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National Extensions or ccTLDs (country-code Top Level Domains)

What are ccLTD domains?

ccTLDs (country code top-level domains) are domain extensions assigned to specific countries or territories. They are always composed of two letters. There are about 250 geographical or country-specific internet domains.

Although the most used ccTLD is .CN for China, more than half of the ccTLDs with over one million registrations are European.

Some extensions have been deleted, like .CS following the breakup of Czechoslovakia, while others were never activated due to territories not wishing to do so or because of geopolitical issues, as with Western Sahara.

Who can register ccTLD domains?

Registration conditions can be unrestricted, as with .BE for Belgium and .CH for Switzerland, or limited to individuals and organizations residing in or having a postal address in the relevant country, such as .DE for Germany or .EU for the European Union.

IDN ccTLD

A few dozen extensions exist in IDN format, managed by the registries of the respective countries: .Pф for Russia, السعودية for Saudi Arabia, etc. These are currently little used, and most are not operational.

ASCII ccTLD list

.ac Ascension Island (United Kingdom)
.ad  Andorra
.ae  United Arab Emirates
.af  Afghanistan
.ag  Antigua and Barbuda
.ai  Anguilla (United Kingdom)
.al  Albania
.am  Armenia
.ao  Angola
.aq  Antarctica
.ar  Argentina
.as  American Samoa (United States)
.at  Austria
.au  Australia
.aw  Aruba (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
.ax  Åland (Finland)
.az  Azerbaijan
.ba  Bosnia and Herzegovina
.bb  Barbados
.bd  Bangladesh
.be  Belgium
.bf  Burkina Faso
.bg  Bulgaria
.bh  Bahrain
.bi  Burundi
.bj  Benin
.bm  Bermuda (United Kingdom)
.bn  Brunei
.bo  Bolivia
.bq
 Caribbean Netherlands ( Bonaire,  Saba, and  Sint Eustatius)
.br  Brazil
.bs  Bahamas
.bt  Bhutan
.bw  Botswana
.by  Belarus
.bz  Belize
.ca  Canada
.cc  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
.cd  Democratic Republic of the Congo
.cf  Central African Republic
.cg  Republic of the Congo
.ch   Switzerland
.ci  Ivory Coast
.ck  Cook Islands
.cl  Chile
.cm  Cameroon
.cn  People's Republic of China
.co  Colombia
.cr  Costa Rica
.cu  Cuba
.cv  Cape Verde
.cw  Curaçao (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
.cx  Christmas Island
.cy  Cyprus
.cz  Czech Republic
.de  Germany
.dj  Djibouti
.dk  Denmark
.dm  Dominica
.do  Dominican Republic
.dz  Algeria
.ec  Ecuador
.ee  Estonia
.eg  Egypt
.eh  Western Sahara
.er  Eritrea
.es  Spain
.et  Ethiopia
.eu  European Union
.fi  Finland
.fj  Fiji
.fk  Falkland Islands (United Kingdom)
.fm  Federated States of Micronesia
.fo  Faroe Islands (Kingdom of Denmark)
.fr  France
.ga  Gabon
.gd  Grenada
.ge  Georgia
.gf  French Guiana (France)
.gg  Guernsey
.gh  Ghana
.gi  Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
.gl  Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark)
.gm  The Gambia
.gn  Guinea
.gp  Guadeloupe (France)
.gq  Equatorial Guinea
.gr  Greece
.gs  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom)
.gt  Guatemala
.gu  Guam (United States)
.gw  Guinea-Bissau
.gy  Guyana
.hk  Hong Kong
.hm  Heard Island and McDonald Islands
.hn  Honduras
.hr  Croatia
.ht  Haiti
.hu  Hungary
.id  Indonesia
.ie  Ireland
.il  Israel
.im  Isle of Man
.in  India
.io  British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom)
.iq  Iraq
.ir  Iran
.is  Iceland
.it  Italy
.je  Jersey
.jm  Jamaica
.jo  Jordan
.jp  Japan
.ke  Kenya
.kg  Kyrgyzstan
.kh  Cambodia
.ki  Kiribati
.km  Comoros
.kn  Saint Kitts and Nevis
.kp  North Korea
.kr  South Korea
.kw  Kuwait
.ky  Cayman Islands (United Kingdom)
.kz  Kazakhstan
.la  Laos
.lb  Lebanon
.lc  Saint Lucia
.li  Liechtenstein
.lk  Sri Lanka
.lr  Liberia
.ls  Lesotho
.lt  Lithuania
.lu  Luxembourg
.lv  Latvia
.ly  Libya
.ma  Morocco
.mc  Monaco
.md  Moldova
.me  Montenegro
.mg  Madagascar
.mh  Marshall Islands
.mk  North Macedonia
.ml  Mali
.mm  Myanmar
.mn  Mongolia
.mo  Macau
.mp  Northern Mariana Islands (United States)
.mq  Martinique (France)
.mr  Mauritania
.ms  Montserrat (United Kingdom)
.mt  Malta
.mu  Mauritius
.mv  Maldives
.mw  Malawi
.mx  Mexico
.my  Malaysia
.mz  Mozambique
.na  Namibia
.nc  New Caledonia (France)
.ne  Niger
.nf  Norfolk Island
.ng  Nigeria
.ni  Nicaragua
.nl  Netherlands
.no  Norway
.np    Nepal
.nr  Nauru
.nu  Niue
.nz  New Zealand
.om  Oman
.pa  Panama
.pe  Peru
.pf  French Polynesia (France)
.pg  Papua New Guinea
.ph  Philippines
.pk  Pakistan
.pl  Poland
.pm  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (France)
.pn  Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)
.pr  Puerto Rico (United States)
.ps  Palestine[52]
.pt  Portugal
.pw  Palau
.py  Paraguay
.qa  Qatar
.re  Réunion (France)
.ro  Romania
.rs  Serbia
.ru  Russia
.rw  Rwanda
.sa  Saudi Arabia
.sb  Solomon Islands
.sc  Seychelles
.sd  Sudan
.se  Sweden
.sg  Singapore
.sh  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
.si  Slovenia
.sk  Slovakia
.sl  Sierra Leone
.sm  San Marino
.sn  Senegal
.so  Somalia
.sr  Suriname
.ss  South Sudan
.st  São Tomé and Príncipe
.su  Soviet Union
.sv  El Salvador
.sx  Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
.sy  Syria
.sz  Eswatini
.tc  Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom)
.td  Chad
.tf  French Southern and Antarctic Lands
.tg  Togo
.th  Thailand
.tj  Tajikistan
.tk  Tokelau
.tl  East Timor
.tm  Turkmenistan
.tn  Tunisia
.to  Tonga
.tr  Turkey
.tt  Trinidad and Tobago
.tv  Tuvalu
.tw  Taiwan
.tz  Tanzania
.ua  Ukraine
.ug  Uganda
.uk  United Kingdom
.us  United States of America
.uy  Uruguay
.uz  Uzbekistan
.va  Vatican City
.vc  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
.ve  Venezuela
.vg  British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
.vi  United States Virgin Islands (United States)
.vn  Vietnam
.vu  Vanuatu
.wf  Wallis and Futuna
.ws  Samoa
.ye  Yemen
.yt  Mayotte
.za  South Africa
.zm  Zambia
.zw  Zimbabwe

 

IDN ccTLD

DNS name IDN ccTLD Country/Region Language Script Transliteration Comments Other ccTLD
xn--lgbbat1ad8j .الجزائر Algeria Arabic Arabic (Arabic) al-Jazā'ir .dz
xn--y9a3aq .հայ Armenia Armenian Armenian hay .am
xn--mgbcpq6gpa1a .البحرين Bahrain Arabic Arabic al-Baḥrain Not in use .bh
xn--54b7fta0cc .বাংলা Bangladesh Bengali Bengali Bangla .bd
xn--90ais .бел Belarus Belarusian Cyrillic bel .by
xn--90ae .бг Bulgaria Bulgarian Cyrillic bg .bg
xn--fiqs8s .中国 China Chinese Chinese (Simplified) Zhōngguó .cn
xn--fiqz9s .中國 China Chinese Chinese (Traditional) Zhōngguó .cn
xn--wgbh1c .مصر Egypt Arabic Arabic (Arabic) Miṣr / Maṣr .eg
xn--e1a4c .ею European Union Bulgarian Cyrillic eyu .eu
xn--qxa6a .ευ European Union Greek Greek ey In use since 2022 .eu
xn--node .გე Georgia Georgian Georgian (Mkhedruli) GE .ge
xn--qxam .ελ Greece Greek Greek el In use since July 2018 .gr
xn--j6w193g .香港 Hong Kong Chinese Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) Hoeng1 gong2 / Xiānggǎng .hk
xn--h2brj9c .भारत India Hindi Devanagari Bhārat Became available 27 August 2014 .in
xn--mgbbh1a71e .بھارت India Urdu Arabic (Urdu) Bhārat Became available 2017 .in
xn--fpcrj9c3d .భారత్ India Telugu Telugu Bhārat Became available 2017 .in
xn--gecrj9c .ભારત India Gujarati Gujarati Bhārat Became available 2017 .in
xn--s9brj9c .ਭਾਰਤ India Punjabi Gurmukhī Bhārat Became available 2017 .in
xn--xkc2dl3a5ee0h .இந்தியா India Tamil Tamil Intiyā Became available 2015 .in
xn--45brj9c .ভারত India Bengali Bengali Bharôt Became available 2017 .in
xn--2scrj9c .ಭಾರತ India Kannada Kannada Bhārata Became available 2020 .in
xn--rvc1e0am3e .ഭാരതം India Malayalam Malayalam Bhāratam Became available 2020 .in
xn--45br5cyl .ভাৰত India Assamese Bengali Bharatam Became available 2022 .in
xn--3hcrj9c .ଭାରତ India Oriya Oriya Bhārat Became available 2021 .in
xn--mgbbh1a .بارت India Kashmiri Arabic (Kashmiri) Bārat Became available 2022 .in
xn--h2breg3eve .भारतम् India Sanskrit Devanagari Bhāratam Became available 2022 .in
xn--h2brj9c8c .भारोत India Santali Devanagari Bharot Became available 2022 .in
xn--mgbgu82a .ڀارت India Sindhi Arabic (Sindhi) Bhārat Became available 2022 .in
xn--mgba3a4f16a .ایران Iran Persian Arabic (Persian) Īrān .ir
xn--mgbtx2b .عراق Iraq Arabic Arabic (Arabic) ʿIrāq Not in use .iq
xn--4dbrk0ce .ישראל Israel Hebrew Hebrew Israel Became available 2022 .il
xn--mgbayh7gpa .الاردن Jordan Arabic Arabic (Arabic) al-Urdun .jo
xn--80ao21a .қаз Kazakhstan Kazakh Cyrillic (Kazakh) qaz .kz
xn--q7ce6a .ລາວ Laos Lao Lao Lao Became available 2020 .la
xn--mgbb7fyab .ليبيا Libya Arabic Arabic (Arabic) Not delegated .ly
xn--mix082f .澳门 Macao Chinese Chinese (Simplified) Ou3 mun4 / Àomén Not in use .mo
xn--mix891f .澳門 Macao Chinese Chinese (Traditional) Ou3 mun4 / Àomén Became available 2020 .mo
xn--mgbx4cd0ab .مليسيا Malaysia Malay Arabic (Jawi) Malaysīyā .my
xn--mgbah1a3hjkrd .موريتانيا Mauritania Arabic Arabic (Arabic) Mūrītāniyā .mr
xn--l1acc .мон Mongolia Mongolian Cyrillic (Mongolian) mon .mn
xn--mgbc0a9azcg .المغرب Morocco Arabic Arabic (Arabic) al-Maġrib .ma
xn--d1alf .мкд North Macedonia Macedonian Cyrillic (Macedonian) mkd .mk
xn--mgb9awbf .عمان Oman Arabic Arabic (Arabic) ʿUmān .om
xn--mgbai9azgqp6j .پاکستان Pakistan Urdu Arabic (Urdu) Pākistān .pk
xn--ygbi2ammx .فلسطين Palestinian Authority Arabic Arabic (Arabic) Filasṭīn .ps
xn--wgbl6a .قطر Qatar Arabic Arabic (Arabic) Qaṭar .qa
xn--p1ai .рф Russia Russian Cyrillic (Russian) rf .ru
xn--mgberp4a5d4ar .السعودية Saudi Arabia Arabic Arabic (Arabic) as-Suʿūdīya .sa
xn--90a3ac .срб Serbia Serbian Cyrillic (Serbian) srb .rs
xn--yfro4i67o .新加坡 Singapore Chinese Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) Xīnjiāpō .sg
xn--clchc0ea0b2g2a9gcd .சிங்கப்பூர் Singapore Tamil Tamil Cinkappūr .sg
xn--3e0b707e .한국 South Korea Korean Hangul Hanguk .kr
xn--fzc2c9e2c .ලංකා Sri Lanka Sinhala Sinhala Lanka .lk
xn--xkc2al3hye2a .இலங்கை Sri Lanka Tamil Tamil Ilaṅkai .lk
xn--mgbpl2fh .سودان Sudan Arabic Arabic (Arabic) Sūdān .sd
xn--ogbpf8fl .سورية Syria Arabic Arabic (Arabic) Sūriyya .sy
xn--kprw13d .台湾 Taiwan Chinese Chinese (Simplified) Táiwān .tw
xn--kpry57d .台灣 Taiwan Chinese Chinese (Traditional) Táiwān .tw
xn--o3cw4h .ไทย Thailand Thai Thai Thai .th
xn--pgbs0dh .تونس Tunisia Arabic Arabic (Arabic) Tūnis .tn
xn--j1amh .укр Ukraine Ukrainian Cyrillic (Ukrainian) ukr .ua
xn--mgbaam7a8h .امارات United Arab Emirates Arabic Arabic (Arabic) Imārāt .ae
xn--mgb2ddes .اليمن Yemen Arabic Arabic (Arabic) al-Yaman Not delegated .ye