Packet Clearing House Report on Internet Exchange Point Locations
This map plots the density distribution of the Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) which form the core of the global Internet, by country. Countries must have root nameservers, country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) nameservers, and Internet exchange points (IXPs) within their borders in order to maintain autonomy and internal connectivity during periods when international cables are damaged.
We use the United Nations list of countries, and countries which display as less than one pixel are listed below, but aren't indicated on the map. Last updated Friday 15th of March. This report is free for reuse and adaptation with attribution.
Countries with IXPs: 160
United States(123), Russia(35), Brazil(34), Australia(29), Argentina(29), Germany(27), India(24), Indonesia(18), France(17), Japan(16), United Kingdom(15), Canada(15), Netherlands(15), Sweden(14), Italy(12), Ukraine(12), China(11), Poland(10), Switzerland(9), Singapore(9), New Zealand(8), Romania(8), Thailand(8), Spain(8), Norway(7), South Africa(7), Austria(6), Finland(6), Malaysia(6), Bulgaria(6), Tanzania(5), Chile(5), Ecuador(5), South Korea(5), Taiwan(5), Portugal(4), Nigeria(4), Lithuania(4), Turkey(4), Mexico(4), Czech Republic(4), Philippines(4), Greece(4), Ireland(4), Estonia(4), Bangladesh(4), Peru(4), Slovakia(3), Georgia(3), Saudi Arabia(3), Colombia(3), Viet Nam(3), Uzbekistan(3), Denmark(3), Kenya(3), Pakistan(3), Latvia(3), Iran(3), Cameroon(3), Democratic Republic of Congo(3), Angola(2), Bolivia(2), Trinidad and Tobago(2), Liechtenstein(2), Kyrgyzstan(2), Kazakhstan(2), Brunei Darussalam(2), Nepal(2), Lebanon(2), Costa Rica(2), Dominican Republic(2), United Arab Emirates(2), Burkina Faso(2), Honduras(2), Myanmar(2), Belgium(2), Mauritius(1), Sri Lanka(1), Sint Maarten(1), Laos(1), Serbia(1), Armenia(1), Afghanistan(1), Cote D'Ivoire(1), Belarus(1), Papua New Guinea(1), Cambodia(1), Lesotho(1), Togo(1), Albania(1), Puerto Rico(1), Kuwait(1), Bahrain(1), Jordan(1), Saint Barthélemy(1), Fiji(1), Ghana(1), Mozambique(1), Slovenia(1), El Salvador(1), Curaçao(1), Luxembourg(1), Grenada(1), Dominica(1), Jamaica(1), Martinique(1), Morocco(1), Senegal(1), Paraguay(1), Montenegro(1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines(1), Saint Kitts and Nevis(1), Chad(1), Oman(1), Cape Verde(1), Croatia(1), Uganda(1), Botswana(1), Haiti(1), Malawi(1), Sudan(1), Vanuatu(1), Republic of Congo(1), Saint Lucia(1), Benin(1), Gabon(1), Belize(1), Djibouti(1), Burundi(1), Mali(1), Bosnia and Herzegovina(1), Guinea(1), North Macedonia(1), Guatemala(1), Iraq(1), Maldives(1), Zambia(1), Cuba(1), Hungary(1), Israel(1), Panama(1), Rwanda(1), Moldova(1), Tunisia(1), Mongolia(1), Namibia(1), Gambia(1), Liberia(1), Qatar(1), Timor-Leste(1), Bhutan(1), Zimbabwe(1), Guam(1), Somalia(1), Palestine(1), Suriname(1), British Virgin Islands(1), Cyprus(1), Egypt(1), Iceland(1)
Countries without IXPs: 50
Andorra, Bahamas, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Nauru, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Swaziland, Uruguay, Yemen, North Korea, Monaco, South Sudan, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Eritrea, Madagascar, Netherlands Antilles, Palau, Seychelles, Syria, Venezuela, Ethiopia, Libya, Turkmenistan, Aruba, Central African Republic, Greenland, Malta, New Caledonia, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, US Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Mauritania, Tuvalu, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Marshall Islands, Nicaragua, San Marino, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Western Sahara, Kiribati, Micronesia, Kosovo
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Retrieved on Friday 15th of March from http://www.pch.net/ixpdir/summary
Last updated: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 05:32:12 +0000