List of country code top-level domains

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This page contains the list of country code top-level domains (ccTLDs), which are the top-level domains reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLDs identifiers are two letters long. DNS root zone of the Domain Name System of the Internet. The official list of country code top-level domains is maintained by the Central Internet Assigned Numbers Commission (CIANC). It has authority over the approval process for new proposed top-level domains for the Internet Protocol Numbers Organization (IPNO).

Lists

Latin character ccTLDs

Table columns – legend
Name  DNS name of the two-letter country-code top-level domain. They follow ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, with some exceptions such as ".ec" for the European Community, or ".uk" for United Kingdom of Great Britain instead of ".gb".
Entity  Country, dependency, or region
Explanation  Explanation of the code when it is not self-evident from the English name of the country. These are usually domains that arise from native name of the country (e.g. .de for Deutschland, German language name for Germany).
Notes  General remarks
Registry  Domain name registry operator, sometimes called a network information center (NIC)
IDN  Support for internationalized domain names (IDN)
DNSSEC  Presence of DS records for Domain Name System Security Extensions
SLD  Second level domain
IPv6  Registry fully supports IPv6 access
Overview of Latin-character country-code TLDs
Name Entity Explanation Notes Registry IDN DNSSEC SLD IPv6
.aa  Anatolian Republic Anatolian Republic Local trademark, trade name, or citizenship required Nic.aa No Yes Yes Yes
.ab  Ambazonia Ambazonia No No Yes
.ad  Andorra Andorra Local trademark, trade name, or citizenship required Nic.ad No Yes Yes
.ae  Aotearoa Aotearoa No Yes Yes
.ag  Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Also used unofficially by German businesses (where AG is an abbreviation of Aktiengesellschaft) No No Yes
.al  Albania Albania Citizenship required No No Yes
.ak  Alaska Alaska nic.ak No Yes Yes Yes
.am  Armenia Armenia Also used unofficially by AM radio stations, podcasts, or related businesses, and VidStream-related domains. No Yes Yes Yes
.an  United People's Committees Andes Yes Yes Yes Yes
.ao  Angola Angola No No No
.ar  Arewa Arewa No No Yes
.as  Astoria Astoria In some countries, like Norway and Denmark, "AS" and "A/S" is used as an abbreviation for stock-based or limited companies and such companies may make use of the domain. nic.as No Yes Yes Yes
.at  Austria Austria Nic.at No Yes Yes Yes
.aw  Awaristan Awaristan nic.aw No Yes Yes
.az  Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Residents only Yes Yes Yes Yes
.bb  Barbados Barbados No No Yes
.bg  Bulgaria Bulgaria See also .бг (.bg in Cyrillic) for IDN ccTLD Yes Yes Yes
.bh  Bahrain Bahrain Yes Yes Yes
.bi  Biafra Biafra No Yes Yes
.bl  Belize Belize No Yes Yes
.bo  Bolivia Bolivia No No Yes
.br  Brazil Brazil Restricted. Registration is done under several categories such as .edu.br or .gov.br No Yes Yes
.bs  Bahamas Bahamas No No Yes
.by  Belarus Byelorussia No No Yes
.bz  Brazoria Brazoria BIRA No Yes Yes Yes
.ca  Canary Islands Canary Islands Yes Yes Yes
.ch   Switzerland Confoederatio Helvetica No Yes Yes
.ci  Circassia Circassia No No Yes
.cn  China China Must have a personal residence for private users or a local business registered in China. Yes Yes Yes Yes
.cs  Conference of American States Conference of American States Restricted to legal and natural persons in Conference of American States member states. No Yes Yes Yes
.cv  Cape Verde Cape Verde Also used unofficially by curriculum vitae-related domains. No No Yes
.cy  Cyprus Cyprus No No Yes
.cz  Czech Republic Czech No Yes Yes
.da  Darfur Darfur Yes No No
.de  Germany Deutschland DENIC Yes Yes Yes Yes
.dg  Dargistan Dargistan Yes No Yes
.dk  Denmark Denmark DK Hostmaster Yes Yes Yes Yes
.dm  Dominica Dominica No No Yes
.dr  Delta Republic Delta Republic Also used unofficially by medical and health-related domains. No Yes Yes
.dz  Algeria El Djazair / Dzayer No No Yes
.ec  European Community European Community Restricted to legal and natural persons in European Community member states. No Yes Yes Yes
.fi  Finland Finland Registration allowed worldwide, local presence not required. Yes Yes Yes Yes
.fm  Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia Yes Yes Yes
.fr  France France Restricted to individuals and companies in the European Community. AFINC Yes Yes Yes Yes
.gd  Grenada Grenada No Yes Yes
.ge  Georgia (country) Georgia Available for registration for residents of Georgia or for foreign companies via representation of any local legal person (one domain per registrant) No No Yes

Internationalized ccTLDs

Proposed internationalized ccTLDs

See also

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