====================================================================== Correlation of GNP/GDP to Number of Internet Hosts in July 1994 by Eric Arnum* Domain Name Code Internet Hosts GNP Total GNP/Host ------------------------------------------------------------------- Iceland is 3,268 $5,456,000,000 1.67 Australia au 127,514 $290,522,000,000 2.28 Norway no 38,759 $98,079,000,000 2.53 Finland fi 49,598 $129,823,000,000 2.62 U.S. Total var 2,044,716 $5,694,900,000,000 2.79 New Zealand nz 14,830 $46,200,000,000 3.12 Sweden se 53,294 $202,498,000,000 3.80 Netherlands nl 59,729 $249,600,000,000 4.18 Canada ca 127,516 $542,774,000,000 4.26 Czech Republic cz 5,639 $25,600,000,000 4.54 Switzerland ch 47,401 $238,050,000,000 5.02 U.K. uk 155,706 $923,959,000,000 5.93 South Africa za 15,595 $96,000,000,000 6.16 World Median ww 3,225,177 $19,935,936,341,266 6.18 Israel il 8,464 $56,400,000,000 6.66 Denmark dk 12,107 $91,100,000,000 7.52 Hong Kong hk 9,141 $71,303,000,000 7.80 Austria at 20,130 $164,100,000,000 8.15 Chile cl 3,703 $30,500,000,000 8.24 Germany de 149,193 $1,495,679,000,000 10.03 Slovak Republic sk 868 $9,300,000,000 10.71 Singapore sg 4,014 $43,200,000,000 10.76 Costa Rica cr 544 $5,900,000,000 10.85 Hungary hu 5,390 $60,100,000,000 11.15 Portugal pt 4,518 $50,700,000,000 11.22 R.o.W. Median (not US) 1,180,461 $14,241,036,341,266 12.06 Ireland ie 3,308 $41,354,000,000 12.50 Belgium be 12,107 $171,800,000,000 14.19 Taiwan tw 10,314 $150,800,000,000 14.62 France fr 71,899 $1,099,750,000,000 15.30 Luxembourg lu 420 $7,830,000,000 18.64 Poland pl 7,392 $162,700,000,000 22.01 South Korea kr 12,109 $273,000,000,000 22.55 Spain es 21,147 $487,500,000,000 23.05 Liechtenstein li 27 $630,000,000 23.33 Greece gr 2,958 $77,600,000,000 26.23 Kuwait kw 297 $8,750,000,000 29.46 Croatia hr 838 $26,300,000,000 31.38 Mexico mx 5,164 $172,400,000,000 33.38 Malaysia my 1,322 $44,900,000,000 33.96 Slovenia si 574 $20,300,000,000 35.37 Japan jp 72,409 $3,140,948,000,000 43.38 Ecuador ec 256 $11,500,000,000 44.92 Italy it 23,616 $1,090,000,000,000 46.16 Brazil br 5,896 $358,000,000,000 60.72 Nicaragua ni 23 $1,600,000,000 69.57 Turkey tr 1,204 $91,780,000,000 76.23 Thailand th 1,197 $92,000,000,000 76.86 Uruguay uy 101 $9,100,000,000 90.10 Venezuela ve 399 $52,300,000,000 131.08 Romania ro 453 $71,900,000,000 158.72 Cyprus cy 38 $6,100,000,000 160.53 Panama pa 24 $5,000,000,000 208.33 Tunisia tn 46 $10,900,000,000 236.96 Macau mo 12 $3,100,000,000 258.33 Fiji fj 5 $1,300,000,000 260.00 Puerto Rico pr 75 $22,831,000,000 304.41 Colombia co 144 $45,000,000,000 312.50 Argentina ar 248 $101,200,000,000 408.06 Bulgaia bg 79 $37,136,000,000 470.08 Peru pe 42 $25,150,000,000 598.81 Philippines ph 65 $47,000,000,000 723.08 Egypt eg 52 $39,200,000,000 753.85 India in 316 $328,000,000,000 1,037.97 China cn 325 $452,000,000,000 1,390.77 Indonesia id 54 $116,200,000,000 2,151.85 Algeria dz 7 $54,000,000,000 7,714.29 Iran ir 4 $90,000,000,000 22,500.00 Saudi Arabia sa 1 $104,000,000,000 104,000.00 Yugoslavia yu 0 $159,000,000,000 159,000.00 Czechoslovakia cs 1,869** $0 0.00 Soviet Union su 3,145** $0 0.00 Educational edu 856,234 (counted in US) -- Commercial com 774,735 (counted in US) -- Government gov 169,248 (counted in US) -- Military mil 130,176 (counted in US) -- Organization org 66,459 (counted in US) -- Networks net 30,993 (counted in US) -- US Int'l us 16,556 (counted in US) -- International int 315 (counted in US) -- Antarctica aq 4 not available -- Estonia ee 659 $52,869,137* 0.08 Latvia lv 180 $65,059,024* 0.36 Ukraine ua 339 $598,131,431* 1.76 Lithuania lt 53 $178,842,876* 3.37 Russia ru 322 $1,409,633,230* 4.38 Moldova md 2 $29,805,568* 14.90 * GDP data for the former USSR is unreliable due to unstable US$/ruble exchange rate. These figures are for 1990, based on 317 rubles/US$. ** Though the countries no longer exist, their country codes still appear in the DNS surveys. Sources: Internet data: Mark Lottor, Network Wizards GNP/GDP data: Grolier's Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Britannica. Comparisons: Electronic Mail & Messaging Systems. *by permission to Internet Society ======================================================================