Russian Federation ASN and IP Address Allocation: What the Country-Level Data Shows
The Russian Federation has 5,752 allocated ASNs and 5,003 announced ASNs, with 47,281,664 IPv4 addresses and roughly 11.49 trillion IPv6 /64 blocks, according to the country-level allocation table published by IPIP.NET. That places it fifth among the listed countries by allocated ASNs, behind the United States, Brazil, China, and India, and ahead of Indonesia and Germany. The figures describe registry-level allocation and routing-level announcement, not how many addresses are actively serving traffic.
What the numbers mean
Two different counts appear for each country, and they answer different questions.
- Allocated ASNs — autonomous system numbers that a regional internet registry has assigned to organizations in that country. This is a measure of how many independent network operators exist on paper.
- Announced ASNs — ASNs actually visible in the global routing table. This is a measure of how many of those operators are running and advertising routes.
For the Russian Federation, 5,003 of 5,752 allocated ASNs are announced, an announcement rate of about 87%. The gap of 749 represents ASNs that are allocated but not currently visible in routing — typically dormant registrations, organizations that stopped operating, or networks that have not yet been deployed.
The same table gives address totals:
| Metric | Russian Federation |
|---|---|
| Allocated ASNs | 5,752 |
| Announced ASNs | 5,003 |
| ASN IPv4 addresses | 47,281,664 |
| ASN IPv6 /64 blocks | 11,487,351,490,128 |
The IPv4 figure is the count of addresses associated with announced ASNs, so it reflects routable space rather than the full registry allocation. The IPv6 number is expressed in /64 units, which is the standard way to compare IPv6 holdings because a single /32 allocation already contains 4.3 billion /64s.
How the Russian Federation compares
The table ranks countries by allocated ASNs. The top of that ranking looks like this:
| Country | Allocated ASNs | Announced ASNs | Announced share | IPv4 addresses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32,219 | 18,855 | ~58.5% | 1,497,299,200 |
| Brazil | 9,157 | 8,783 | ~95.9% | 77,606,656 |
| China | 6,582 | 5,189 | ~78.8% | 356,442,368 |
| India | 6,264 | 2,958 | ~47.2% | 35,222,528 |
| Russian Federation | 5,752 | 5,003 | ~87.0% | 47,281,664 |
| Indonesia | 3,995 | 2,875 | ~72.0% | 11,931,904 |
| Germany | 3,253 | 2,596 | ~79.8% | 114,097,664 |
A few observations follow directly from these columns:
- The Russian Federation sits in the middle of the top group by ASN count but has a comparatively high announcement rate. Brazil is the only large country in this set with a higher share of announced ASNs.
- India has a similar allocated ASN count but a much lower announced share, which means a large portion of its registered ASNs are not visible in routing.
- The United States has by far the most ASNs and IPv4 addresses, but its announced share is the lowest in this group — consistent with a large number of legacy or inactive registrations.
- Germany holds more than twice the Russian IPv4 space with roughly half the ASNs, which indicates a different structure: fewer, larger network operators rather than many smaller ones.
Reading the announcement rate
The ratio of announced to allocated ASNs is the most useful single indicator in this table, because it separates registry activity from operational activity.
A high ratio, as in the Russian Federation or Brazil, suggests that most registered network operators are actually running and advertising routes. A low ratio, as in India or the United States, suggests a long tail of registrations that are not currently in use.
This matters for two practical tasks:
- Judging IP ownership. If an address falls inside an announced ASN, it is reachable and its operator is identifiable through routing data. If it belongs to an allocated but unannounced ASN, ownership records may exist without any live network behind them.
- Network planning and peering research. The announced ASN count is a rough proxy for how many distinct networks you might need to peer with or route around in a given country. The allocated count is a proxy for how many organizations hold numbering resources there.
Neither number tells you traffic volume, subscriber counts, or market share. A country can have many small ASNs and relatively little traffic, or few large ASNs carrying most of the traffic.
Caveats when using this data
- The table is a snapshot. ASN allocations and announcements change continuously as registries assign new numbers and operators start or stop advertising routes.
- IPv4 counts are tied to announced ASNs, so they exclude space held by organizations whose ASNs are not currently visible.
- IPv6 is counted in /64 blocks, which makes the numbers look enormous but does not mean those blocks are in use. A single allocated /32 produces over four billion /64s.
- Country attribution follows registry records, which reflect where an organization registered, not necessarily where its infrastructure or users are located.
For a quick reference on the Russian Federation's position in global ASN and IP allocation, the figures above are the relevant ones: fifth by allocated ASNs, with a high announcement rate and a mid-sized IPv4 footprint relative to the largest holders.