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 Tuesday 19th 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), Ukraine(12), Italy(12), China(11), Poland(10), Singapore(9), Switzerland(9), Romania(8), New Zealand(8), Thailand(8), Spain(8), Norway(7), South Africa(7), Finland(6), Austria(6), Bulgaria(6), Malaysia(6), South Korea(5), Tanzania(5), Ecuador(5), Chile(5), Taiwan(5), Turkey(4), Czech Republic(4), Nigeria(4), Portugal(4), Mexico(4), Bangladesh(4), Lithuania(4), Peru(4), Estonia(4), Greece(4), Ireland(4), Philippines(4), Democratic Republic of Congo(3), Georgia(3), Latvia(3), Pakistan(3), Colombia(3), Iran(3), Saudi Arabia(3), Kenya(3), Cameroon(3), Denmark(3), Slovakia(3), Viet Nam(3), Uzbekistan(3), Angola(2), Honduras(2), United Arab Emirates(2), Belgium(2), Bolivia(2), Brunei Darussalam(2), Costa Rica(2), Dominican Republic(2), Kazakhstan(2), Liechtenstein(2), Trinidad and Tobago(2), Kyrgyzstan(2), Nepal(2), Lebanon(2), Burkina Faso(2), Myanmar(2), Zimbabwe(1), Lesotho(1), Moldova(1), Saint Barthélemy(1), Afghanistan(1), Curaçao(1), Belarus(1), Bhutan(1), Burundi(1), Cape Verde(1), Cyprus(1), Dominica(1), El Salvador(1), Guinea(1), Israel(1), Jordan(1), North Macedonia(1), Maldives(1), Mongolia(1), Namibia(1), Papua New Guinea(1), Saint Lucia(1), Sri Lanka(1), Togo(1), Vanuatu(1), Liberia(1), Mauritius(1), Serbia(1), Albania(1), Bahrain(1), Cambodia(1), Grenada(1), Hungary(1), Mali(1), Morocco(1), Paraguay(1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines(1), Somalia(1), Sudan(1), Cote D'Ivoire(1), Kuwait(1), Sint Maarten(1), Belize(1), Bosnia and Herzegovina(1), Chad(1), Croatia(1), Gabon(1), Ghana(1), Guam(1), Iceland(1), Iraq(1), Jamaica(1), Malawi(1), Mozambique(1), Palestine(1), Puerto Rico(1), Rwanda(1), Senegal(1), Suriname(1), Zambia(1), Martinique(1), Tunisia(1), Uganda(1), Montenegro(1), Armenia(1), Benin(1), Botswana(1), Republic of Congo(1), Cuba(1), Djibouti(1), Egypt(1), Fiji(1), Gambia(1), Guatemala(1), Haiti(1), Laos(1), Luxembourg(1), Oman(1), Panama(1), Qatar(1), Saint Kitts and Nevis(1), Slovenia(1), Timor-Leste(1), British Virgin Islands(1)
Countries without IXPs: 50
Ethiopia, North Korea, Mauritania, Aruba, Bahamas, Greenland, Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, US Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Monaco, Turkmenistan, South Sudan, Antigua and Barbuda, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Tonga, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Yemen, Libya, Tuvalu, Algeria, Comoros, Eritrea, Guyana, Malta, Samoa, Syria, Uruguay, Kiribati, Micronesia, Kosovo, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Marshall Islands, Nicaragua, San Marino, Seychelles, Swaziland
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Retrieved on Tuesday 19th of March from http://www.pch.net/ixpdir/summary
Last updated: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:35:20 +0000