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by gloria_mundi 1064 days ago
There are 13 root name server addresses, but most (all?) of these use anycast, i.e. there are actually several servers with the same address, and your traffic will usually be routed to the one closest to you. There are over 1500 root name servers.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_name_server