.nz Statistics by Calendar Year

.nz Statistics - by Calendar Year

This document records the total number of domain names registered, by calendar year, up to the end of 2016. The total number of names registered has increased from 560 on 31 December 1994 to 718,143 on 31 December 2018. By far the largest growth has been in the .co.nz second level domain (see Table 1).

The percentage growth rate peaked in the year to 31 December 1995 (see Table 2). The largest numerical growth rate was achieved in the year to 31 December 2013.

Table 1: Domain Names Registered as at 31 December by 2LD (1994-2018)

This table shows the the total number of domain names registered by 2LD at 31 December from the end of 1994.

2LD	31 Dec 94	31 Dec 95	02 Jan 97 *	31 Dec 97	31 Dec 98	31 Dec 99	31 Dec 00	31 Dec 01	31 Dec 02	31 Dec 03	31 Dec 04	31 Dec 05	31 Dec 06	31 Dec 07	31 Dec 08	31 Dec 09	31 Dec 10	31 Dec 11	31 Dec 12	31 Dec 13	31 Dec 14	31 Dec 15	31 Dec 16	31 Dec 17	31 Dec 18
.nz	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	42839	104123	114273	134781	139647
.ac.nz	49	61	83	111	170	242	396	521	654	812	967	1116	1268	1413	1662	1713	1826	1911	1986	2041	2165	2249	2278	2334	2484
.co.nz	315	1987	7458	14383	23512	41489	72472	89688	102251	120773	147736	179262	223345	269562	299986	329928	366984	404175	443017	467081	480374	479190	487708	503618	514020
.cri.nz	35	37	41	38	38	39	31	28	29	27	27	25	18	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	7	7	7	7
.geek.nz	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	583	637	697	832	793	865	941	1034	1118	1199	1219	1181	1070	990	946	913
.gen.nz	51	120	302	312	407	489	580	820	752	848	934	943	1065	1151	1211	1247	1316	1388	1411	1342	1293	1224	1142	1083	1032
.govt.nz	61	96	167	251	327	379	440	540	642	700	728	824	878	931	979	1021	1074	1105	1115	1052	1033	1027	1031	1053	1074
.health.nz	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	97	126	145	149	187	196	220	239	257	267
.iwi.nz	0	1	2	3	8	11	18	24	34	45	54	54	56	59	64	70	78	77	77	85	84	92	103	102	103
.kiwi.nz	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	7601	6885	7040	5598	4839	4514	4133
.maori.nz	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	365	310	373	385	458	483	534	554	621	663	1143	1140	1061	981	900	882	868
.mil.nz	2	5	5	10	12	14	16	17	16	14	16	19	21	18	16	21	28	33	36	37	33	30	29	32	35
.net.nz	17	26	78	242	834	1778	3889	5161	7453	8017	10184	11900	15524	18715	20299	21437	23537	26224	28487	29600	28807	26323	24898	23756	22539
.org.nz	24	75	352	749	1273	2191	4026	5518	6771	8191	10098	12256	15220	18218	20309	21959	24063	26111	27498	28286	28588	27972	27732	27585	27405
.parliament.nz	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	2	5	5	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	11
.school.nz	6	56	132	244	410	685	1184	1571	1866	2094	2307	2446	2596	2689	2824	2954	3056	3221	3296	3377	3484	3524	3534	3608	3605
Total	560	2464	8620	16343	26991	47317	83052	103888	120833	142468	174061	209927	261283	314053	348769	381964	423764	466192	517037	542354	598200	653641	669714	704569	718143

* No data available for 31 December 1996.

Table 2: Growth in Domain Names Registered - Calendar Years 1995-2018

This table shows year-on-year growth in the total number of domain names registered at 31 December.

Year	Domain Names	Growth since previous year	% growth since previous year
31 Dec 2018	718143	13574	1.93%
31 Dec 2017	704569	34855	5.20%
31 Dec 2016	669714	16073	2.46%
31 Dec 2015	653641	55441	9.27%
31 Dec 2014	598200	55846	10.30%
31 Dec 2013	542354	25317	4.90%
31 Dec 2012	517037	50845	10.91%
31 Dec 2011	466192	42428	10.01%
31 Dec 2010	423764	41800	10.94%
31 Dec 2009	381964	33195	9.52%
31 Dec 2008	348769	34716	11.05%
31 Dec 2007	314053	52770	20.20%
31 Dec 2006	261283	51356	24.46%
31 Dec 2005	209927	35866	20.61%
31 Dec 2004	174061	31593	22.2%
31 Dec 2003	142468	21635	17.9%
31 Dec 2002	120833	16945	16.3%
31 Dec 2001	103888	20836	25.1%
31 Dec 2000	83052	35735	75.5%
31 Dec 1999	47317	20326	75.3%
31 Dec 1998	26991	10648	65.2%
31 Dec 1997	16343	7723	89.6%
02 Jan 1997 *	8620	6156	250%
31 Dec 1995	2464	1904	340%
31 Dec 1994	560	---	---

* No data available for 31 December 1996.

The statistics above are generated from the .nz register. From November 2002, they include all active domain names in the .nz register. Prior to November 2002, they reflect the number of names delegated to the Domain Name System by Domainz.

If you have any questions or comments regarding the statistics and analysis above, please contact us at info@dnc.org.nz. We welcome suggestions for the display of useful .nz statistics.

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