[excerpt from the Internet Society Press Release, 4 August 1994 (rev.)]


        Country Host Statistics - July 1994

Country                                Hosts   %ofTotal ChangeFromJan94

US-educational (higher)                856,234    27%    41%
US-commercial                          774,735    24%    36%
US-government                          169,248     5%    31%
US-defense                             130,176     4%    26%
US-non-profit organization              66,459     2%    31%
US-network operator                     30,993     1%   146%
US-local                                16,556     1%   153%
US total                             2,044,401    63%    38%

United Kingdom                         155,706     5%    37%
Germany                                149,193     5%    51%
Canada                                 127,516     4%    48%
Australia                              127,514     4%    42%
Japan                                   72,409     2%    69%
France                                  71,899     2%   117%
Netherlands                             59,729     2%    43%
Sweden                                  53,294     2%    40%
Finland                                 49,598     2%    **
Switzerland                             47,401     1%    24%
Norway                                  38,759     1%    22%
Italy                                   23,616     1%    38%
Spain                                   21,147     1%    79%
Austria                                 20,130     1%    30%
South Africa                            15,595   <1%     42%
New Zealand                             14,830   <1%    157%
Korea                                   12,109   <1%     35%
Denmark                                 12,107   <1%    175%
Belgium                                 12,107   <1%    147%
Taiwan                                  10,314   <1%     29%
Hong Kong                                9,141   <1%     60%
Israel                                   8,464   <1%     28%
Poland                                   7,392   <1%     55%
Brazil                                   5,896   <1%     63%
Czech Rep.                               5,639   <1%    169%
Hungary                                  5,390   <1%    122%
Mexico                                   5,164   <1%     45%
Portugal                                 4,518   <1%     25%
Singapore                                4,014   <1%     45%
Chile                                    3,703   <1%    170%
Ireland                                  3,308   <1%    103%
Iceland                                  3,268   <1%     73%
Russian Fed. (SU)                        3,145   <1%    142%
Greece                                   2,958   <1%    249%
Czech&Slovak (CS)                        1,869   <1%    -36%
Malaysia                                 1,322   <1%    204%
Turkey                                   1,204   <1%    140%
Thailand                                 1,197   <1%    334%
Slovakia                                   868   <1%     70%
Croatia                                    838   <1%     79%
Estonia                                    659   <1%     93%
Slovenia                                   574   <1%     -9%
Costa Rica                                 544   <1%    153%
Romania                                    453   <1%    466%
Luxembourg                                 420   <1%     37%
Venezuela                                  399   <1%      6%
Ukraine                                    339   <1%    994%
China                                      325   <1%      *
Russian Fed. (RU)                          322   <1%      *
India                                      316   <1%    129%
International organizations                315   <1%     34%
Kuwait                                     297   <1%    115%
Ecuador                                    256   <1%     73%
Argentina                                  248   <1%   8167%
Latvia                                     180   <1%    150%
Colombia                                   144   <1%      *
Uruguay                                    101   <1%      *
Bulgaria                                    79   <1%    276%
Puerto Rico                                 75   <1%      *
Philippines                                 65   <1%      *
Indonesia                                   54   <1%      *
Lithuania                                   53   <1%      *
Egypt                                       52   <1%     11%
Tunesia                                     46   <1%    318%
Peru                                        42   <1%      *
Cyprus                                      38   <1%    660%
Liechtenstein                               27   <1%     59%
Panama                                      24   <1%      *
Nicaragua                                   23   <1%      *
Macau                                       12   <1%      *
Algeria                                      7   <1%      *
Fiji                                         5   <1%      0%
Iran                                         4   <1%      0%
Antartica                                    4   <1%      *
Moldova                                      2   <1%      *
Saudi Arabia                                 1   <1%      *
                                     1,180,776    37%

*  Not connected in Jan 1994
** Not counted in Jan 1994