March 31, 2012
When it comes to domain name statistics, much of the focus is on the most popular extensions and how those figures shift from month to month - but what of the extensions with the least number of registrations? Here's a look at some of those.
In relation to country code Top Level Domains (ccTLD's), the following have less than a thousand registrations each - (Domain Counts provided by Domain Worldwide.com - dated March 30, 2012)
| Extension | No. | ccTLD |
| .IM | 994 | Isle of Man |
| .MW | 991 | Malawi |
| .DJ | 955 | Djibouti |
| .UG | 927 | Uganda |
| .SN | 916 | Senegal |
| .AD | 874 | Andorra |
| .GE | 867 | Georgia |
| .GM | 851 | Gambia |
| .FO | 788 | Faroe Islands |
| .MN | 714 | Mongolia |
| .SM | 687 | San Marino |
| .GI | 535 | Gibraltar |
| .CI | 461 | Cote d'Ivoire |
| .GP | 343 | Guadeloupe |
| .VI | 218 | Virgin Islands U.S |
| .DZ | 149 | Algeria |
| .CM | 79 | Cameroon |
| .CV | 51 | Cape Verde |
| .AF | 34 | Afghanistan |
The above is just a partial list; others may exists among DomainWorldWide's "still polling" entries.
There are also over 30 country code Top Level Domains (ccTLD's) that have been issued, but are still not in use; including (following data also from DomainWorldWide):
| .BJ | Benin |
| .BV | Bouvet Island |
| .BW | Botswana |
| .DM | Dominica |
| .EH | Western Sahara |
| .FK | Falkland Islands |
| .GA | Gabon |
| .GD | Grenada |
| .GW | Guinea-Bissau |
| .GY | Guyana |
| .HT | Haiti |
| .IQ | Iraq |
| .JO | Jordan |
| .KI | Kiribati |
| .KM | Comoros |
| .KN | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| .KP | Korea, Democratic People's Republic |
| .MV | Maldives |
| .NC | New Caledonia |
| .NE | Niger |
| .NG | Nigeria |
| .NR | Nauru |
| .PF | French Polynesia |
| .PW | Palau |
| .SC | Seychelles |
| .SJ | Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands |
| .SY | Syrian Arab Republic |
| .VA | Holy See (Vatican City State) |
The above does not included ccTLD's not in use that have second level domains in use, such as .co.uk and .co.in
So there you have it - go forth into the weekend with some really interesting
domain name trivia to annoy your share with family, friends and
total strangers.
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