9853%	7	7
CA	CANADA	2.5059%	8	8
IT	ITALY	1.7794%	9	10
NL	NETHERLANDS	1.7744%	10	9
AU	AUSTRALIA	1.5843%	11	11
BR	BRAZIL	1.3008%	12	12
RU	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1.0888%	13	18
TW	TAIWAN	1.0551%	14	15
ES	SPAIN	1.0175%	15	13
SE	SWEDEN	0.9978%	16	14
MX	MEXICO	0.9176%	17	16
CH	SWITZERLAND	0.8394%	18	17
IN	INDIA	0.7800%	19	19
ZA	SOUTH AFRICA	0.6093%	20	20
PL	POLAND	0.5984%	21	22
NO	NORWAY	0.5806%	22	21
FI	FINLAND	0.5332%	23	23
TR	TURKEY	0.4542%	24	26
DK	DENMARK	0.4484%	25	25
AT	AUSTRIA	0.4261%	26	24
BE	BELGIUM	0.3968%	27	27
RO	ROMANIA	0.3739%	28	29
ID	INDONESIA	0.3673%	29	30
HK	HONG KONG	0.3420%	30	28
AR	ARGENTINA	0.3131%	31	33
CZ	CZECH REPUBLIC	0.2841%	32	32
VN	VIET NAM	0.2812%	33	39
IL	ISRAEL	0.2642%	34	31
NZ	NEW ZEALAND	0.2620%	35	34
IE	IRELAND	0.2275%	36	35
UA	UKRAINE	0.2232%	37	46
TH	THAILAND	0.2127%	38	36
PT	PORTUGAL	0.2028%	39	38
CO	COLOMBIA	0.2024%	40	43
CL	CHILE	0.1988%	41	40
GR	GREECE	0.1977%	42	37
HU	HUNGARY	0.1860%	43	41
SG	SINGAPORE	0.1839%	44	42
MY	MALAYSIA	0.1804%	45	44
PH	PHILIPPINES	0.1652%	46	48
VE	VENEZUELA BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF	0.1577%	47	45
BG	BULGARIA	0.1445%	48	47
EG	EGYPT	0.1213%	49	49
SA	SAUDI ARABIA	0.1197%	50	50
AE	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	0.0972%	51	53
LT	LITHUANIA	0.0865%	52	51
IR	IRAN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF	0.0862%	53	54
SK	SLOVAKIA	0.0852%	54	52
PE	PERU	0.0742%	55	56
HR	CROATIA	0.0711%	56	59
PK	PAKISTAN	0.0704%	57	60
SI	SLOVENIA	0.0653%	58	55
CR	COSTA RICA	0.0640%	59	58
LV	LATVIA	0.0620%	60	57
LU	LUXEMBOURG	0.0518%	61	61
MU	MAURITIUS	0.0500%	62	80
PA	PANAMA	0.0470%	63	63
EE	ESTONIA	0.0447%	64	62
KW	KUWAIT	0.0430%	65	65
EC	ECUADOR	0.0405%	66	68
KZ	KAZAKHSTAN	0.0375%	67	69
DZ	ALGERIA	0.0368%	68	90
PR	PUERTO RICO	0.0363%	69	66
MA	MOROCCO	0.0361%	70	72
CS	SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO	0.0317%	71	64
IS	ICELAND	0.0315%	72	67
UY	URUGUAY	0.0305%	73	71
BD	BANGLADESH	0.0267%	74	73
TN	TUNISIA	0.0266%	75	70
GE	GEORGIA	0.0244%	76	84
RS	SERBIA	0.0237%	77	103
MD	MOLDOVA REPUBLIC OF	0.0233%	78	92
NG	NIGERIA	0.0223%	79	76
MK	MACEDONIA THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF	0.0218%	80	75
GT	GUATEMALA	0.0198%	81	83
CY	CYPRUS	0.0189%	82	74
BO	BOLIVIA PLURINATIONAL STATE OF	0.0185%	83	79
DO	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	0.0184%	84	85
MT	MALTA	0.0181%	85	77
LK	SRI LANKA	0.0180%	86	86
BA	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	0.0173%	87	82
SV	EL SALVADOR	0.0169%	88	81
QA	QATAR	0.0163%	89	78
TT	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	0.0150%	90	94
BY	BELARUS	0.0148%	91	88
LB	LEBANON	0.0142%	92	91
KE	KENYA	0.0139%	93	89
JO	JORDAN	0.0135%	94	93
LY	LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA	0.0127%	95	87
OM	OMAN	0.0114%	96	96
SY	SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC	0.0110%	97	107
BH	BAHRAIN	0.0107%	98	97
AZ	AZERBAIJAN	0.0106%	99	99
AN	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	0.0096%	100	95
NI	NICARAGUA	0.0092%	101	101
UZ	UZBEKISTAN	0.0089%	102	100
HN	HONDURAS	0.0085%	103	109
JM	JAMAICA	0.0084%	104	104
MO	MACAO	0.0083%	105	102
PY	PARAGUAY	0.0082%	106	110
BN	BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	0.0081%	107	98
AM	ARMENIA	0.0073%	108	108
GH	GHANA	0.0073%	109	105
NP	NEPAL	0.0069%	110	115
AL	ALBANIA	0.0068%	111	112
GA	GABON	0.0065%	112	122
RW	RWANDA	0.0064%	113	126
UG	UGANDA	0.0064%	114	111
NA	NAMIBIA	0.0062%	115	128
KG	KYRGYZSTAN	0.0060%	116	113
MN	MONGOLIA	0.0059%	117	106
KH	CAMBODIA	0.0057%	118	116
TZ	TANZANIA UNITED REPUBLIC OF	0.0055%	119	117
CI	COTE D'IVOIRE	0.0053%	120	121
FJ	FIJI	0.0051%	121	118
BZ	BELIZE	0.0050%	122	114
CU	CUBA	0.0046%	123	120
BM	BERMUDA	0.0044%	124	119
BB	BARBADOS	0.0043%	125	123
GU	GUAM	0.0043%	126	124
BS	BAHAMAS	0.0041%	127	125
VI	VIRGIN ISLANDS U.S.	0.0040%	128	127
SD	SUDAN	0.0038%	129	132
SN	SENEGAL	0.0038%	130	133
IQ	IRAQ	0.0037%	131	136
BW	BOTSWANA	0.0034%	132	129
ME	MONTENEGRO	0.0033%	133	146
HT	HAITI	0.0032%	134	143
MZ	MOZAMBIQUE	0.0032%	135	138
LI	LIECHTENSTEIN	0.0032%	136	130
CM	CAMEROON	0.0031%	137	134
GN	GUINEA	0.0031%	138	131
NC	NEW CALEDONIA	0.0031%	139	142
AO	ANGOLA	0.0028%	140	140
AF	AFGHANISTAN	0.0027%	141	137
MC	MONACO	0.0025%	142	135
GI	GIBRALTAR	0.0025%	143	141
ZW	ZIMBABWE	0.0023%	144	139
SR	SURINAME	0.0022%	145	150
ZM	ZAMBIA	0.0021%	146	153
MV	MALDIVES	0.0021%	147	145
PG	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	0.0020%	148	147
MG	MADAGASCAR	0.0020%	149	155
LA	LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC	0.0020%	150	151
TJ	TAJIKISTAN	0.0019%	151	149
PF	FRENCH POLYNESIA	0.0017%	152	148
RE	REUNION	0.0016%	153	144
AG	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA	0.0016%	154	157
KY	CAYMAN ISLANDS	0.0015%	155	165
FO	FAROE ISLANDS	0.0014%	156	152
SZ	SWAZILAND	0.0014%	157	158
YE	YEMEN	0.0014%	158	154
AW	ARUBA	0.0013%	159	163
MR	MAURITANIA	0.0013%	160	175
AD	ANDORRA	0.0013%	161	156
MW	MALAWI	0.0012%	162	167
MM	MYANMAR	0.0012%	163	159
ML	MALI	0.0012%	164	160
SC	SEYCHELLES	0.0012%	165	170
BF	BURKINA FASO	0.0011%	166	171
BT	BHUTAN	0.0011%	167	164
SM	SAN MARINO	0.0011%	168	162
GY	GUYANA	0.0010%	169	166
AX	ALAND ISLANDS	0.0010%	170	169
SL	SIERRA LEONE	0.0010%	171	161
ET	ETHIOPIA	0.0009%	172	168
BJ	BENIN	0.0009%	173	186
CD	CONGO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE	0.0009%	174	184
KN	SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS	0.0008%	175	172
LS	LESOTHO	0.0008%	176	176
NE	NIGER	0.0008%	177	182
WS	SAMOA	0.0008%	178	174
TG	TOGO	0.0008%	179	173
GD	GRENADA	0.0007%	180	180
VG	VIRGIN BRITISH	0.0007%	181	185
GL	GREENLAND	0.0007%	182	177
VC	SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES	0.0006%	183	183
GM	GAMBIA	0.0006%	184	178
MP	NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS	0.0006%	185	179
TM	TURKMENISTAN	0.0006%	186	191
VA	HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)	0.0006%	187	181
CV	CAPE VERDE	0.0006%	188	197
DJ	DJIBOUTI	0.0005%	189	202
AQ	ANTARCTICA	0.0005%	190	195
LC	SAINT LUCIA	0.0005%	191	192
SB	SOLOMON ISLANDS	0.0005%	192	187
NR	NAURU	0.0005%	193	188
TV	TUVALU	0.0005%	194	189
VU	VANUATU	0.0005%	195	193
MQ	MARTINIQUE	0.0004%	196	208
AI	ANGUILLA	0.0004%	197	198
CK	COOK ISLANDS	0.0004%	198	190
PW	PALAU	0.0004%	199	199
DM	DOMINICA	0.0004%	200	200
CF	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	0.0004%	201	207
KP	KOREA DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF	0.0004%	202	201
ER	ERITREA	0.0004%	203	194
CG	CONGO	0.0004%	204	196
LR	LIBERIA	0.0004%	205	214
SO	SOMALIA	0.0004%	206	204
TO	TONGA	0.0003%	207	205
AS	AMERICAN SAMOA	0.0003%	208	216
GQ	EQUATORIAL GUINEA	0.0003%	209	211
GP	GUADELOUPE	0.0003%	210	203
FM	MICRONESIA FEDERATED STATES OF	0.0003%	211	212
KI	KIRIBATI	0.0003%	212	213
MH	MARSHALL ISLANDS	0.0003%	213	209
GW	GUINEA-BISSAU	0.0003%	214	210
BI	BURUNDI	0.0003%	215	215
TC	TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	0.0003%	216	222
GF	FRENCH GUIANA	0.0003%	217	206
IM	ISLE OF MAN	0.0002%	218	217
TD	CHAD	0.0002%	219	218
ST	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	0.0002%	220	219
KM	COMOROS	0.0002%	221	220
JE	JERSEY	0.0002%	222	223
IO	BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	0.0001%	223	221
PM	SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON	0.0001%	224	N/A
MF	SAINT MARTIN	0.0001%	225	N/A
MS	MONTSERRAT	0.0001%	226	226
WF	WALLIS AND FUTUNA	0.0001%	227	224
NU	NIUE	0.0001%	228	228
FK	FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)	0.0001%	229	227
TL	TIMOR-LESTE	0.0001%	230	229
NF	NORFOLK ISLAND	0.0001%	231	225
GG	GUERNSEY	0.0000%	232	234
BV	BOUVET ISLAND	0.0000%	233	230
UM	UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS	0.0000%	234	232
YT	MAYOTTE	0.0000%	235	231
TK	TOKELAU	0.0000%	236	233
HM	HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS	0.0000%	237	235
TF	FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES	0.0000%	238	236
GS	SOUTH GEORGIA & THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS	0.0000%	239	237
PN	PITCAIRN	0.0000%	240	238

Internet IP Address 2010 Report

Table 1:The Percentage of IP Address Ownership by Country in 2009

Chart 1:Worldwide IP Address Ownership by Country in 2009

Chart 2:Worldwide IP Address Ownership by Country in 2009 with Month-to-Month Comparison