Country code for top level domains

What’s top level domain name?

As in my previous posting on domain names, every website name ends in a top level domain (TLD), which is always either one of a small list of generic names based on ISO-3166.

Top-level domains are sometimes also called first-level domains.

Country code in top level domain names

You might be aware as well that certain extensions in TLD are used to describe the ‘characteristics’ of the website - like .biz for business organisation, .edu for websites related to education, .org for public organisation; while certain top level domain names are meant to show its location. Registration of country code top level domains  (like .co.uk and .co.jp) are restricted for the citizens of the corresponding country; and the activities with such domains website are ruled by local regulations and cyber laws.

List of country code top-level domains

The country code top-level domain (ccTLD) extensions are (in alphabet order):

.ac .ad .ae .af .ag .ai .al .am .an .ao .aq .ar .as .at .au .aw .ax .az
.ba .bb .bd .be .bf .bg .bh .bi .bj .bm .bn .bo .br .bs .bt .bw .by .bz
.ca .cc .cd .cf .cg .ch .ci .ck .cl .cm .cn .co .cr .cu .cv .cx .cy .cz
.de .dj .dk .dm .do .dz
.ec .ee .eg .er .es .et .eu
.fi .fj .fk .fm .fo .fr
.ga .gd .ge .gf .gg .gh .gi .gl .gm .gn .gp .gq .gr .gs .gt .gu .gw .gy
.hk .hm .hn .hr .ht .hu
.id .ie .il .im .in .io .iq .ir .is .it
.je .jm .jo .jp
.ke .kg .kh .ki .km .kn .kp .kr .kw .ky .kz
.la .lb .lc .li .lk .lr .ls .lt .lu .lv .ly
.ma .mc .md .me .mg .mh .mk .ml .mm .mn .mo .mp .mq .mr .ms .mt .mu .mv .mw .mx .my .mz
.na .nc .ne .nf .ng .ni .nl .no .np .nr .nu .nz .
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.pa .pe .pf .pg .ph .pk .pl .pn .pr .ps .pt .pw .py
.qa
.re .ro .rs .ru .rw
.sa .sb .sc .sd .se .sg .sh .si .sk .sl .sm .sn .sr .st .sv .sy .sz
.tc .td .tf .tg .th .tj .tk .tl .tm .tn .to .tr .tt .tv .tw .tz
.ua .ug .uk .us .uy .uz
.va .vc .ve .vg .vi .vn .vu
.wf .ws
.ye
.za .zm .zw

Is domain name that important?

One might ask: Does a good domain name matters? Well the direct answer is YES! In fact, a good domain name helps a lot in term of website branding and SEO. Read more: Does a good domain name matters?