[discuss] rootservers

[Elisabeth Blanconil]

This information can be of interest during the 
preparation of the Sao Paulo meeting.

Here is the distribution of the 365 top zone name 
servers (root servers) made available by the two 
VGNICs I know of (ICANN/IANA and ORSN). They are 
broken down per countries as follows:

US - USA: 69
BR - Brazil: 18
DE - Germany: 18
AU - Australia: 11
FR - France: 11
JP - Japan: 10
CA - Canada: 9
IT - Italy: 9
UG - Uganda: 9
NZ - New Zealand: 8
CH - Switzerland: 6
ES - Spain: 5
HK - Hong Kong: 5
KR - Korea, Republic of: 5
PL - Poland: 5
SG - Singapore: 5
UA - Ukraine: 5
ZA - South Africa: 5
BE - Belgium: 4
CN - China: 4
FI - Finland: 4
IN - India: 4
NO - Norway: 4
RU - Russian Federation: 4
SA - Saudi Arabia: 4
SE - Sweden: 4
AR - Argentina: 3
BD - Bangladesh: 3
CL - Chile: 3
CR - Costa Rica: 3
CZ - Czech Republic: 3
EE - Estonia: 3
EG - Egypt: 3
GR - Greece: 3
ID - Indonesia: 3
KE - Kenya: 3
PH - Philippines: 3
PT - Portugal: 3
TR - Turkey: 3
TW - Taiwan: 3
AE - United Arab Emirates: 2
AM - Armenia: 2
AT - Austria: 2
BG - Bulgaria: 2
BH - Bahrain: 2
CI - Côte d'Ivoire: 2
EC - Ecuador: 2
IE - Ireland: 2
IS - Iceland: 2
LU - Luxembourg: 2
MN - Mongolia: 2
MX - Mexico: 2
MY - Malaysia: 2
NP - Nepal: 2
PK - Pakistan: 2
QA - Qatar: 2
RO - Romania: 2
SN - Senegal: 2
AO - Angola: 1
AZ - Azerbaijan: 1
BT - Bhutan: 1
CO - Colombia: 1
CW - Curacao: 1
DK - Denmark: 1
DO - Dominican Republic: 1
FJ - Fiji: 1
GD - Grenada: 1
GU - Guam: 1
HR - Croatia: 1
HT - Haiti: 1
HU - Hungary: 1
IL - Israel: 1
KH - Cambodia: 1
KZ - Kazakhstan: 1
LB - Lebanon: 1
LK - Sri Lanka: 1
LT - Lithuania: 1
LV - Latvia: 1
ME - Montenegro: 1
MZ - Mozambique: 1
NG - Nigeria: 1
NL - Netherlands: 1
OM - Oman: 1
PA - Panama: 1
PE - Peru: 1
PF - French Polynesia: 1
PG - Papua New Guinea: 1
PR - Puerto Rico: 1
RS - Serbia: 1
SB - Solomon Islands: 1
SI - Slovenia: 1
SK - Slovakia: 1
SO - Somalia: 1
SV - El Salvador: 1
TH - Thailand: 1
TN - Tunisia: 1
TZ - Tanzania: 1
UY - Uruguay: 1
VE - Venezuela: 1
YE - Yemen: 1
AD - Andorra: 0
AF - Afghanistan: 0
AG - Antigua and Barbuda: 0
AI - Anguilla: 0
AL - Albania: 0
AN - Netherlands Antilles: 0
AQ - Antarctica: 0
AS - American Samoa: 0
AW - Aruba: 0
AX - Aland Islands: 0
BA - Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0
BB - Barbados: 0
BF - Burkina Faso: 0
BI - Burundi: 0
BJ - Benin: 0
BL - Saint-Barthélemy: 0
BM - Bermuda: 0
BN - Brunei Darussalam: 0
BO - Bolivia: 0
BO - Bonaire, Saint-Esutache & Saba: 0
BS - Bahamas: 0
BV - Bouvet Island: 0
BW - Botswana: 0
BY - Belarus: 0
BZ - Belize: 0
CC - Cocos (Keeling) Islands: 0
CD - Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0
CF - Central African Republic: 0
CG - Congo (Brazzaville): 0
CK - Cook Islands: 0
CM - Cameroon: 0
CU - Cuba: 0
CV - Cape Verde: 0
CX - Christmas Island: 0
CY - Cyprus: 0
DJ - Djibouti: 0
DM - Dominica: 0
DZ - Algeria: 0
EH - Western Sahara: 0
ER - Eritrea: 0
ET - Ethiopia: 0
FK - Falkland Islands: 0
FM - Micronesia, Federated States of: 0
FO - Faroe Islands: 0
GA - Gabon: 0
GB - United Kingdom: 0
GE - Georgia: 0
GF - French Guiana: 0
GG - Guernsey: 0
GH - Ghana: 0
GI - Gibraltar: 0
GL - Greenland: 0
GM - Gambia: 0
GN - Guinea: 0
GP - Guadeloupe: 0
GQ - Equatorial Guinea: 0
GS - South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: 0
GT - Guatemala: 0
GW - Guinea-Bissau: 0
GY - Guyana: 0
HM - Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands: 0
HN - Honduras: 0
IM - Isle of Man: 0
IO - British Indian Ocean Territory: 0
IQ - Iraq: 0
IR - Iran, Islamic Republic of: 0
JE - Jersey: 0
JM - Jamaica: 0
JO - Jordan: 0
KG - Kyrgyzstan: 0
KI - Kiribati: 0
KM - Comoros: 0
KN - Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0
KP - Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: 0
KW - Kuwait: 0
KY - Cayman Islands: 0
LA - Lao PDR: 0
LC - Saint Lucia: 0
LI - Liechtenstein: 0
LR - Liberia: 0
LS - Lesotho: 0
LY - Libya: 0
MA - Morocco: 0
MC - Monaco: 0
MD - Moldova: 0
MF - Saint-Martin (French part): 0
MG - Madagascar: 0
MH - Marshall Islands: 0
MK - Macedonia, Republic of: 0
ML - Mali: 0
MM - Myanmar: 0
MO - Macao: 0
MP - Northern Mariana Islands: 0
MQ - Martinique: 0
MR - Mauritania: 0
MS - Montserrat: 0
MT - Malta: 0
MU - Mauritius: 0
MV - Maldives: 0
MW - Malawi: 0
NA - Namibia: 0
NC - New Caledonia: 0
NE - Niger: 0
NF - Norfolk Island: 0
NI - Nicaragua: 0
NR - Nauru: 0
NU - Niue: 0
PM - Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 0
PN - Pitcairn: 0
PS - Palestinian Territory: 0
PW - Palau: 0
PY - Paraguay: 0
RE - Réunion: 0
RW - Rwanda: 0
SC - Seychelles: 0
SD - Sudan: 0
SH - Saint Helena: 0
SJ - Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands: 0
SL - Sierra Leone: 0
SM - San Marino: 0
SR - Suriname: 0
SS - South Sudan: 0
ST - Sao Tome and Principe: 0
SX - Saint Martin: 0
SY - Syria: 0
SZ - Swaziland: 0
TC - Turks and Caicos Islands: 0
TD - Chad: 0
TF - French Southern Territories: 0
TG - Togo: 0
TJ - Tajikistan: 0
TK - Tokelau: 0
TL - Timor-Leste: 0
TM - Turkmenistan: 0
TO - Tonga: 0
TT - Trinidad and Tobago: 0
TV - Tuvalu: 0
UM - United States Minor Outlying Islands: 0
UZ - Uzbekistan: 0
VA - Vatican: 0
VC - Saint Vincent and Grenadines: 0
VG - British Virgin Islands: 0
VI - Virgin Islands, US: 0
VN - Viet Nam: 0
VU - Vanuatu: 0
WF - Wallis and Futuna Islands: 0
WS - Samoa: 0
YT - Mayotte: 0
ZM - Zambia: 0
ZW - Zimbabwe: 0

If you are aware of the existence of other 
VGNICs, please let me know their URL.
Best
Hebe