# Changes to Registered Country data

_September 26, 2022_

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>
> This release note is more than two years old and may no longer reflect
> current behavior. View the
> [latest release notes](/geoip/release-notes/).

We have made some changes to how we determine the registered country associated
with an IP address. We estimate that this change will affect around 1% of IP
addresses with a registered country value. The following databases and web
services will be affected:

- GeoIP2 Country database
- GeoIP2 City database
- GeoIP2 Enterprise database
- GeoLite2 Country database
- GeoLite2 City database
- GeoIP2 Country web service
- GeoIP2 City Plus web service
- GeoIP2 Insights web service
- GeoLite2 Country web service
- GeoLite2 City web service
- minFraud Insights web service
- minFraud Factors web service

In some cases where we are no longer confident in the registered country for an
IP, it will be removed. In other cases, the value may be changed.

[You can learn more about the `/registered_country` output in the API schema for GeoIP2 web services.](/geoip/docs/web-services/responses#schema--response--registered-country)

[You can learn more about the difference between registered country and the IP geolocation on our Knowledge Base.](https://support.maxmind.com/knowledge-base/articles/country-level-and-city-level-geolocation-maxmind)