In the beginning of October 2010, there were a total of 92.1 million Facebook users in Asia. By end of the month, the figure has surpassed the 100 million user mark (specifically, 102.2 million). That’s an increase of 10.1 million users in a month or 10.9% month-on-month growth!
Indonesia continues to top the Facebook Population in Asia list with 29.8 million users. Although the country is fast approaching the 30 million user mark, the most populous Southeast Asian nation continues to show impressive 12.2% growth rate (the 10th highest among the Asian nations). During the month of October 2010, Indonesia registered the highest increase of % of Total Facebook Population in Asia, an increase of 0.3 percentage point, from 28.9% to 29.2% (India increased by 0.2 percentage point and Japan with 0.1).
Cambodia registered the highest growth rate at 24.6%, followed by Afghanistan (23.3%), Mongolia (19.7%), Japan (19.6%) and South Korea (18.9%). And Bangladesh joined the 1-million users group in October 2010. As of now, there are a total of 13 countries in Asia with over a million Facebook users.
Facebook Population in Asia
Total Users (as of October 01 2010 and November 01 2010) and % Month-on-Month Growth
Rank | Country | Nov 01 | Oct 01 | % Growth |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Indonesia | 29,844,240 | 26,598,240 | 12.2% |
2 | Philippines | 17,942,340 | 16,349,240 | 9.7% |
3 | India | 15,176,240 | 13,541,680 | 12.1% |
4 | Malaysia | 8,815,780 | 8,136,780 | 8.3% |
5 | Taiwan | 7,598,200 | 7,059,000 | 7.6% |
6 | Thailand | 6,071,480 | 5,376,700 | 12.9% |
7 | Hong Kong | 3,436,440 | 3,306,420 | 3.9% |
8 | Pakistan | 2,772,120 | 2,409,800 | 15% |
9 | Singapore | 2,382,200 | 2,273,440 | 4.8% |
10 | South Korea | 1,730,320 | 1,454,740 | 18.9% |
11 | Japan | 1,688,600 | 1,411,260 | 19.6% |
12 | Vietnam | 1,493,600 | 1,270,560 | 17.6% |
13 | Bangladesh | 1,085,440 | 972,040 | 11.7% |
14 | Sri Lanka | 719,420 | 669,860 | 7.4% |
15 | Nepal | 628,220 | 569,100 | 10.4% |
16 | Macau | 211,380 | 211,040 | 0.2% |
17 | Brunei | 187,740 | 169,240 | 10.9% |
18 | Cambodia | 162,800 | 130,680 | 24.6% |
19 | Maldives | 85,040 | 81,200 | 4.7% |
20 | Afghanistan | 77,580 | 62,900 | 23.3% |
21 | Mongolia | 71,200 | 59,460 | 19.7% |
22 | Bhutan | 35,660 | 31,080 | 14.7% |
23 | Laos | 28,960 | 28,620 | 1.2% |
TOTAL | 102,245,000 | 92,173,080 | 10.9% | |
source: Facebook.com |
(Image credits: Facebook Login Hut and Asia Maps)
Facebook exceeds 100 million users in Asia; added 10 million users in October 2010 originally appeared on GreyReview on November 3, 2010.