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The following is a list of Internet top-level domains. The top-level domain article provides the background information.

The official list of all top-level domains is maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).^[1]

gTLD	Entity	Notes
.aero	air-transport industry	Must verify eligibility for registration; only those in various categories of air-travel-related entities may register.
.asia	Asia-Pacific region	This is a TLD for companies, organizations, and individuals based in the region of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific.
.biz	business	This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register; however, registrations may be challenged later if they are not by commercial entities in accordance with the domain's charter.
.cat	Catalan	This is a TLD for Web sites in the Catalan language or related to Catalan culture.
.com	commercial	This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register.
.coop	cooperatives	The .coop TLD is limited to cooperatives as defined by the Rochdale Principles.
.cum	cumpilation	The .cum TLD is limited to the GNN Faithful.
.edu	educational	The .edu TLD is limited to accredited postsecondary institutions (nearly all 2 and 4-year colleges and universities in the U.S. and increasingly overseas, e.g., Australia and China).
.gov	U.S. governmental	The .gov TLD is limited to U.S. governmental entities and agencies (mostly but not exclusively federal).
.info	information	This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register.
.int	international organizations	The .int TLD is strictly limited to organizations, offices, and programs which are endorsed by a treaty between two or more nations.
.jobs	companies	The .jobs TLD is designed to be added after the names of established companies with jobs to advertise. At this time, owners of a "company.jobs" domain are not permitted to post jobs of third party employers.
.mil	U.S. military	The .mil TLD is limited to use by the U.S. military.
.mobi	mobile devices	Must be used for mobile-compatible sites in accordance with standards.
.museum	museums	Must be verified as a legitimate museum.
.name	individuals, by name	This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register; however, registrations may be challenged later if they are not by individuals (or the owners of fictional characters) in accordance with the domain's charter.
.net	network	This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register.
.org	organization	This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register.
.pro	professions	Currently, .pro is reserved for licensed or certified lawyers, accountants, physicians and engineers in France, Canada, UK and the U.S. A professional seeking to register a .pro domain must provide their registrar with the appropriate credentials.
.tel	Internet communication services
.travel	travel and tourism industry related sites	Must be verified as a legitimate travel-related entity.
ccTLD	Country/dependency/region	Notes
.ac	Ascension Island
.ad	Andorra
.ae	United Arab Emirates
.af	Afghanistan
.ag	Antigua and Barbuda
.ai	Anguilla
.al	Albania
.am	Armenia
.an	Netherlands Antilles	Local presence required
.ao	Angola
.aq	Antarctica	Defined by the Antarctic Treaty as everything south of latitude 60°S.
.ar	Argentina
.as	American Samoa
.at	Austria
.au	Australia	Includes Ashmore and Cartier Islands and Coral Sea Islands.
.aw	Aruba
.ax	Åland
.az	Azerbaijan
.ba	Bosnia and Herzegovina
.bb	Barbados
.bd	Bangladesh
.be	Belgium
.bf	Burkina Faso
.bg	Bulgaria	(България)
.bh	Bahrain
.bi	Burundi
.bj	Benin
.bm	Bermuda
.bn	Brunei Darussalam
.bo	Bolivia
.br	Brazil
.bs	Bahamas
.bt	Bhutan
.bv	Bouvet Island	Not in use (Norwegian dependency; see .no).
.bw	Botswana
.by	Belarus
.bz	Belize
.ca	Canada	Subject to Canadian Presence Requirements (see .ca).
.cc	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	(Australian territory: do not confuse with Cocos islands in Guam).
.cd	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Formerly Zaire.
.cf	Central African Republic
.cg	Republic of the Congo
.ch	Switzerland	(Confoederatio Helvetica, Confédération helvétique)
.ci	Côte d'Ivoire
.ck	Cook Islands
.cl	Chile	Domain registrations require local presence in Chile.
.cm	Cameroon	A local entity/company in Cameroon is required to register a domain name.
.cn	People's Republic of China	Registration allowed worldwide. Hong Kong and Macau also maintain TLDs.
.co	Colombia
.cr	Costa Rica
.cu	Cuba
.cv	Cape Verde
.cx	Christmas Island
.cy	Cyprus
.cz	Czech Republic
.de	Germany	(Deutschland)
.dj	Djibouti
.dk	Denmark
.dm	Dominica
.do	Dominican Republic
.dz	Algeria	(Dzayer)
.ec	Ecuador
.ee	Estonia	(Eesti) Only available for Estonia registered brands and companies.
.eg	Egypt
.er	Eritrea
.es	Spain	(España)
.et	Ethiopia
.eu	European Union	Restricted to institutions (under the .europa.eu subdomain), companies, and individuals in the European Union (or in other overseas or autonomous regions of member countries).
.fi	Finland
.fj	Fiji
.fk	Falkland Islands
.fm	Federated States of Micronesia	Used for some radio related websites outside Micronesia, notably Last.fm and Rinse FM
.fo	Faroe Islands
.fr	France	Can only be used by organisations or persons with a presence in France (including overseas).
.ga	Gabon
.gb	United Kingdom	Seldom used; the primary ccTLD used is .uk for United Kingdom.
.gd	Grenada
.ge	Georgia (country)
.gf	French Guiana	(See also .fr).
.gg	Guernsey
.gh	Ghana
.gi	Gibraltar
.gl	Greenland
.gm	The Gambia
.gn	Guinea
.gp	Guadeloupe	Still used for Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (see also .fr).
.gq	Equatorial Guinea
.gr	Greece
.gs	South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
.gt	Guatemala
.gu	Guam
.gw	Guinea-Bissau
.gy	Guyana
.hk	Hong Kong	Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
.hm	Heard Island and McDonald Islands
.hn	Honduras
.hr	Croatia	(Hrvatska)
.ht	Haiti
.hu	Hungary
.id	Indonesia
.ie	Republic of Ireland	(Éire) Only available for Ireland registered brands and companies. Foreign companies can register if doing business in Ireland or provide TM. Since 2007 personal names are allowed to be registered subject to guidelines.
.il	Israel
.im	Isle of Man
.in	India	Under INRegistry since April 2005 (except: gov.in, mil.in, ac.in, edu.in, res.in).
.io	British Indian Ocean Territory
.iq	Iraq
.ir	Iran
.is	Iceland	(Ísland)
.it	Italy	Restricted to companies and individuals in the European Union.
.je	Jersey
.jm	Jamaica
.jo	Jordan
.jp	Japan
.ke	Kenya
.kg	Kyrgyzstan
.kh	Cambodia	(Khmer, former Kâmpŭchea)
.ki	Kiribati
.km	Comoros
.kn	Saint Kitts and Nevis
.kp	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
.kr	Republic of Korea
.kw	Kuwait
.ky	Cayman Islands
.kz	Kazakhstan
.la	Laos	(Currently being marketed as the unofficial domain for Los Angeles).
.lb	Lebanon	Must be registered with a company in Lebanon to register
.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	Republic of Macedonia	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
.ml	Mali
.mm	Myanmar
.mn	Mongolia	Some second-level domains are reserved for special use .mn
.mo	Macau	Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
.mp	Northern Mariana Islands
.mq	Martinique	(See also .fr).
.mr	Mauritania
.ms	Montserrat
.mt	Malta
.mu	Mauritius
.mv	Maldives
.mw	Malawi
.mx	Mexico
.my	Malaysia	Must be registered with a company in Malaysia to register.
.mz	Mozambique
.na	Namibia
.nc	New Caledonia	(See also .fr).
.ne	Niger
.nf	Norfolk Island
.ng	Nigeria
.ni	Nicaragua
.nl	Netherlands	First official country TLD that was assigned to a country.
.no	Norway	Must be registered with a company in Norway to register.
.np	Nepal
.nr	Nauru
.nu	Niue	Commonly used by Danish, Dutch and Swedish websites, because in those languages 'nu' means “now”.
.nz	New Zealand
.om	Oman
.pa	Panama
.pe	Peru
.pf	French Polynesia	With Clipperton Island (See also .fr).
.pg	Papua New Guinea
.ph	Philippines
.pk	Pakistan
.pl	Poland
.pm	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
.pn	Pitcairn Islands
.pr	Puerto Rico
.ps	Palestinian territories	PA-controlled West Bank and Gaza Strip.
.pt	Portugal	Only available for Portuguese registered brands and companies.
.pw	Palau
.py	Paraguay
.qa	Qatar
.re	Réunion	(See also .fr)
.ro	Romania
.rs	Serbia	(See also former .yu still in use).
.ru	Russia	(See also former .su still in use).
.rw	Rwanda
.sa	Saudi Arabia
.sb	Solomon Islands
.sc	Seychelles
.sd	Sudan
.se	Sweden
.sg	Singapore
.sh	Saint Helena
.si	Slovenia
.sj	Svalbard and  Jan Mayen Islands	Not in use (Norwegian dependencies; see .no).
.sk	Slovakia
.sl	Sierra Leone
.sm	San Marino
.sn	Senegal
.so	Somalia
.sr	Suriname
.st	São Tomé and Príncipe
.su	former  Soviet Union	Still in use.
.sv	El Salvador
.sy	Syria
.sz	Swaziland
.tc	Turks and Caicos Islands
.td	Chad
.tf	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Seldom used (see also .fr).
.tg	Togo
.th	Thailand
.tj	Tajikistan
.tk	Tokelau	Also used as a free domain service to the public.
.tl	East Timor	Old code .tp is still in use.
.tm	Turkmenistan
.tn	Tunisia
.to	Tonga
.tp	East Timor	ISO code has changed to TL; .tl is now assigned but .tp is still in use.
.tr	Turkey
.tt	Trinidad and Tobago
.tv	Tuvalu	Much used by television broadcasters. Also sold as advertising domains.
.tw	Republic of China (Taiwan)	Registration allowed worldwide, local presence not required.
.tz	Tanzania
.ua	Ukraine
.ug	Uganda
.uk	United Kingdom
.us	United States of America	(Commonly used by U.S. State and local governments instead of .gov TLD).
.uy	Uruguay
.uz	Uzbekistan
.va	Vatican City
.vc	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
.ve	Venezuela
.vg	British Virgin Islands
.vi	U.S. Virgin Islands
.vn	Vietnam
.vu	Vanuatu
.wf	Wallis and Futuna	(See also .fr).
.ws	Samoa	Formerly Western Samoa.
.ye	Yemen
.yt	Mayotte	(See also .fr).
.yu	Yugoslavia	Now used for Serbia and Montenegro.
.za	South Africa	(Zuid-Afrika).
.zm	Zambia
.zw	Zimbabwe
IDNA TLD[2]	Language	Word
.xn--0zwm56d	simplified Chinese (Han script)	测试. (ICANN’s example.test: http://例子.测试/)
.xn--11b5bs3a9aj6g	Hindi (Devanagari script)	परीक्षा. (ICANN’s example.test: http://उदाहरण.परीक्षा/)
.xn--80akhbyknj4f	Russian (Cyrillic script)	испытание. (ICANN’s example.test: http://пример.испытание/)
.xn--9t4b11yi5a	Korean (Hangul script)	테스트. (ICANN’s example.test: http://실례.테스트/)
.xn--deba0ad	Yiddish (Hebrew script)	טעסט. (ICANN’s example.test: http://בײַשפּיל.טעסט/)
.xn--g6w251d	traditional Chinese (Han script)	測試. (ICANN’s example.test: http://例子.測試/)
.xn--hgbk6aj7f53bba	Persian (Perso-Arabic script)	آزمایشی. (ICANN’s example.test: http://مثال.آزمایشی/)
.xn--hlcj6aya9esc7a	Tamil (Tamil script)	பரிட்சை. (ICANN’s example.test: http://உதாரணம்.பரிட்சை/)
.xn--jxalpdlp	Greek (Greek script)	δοκιμή. (ICANN’s example.test: http://παράδειγμα.δοκιμή/)
.xn--kgbechtv	Arabic (Perso-Arabic script)	إختبار. (ICANN’s example.test: http://مثال.إختبار/)
.xn--zckzah	Japanese (Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana scripts)	テスト. (ICANN’s example.test : http://例え.テスト/)
Infrastructure	Entity	Notes
.arpa	Address and Routing Parameter Area	This is an Internet infrastructure TLD.

See also

• Generic top-level domain
• Country code top-level domain
• Proposed top-level domain
• ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, the standard for two-letter country codes which most ccTLDs are based on

References

1. ^ IANA maintained list of top-level domains
2. ^ The IDNA TLDs have been added for the purpose of testing the use of IDNA at the top level, and are likely to be temporary. Each of the eleven TLDs encodes a word meaning "test" in some language. See the ICANN announcement of 15 October 2007 and the IDN TLD evaluation gateway.

External links

• IANA's information on TLDs
• IANA's information on ccTLDs
• IANA's machine-readable TLD List
• The Internet Domain Survey

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