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DescriptionBGP Table growth.svg	English: Global BGP Table size, 1988–2024 Français : Croissance de la table BGP mondiale de 1988–2024
Date	26 May 2009
Source	Own work based on: Bates, Tony; Smith, Philip; Huston, Geoff. CIDR Report (in en). cidr-report.org. Retrieved on 2025-11-23., bgp-active.txt (TXT). bgp.potaroo.net. Retrieved on 2025-11-23., AS65000 - BGP Table Statistics. bgp.potaroo.net. Retrieved on 2025-11-23.
Author	Mro, Bombenleger
Other versions	Arabic
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This plot was created with Gnuplot. This plot uses embedded text that can be easily translated using a text editor.

gnuplot source

set terminal svg size 600,480 font 'arial,16'
set output 'BGP_Table_growth.svg'

set title 'IPv4 prefixes announced on the Internet'
set key off

set xlabel 'Date'
set xdata time
set xtics timedate
set xtics format "%Y"
set timefmt "%Y-%m-%d"
set xrange ["1988-01-01":"2025-01-01"]
set xtics time "1988-01-01", 4 years, "2026-01-01"
set mxtics time 1 years

set ylabel 'Number of prefixes'
set format y "%.0f"

set grid xtics lc rgb 'gray40'
set grid ytics lc rgb 'gray40'

set timefmt "%s"    # (seconds since 1970-01-01)
plot "bgp-active.txt" using 1:2 smooth acsplines with lines linecolor rgb 'red' linewidth 1.5

unset output
unset terminal

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:43, 4 July 2024	600 × 480 (29 KB)	A876	updated to 2024-07-03. creeping closer to 100,000.
	15:48, 22 November 2020	600 × 480 (29 KB)	Bombenleger	updated with data from 2020-11-22
	10:55, 25 January 2015	600 × 480 (28 KB)	Mro	Update 2015-01
	15:06, 5 January 2014	600 × 480 (30 KB)	Mro	Update
	07:42, 7 October 2013	600 × 480 (28 KB)	Mro	Update 2013-10
	08:42, 1 June 2013	600 × 480 (28 KB)	Mro	update
	17:48, 9 January 2013	600 × 480 (27 KB)	Mro	Update 2013-01
	11:26, 17 April 2012	600 × 480 (32 KB)	Mro	Update 2012-04
	07:50, 2 December 2011	600 × 480 (30 KB)	Mro	update 2011-12
	08:27, 3 September 2011	600 × 480 (30 KB)	Mro	update 201109