There were 13.8 million .DE domain names registered in Germany across 402 cities and towns at the end of 2011, DENIC announced today, as well as over 870,000 domains with registrants located outside of Germany, or 5.9 per cent of the total. All up, 14,740,474 domains were registered with DENIC on 31 December 2011. Today there are close to 15.1 million .DE domains registered.

    The rate of increase was highest for German-based registrants, with there being an increase of 7.6 per cent in 2010/11 compared to 6.4 per cent in 2009/10, an increase of 979,000 domains (compared to 775,000 in the preceding year).

         Statistically, about every sixth inhabitant of the Federal Republic of Germany has registered a .DE domain (16.9 per cent compared to 15.7 in the preceding year). As a result, Germany ranks fifth among European nations after Montenegro (.ME), with almost one domain per person (650,000 domains and 670,000 people), Netherlands (.NL), Denmark (.DK) and Switzerland (.CH).

         The German registry also note in their report that the popularity of .DE domains outside of Germany remains high. At the end of 2011, more than 870,000 domain holders - thus accounting for about 5.9 per cent - resided outside of Germany. Scoring second last year, Great Britain (98.500) now has overtaken the rank of Switzerland (95.978), which was last year's leader among the countries of origin of the domain holders. Rank three is still held by the United States of America (77.840), followed by last year's number six, the Netherlands (76.770).

        The overall 2011 results in the form of an Excel spreadsheet are available for download via the statistics section of the DENIC website at www.denic.de/en/background/statistics/regional-distribution/2011.html. They include information on all administrative districts and incorporated cities within Germany. In addition to absolute values, the statistics also provide data on the number of domains related to the number of inhabitants as well as maps and diagrams showing the absolute and the relative distribution of .DE domains among German domain holders and those from abroad.

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