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Zambia

Africa ZM
IPv4 addresses
1,656,333
CIDR ranges
186
Global rank · IPv4
#81 of 250
ASNs
30
Organizations
30
Regions / states
10

Top ASNs

ASNNameIPs
AS37287 Zain Zambia PLC 918.5K
AS37154 Zambia Telecommunications Company Ltd aka ZAMTEL 533.8K
AS37532 Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) 81.9K
AS30844 Liquid Telecommunications Ltd 66.3K
AS7420 Zamnet 15.4K
AS36959 AfriConnect Zambia Ltd 15.4K
AS36962 MTN Zambia 13.3K
AS37146 Hai Telecommunications Limited 7.2K
AS37518 Fiber Grid INC 6.1K
AS328570 Fibrecom Limited 1.8K
AS37185 iSAT Africa Zambia Ltd 1.5K
AS327708 Airtel Rwanda Ltd 1.5K
AS328646 INFRATEL CORPORATION LIMITED 1.5K
AS328817 CITY CHANNELS CABLE NETWORK ZAMBIA LIMITED 1.5K
AS37379 Africa Online Operations (Mauritius) Limited 1.0K
AS327750 JENNY INTERNET (PTY) LTD 1.0K
AS328427 AirLink Broadband Limited 1.0K
AS329444 BEELINE TELECOMS LIMITED 768
AS37332 Zimbabwe Online 512
AS328665 Zambia Revenue Authority 512
AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. 256
AS21859 Zenlayer Inc 256
AS29286 Skylogic S.p.A. 256
AS207990 HostRoyale Technologies Pvt Ltd 256
AS327904 Zambia Information and communication Technology Authority 256

Regions / states / provinces

Network composition

How Zambia's allocated IPv4 space breaks down by operator type, regional registry, and block size.

By operator category
CategoryIPv4Share
Enterprise 1.48M
91.0%
Academic / Research 81.9K
5.0%
ISP / Telecom 48.9K
3.0%
Mobile 14.8K
0.9%
By regional registry (RIR)
RegistryIPv4Share
ARIN 859.9K
51.9%
APNIC 536.3K
32.4%
AFRINIC 256.3K
15.5%
RIPE NCC 3.6K
0.2%
LACNIC 256
0.0%
Prefix-size distribution (network ranges by block size)
/8–/15
4
/16–/19
10
/20–/22
26
/23
16
/24
31
/25–/28
15
/29–/32
84

Routing & security

Live BGP routing footprint for Zambia from our global collectors, with RPKI route-origin validation coverage.

Announced prefixes
1,277
Origin ASNs
38
RPKI-valid
34.5%
441 of 1,277 ROA-covered

RPKI-valid % = announced prefixes with a matching Route Origin Authorization. Live routing →

Reverse-DNS, threat intelligence & internet health

How much of Zambia's address space resolves to a hostname, how much appears on public threat blocklists, how widely the population is online, and independent signals of censorship and outages.

Reverse-DNS coverage
70.8%
1.17M IPs with a PTR
Internet adoption
17.1%
of population · 2024
Censorship signal
3.9%
1 confirmed-blocked · 30d
Network outages
5
events · last 90d
Median speed
20 Mbps ↓
8 Mbps ↑ · 117ms
70.8% of allocated IPv4 has a PTR

Reverse-DNS + threat-blocklist footprint from our own scanning & 8 threat-intel feeds. Internet adoption from the World Bank; censorship measurements from OONI; outage detection from IODA / Georgia Tech; connection speed from Cloudflare Radar.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many IPv4 addresses are allocated to Zambia?

Zambia has 1,656,333 IPv4 addresses allocated across 186 network ranges. These allocations are managed by regional internet registries and assigned to organizations operating within the country.

What are the largest internet providers in Zambia?

The top organizations in Zambia by IP allocation include the major ISPs, hosting providers, and enterprises listed above. These 30 organizations collectively manage the majority of the country's IPv4 address space.

How many ASNs operate in Zambia?

Zambia has 30 or more registered Autonomous Systems. Each ASN represents an independently routed network, such as an ISP, cloud provider, or enterprise network.

What continent is Zambia in?

Zambia is located in Africa. IP address allocations in this region are managed by AFRINIC.

Last updated: 2026-07-19 08:10:33 UTC
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