APNIC's Registration Service Manager, Guangliang Pan, gives an overview of IP address allocation at the Global IPv6 Summit in Hangzhou, China, from 21 to 22 May 2018.

1. Global IP Address
Allocation Report
Guangliang Pan

2. Internet registry structure
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3. RIR service areas
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4. IPv4 address space
4
Dec 2017
What is the
status of each of
the 256 /8s?

5. Available IPv4 /8s in each RIR
0.76
0.33
0.00
0.22
0.66
0
0.3
0.6
0.9
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6. IPv4 address space issued (RIRs to
customers)
Dec 2017
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
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In terms
of /8s,
how much
space did
each RIR
issue by
year?

7. IPv4 allocation to China by year
7
0
10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of IPv4 addresses allocated to CN by year

8. IPv4 address holdings — top 10
economies
8
0
200,000,000
400,000,000
600,000,000
800,000,000
1,000,000,000
1,200,000,000
1,400,000,000
1,600,000,000
1,800,000,000
US CN JP GB DE KR BR FR CA IT

9. IPv6 address space
Dec 2017
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How much has
been allocated to
the RIRs?

10. IPv6 allocations
(RIRs to LIRs/ISPs)
10
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Allocations AFRINIC APNIC ARIN LACNIC RIPE NCC
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How many
allocations
have been
made by
each RIR by
year?

11. Percentage of Members with IPv6 in each
RIR
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43.40%
57.01% 56.00%
90.99%
72.19%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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12. IPv6 delegations to China by year
12
0 1 0 3 5 5 5 3 5 8 7
85
25
66
41
80
256
592
205
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of IPv6 delegations to CN by year

13. IPv6 allocation to China by year (/48s)
13
0
100,000,000
200,000,000
300,000,000
400,000,000
500,000,000
600,000,000
700,000,000
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Number of IPv6 /48s delegated to CN by year

14. IPv6 holdings (/48s) – top 10 economies
14
0
500,000,000
1,000,000,000
1,500,000,000
2,000,000,000
2,500,000,000
3,000,000,000
3,500,000,000
US CN GB DE FR JP AU IT NL RU

15. References
• NRO Statistics
www.nro.net/statistics
• IANA Number Resources
https://www.iana.org/numbers
• IPv4 and IPv6 Reports
http://bgp.potaroo.net/iso3166/v4cc.html
http://bgp.potaroo.net/iso3166/v6cc.html
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16. Coming soon
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17. Next conference
conference.apnic.net/46
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Register now
https://conference.apnic.net/46/register/register

18. Thanks!