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South Africa has a population of 51,770,560. 842 networks are registered to South Africa. 7 internet exchanges operate in the country. 23 facilities are catalogued. 10 submarine cables land on its coast. 424 accredited registrars sell its ccTLD. RIPE Atlas measurements show a median round-trip latency of 130ms from South Africa to other African countries.

Internet infrastructure at a glance

842 Networks (ASNs)
7 Internet Exchanges
23 Data Centres
424 Domain Registrars
51.8M Population

.ZA Domain Registrars

Most-connected networks (BGP-observed)

Ranked by distinct BGP neighbors observed in our routing table. Methodology · Last computed 2026-10-10. Coverage is partial: rankings derive from our African routing-table vantages.

By peer count

  1. Workonline Communications(Pty) Ltd AS37271 305 peers
  2. Dimension Data AS3741 91 peers
  3. MTN SA (Bayobab) AS16637 71 peers
  4. Telkom SA Ltd. AS5713 56 peers
  5. Network Platforms (PTY) LTD AS37497 51 peers
  6. Agile Solutions Provider (PTY) LTD AS328748 45 peers
  7. Vodacom AS36994 42 peers
  8. Metrofibre Networx AS327782 39 peers
  9. cmcnetworks AS25818 37 peers
  10. The Standard Bank of South Africa (Proprietary) Limited AS10798 34 peers

+10 more shown via API

By prefix announcements

  1. Dimension Data AS20011 1,230 prefixes
  2. Africa on Cloud AS328608 758 prefixes
  3. Dimension Data AS3741 555 prefixes
  4. Telkom SA Ltd. AS37457 512 prefixes
  5. TENET (The UNINET Project) AS2018 391 prefixes
  6. Telkom SA Ltd. AS5713 284 prefixes
  7. Level 7 Wireless (Pty) Ltd AS327901 241 prefixes
  8. HERO TELECOMS (PTY) LTD AS328471 233 prefixes
  9. MTN SA (Bayobab) AS16637 222 prefixes
  10. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd AS37121 221 prefixes

All networks (top 30 of 489)

+459 more networks

Key facts

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ZA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
ZAF
Region
southern-africa
Last verified
verified 2026-10-10
Last updated
2026-10-10

External references

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