South Africa holds 27,189,504 IPv4 addresses from AFRINIC, APNIC and RIPE NCC.
Regional registries have allocated 27,189,504 IPv4 addresses in 2,139 blocks, 555 IPv6 blocks and 866 network numbers to organisations in South Africa, the first on 1 Jan 1984. By DB-IP’s count the largest network here is MTN SA (AS16637).
Registered here vs used here
The RIR count is what was allocated to organisations registered in South Africa; DB-IP’s count is where it estimates addresses are used. DB-IP places 2,947,999 more IPv4 addresses in South Africa than were allocated here, which happens when networks registered elsewhere (cloud providers, multinationals) operate in the country.
Largest networks by IPv4 space in South Africa
IP Geolocation by DB-IP (ASN Lite × Country Lite, CC BY 4.0).
Allocations per year
Delegation records per year (IPv4 blocks + IPv6 blocks + ASN records) still current in the RIR files. Last 12 years shown.
Download the ranges
Every IPv4 and IPv6 range DB-IP Country Lite places in South Africa, as CSV. The file carries DB-IP’s attribution, which you must keep if you republish it.
Sources
- NRO RIR delegated-extended statistics · checked 5 Nov 2026
- DB-IP IP to Country Lite (CC BY 4.0) · checked 3 Nov 2026