History of the Internet. Number of ccTLDs created per year.

Includes .ZR (Zaire), changing its name to .CD (Congo), and .AQ (Antarctica), which is not a country, neither a dependency but a special territory.

Update of 7 Nov 2002: "Record created" for .FI (Finland) is set to 861204, cf. historical document from Tampere University of Technology. [Formerly: Missing information "Record created" for .FI (Finland) is set to 880101.]

Erroneus information for .CL (Chile) set to 880101 (was 950127).

Update of 7 Nov 2002: 1 ccTLD created in 1999 .BD (Bangladesh), 1 ccTLD created in 2000 .PS (Palestinian Territory).

ToDo: Keep record of 1 ccTLD removed in 2001 .ZR (Zaire) and 1 ccTLD removed circa 1993 (.CS, Czechoslovakia).

ToDo: Keep record for .SU and .GB.

RIPE NCC Country Codes tracking at ripencc.tracking.country-codes.txt with all political changes reflected in ISO3361.


 YY 
Nb ccTLDs created
Total
 85 
        3 
        3 
 86 
        8 
       11 
 87 
        9 
       20 
 88 
        8 
       28 
 89 
        8 
       36 
 90 
       11 
       47 
 91 
       22 
       69 
 92 
       17 
       86 
 93 
       23 
      109 
 94 
       22 
      131 
 95 
       29 
      160 
 96 
       31 
      191 
 97 
       47 
      238 
 98 
        2 
      240 
 99 
        1 
      241 
 00 
        1 
      242 

Created 19990820.11:59