Friday, 2 July 2010

Facebook usage statistics by country - July 2010 compared to July 2009 and July 2008

I have been publishing Facebook usage statistics by quarter for a while and now have enough data to be able to look at 12 month growth in Facebook users by country and 24 month growth in Facebook users by country. Total number of Facebook users has now passed 400m and Facebook is growing everywhere - maybe why Google is (allegedly) still looking closely at social networking and regarding Facebook with envious eyes?

The table below shows the top 30 countries by number of active Facebook users with July 2010 Facebook user information compared to 2009 and 2008 Facebook usage statistics (leave a comment if you want to know statistics for other countries.)

Here are the Top 30 countries with highest number of Facebook users (1st July 2010 - data from Facebook):

Rank
CountryNumber of Facebook users 1st July 2008
Number of Facebook users 1st July 2009
Number of Facebook users 1st July 2010
12 month growth %
24 month growth %
1USA27,811,560
69,378,980
125,881,220
81.4%352.6%
2UK
11,171,540
18,711,160
26,543,600
41.9%137.6%
3Indonesia209,760
6,496,960
25,912,960
298.9%12253.6%
4Turkey
3,464,640
12,382,320
22,552,540
82.1%550.9%
5France2,461,140
10,781,48018,942,22075.7%669.7%
6Italy
491,100
10,218,400
16,647,260
62.9%3289.8%
7Canada
9,621,820
11,961,02015,497,90029.6%61.1%
8Philippines
162,640
2,719,560
14,600,300
436.8%8877.1%
9Mexico
1,042,820
3,644,400
12,978,440
256.1%1144.6%
10Spain
695,900
5,773,200
10,610,080
83.8%
1424.7%
11India
711,520
3,236,140
10,547,240
225.9%1382.4%
12Argentina
417,980
4,906,220
10,542,040
114.9%2422.1%
13Colombia
2,412,000
5,760,300
10,226,820
77.5%324%
14Germany
618,080
3,136,680
9,949,760
217.2%1509.8%
15Australia
3,217,380
6,053,560
9,009,660
48.8%180.0%
16Malaysia
450,580
1,995,040
7,317,520
266.8%
1524.0%
17Chile
2,105,820
4,830,680
6,944,540
43.8%229.8%
18Taiwan
71,340
685,460
6,745,160
884.0%9355%
19Venezuela
966,700
3,578,740
6,686,300
86.8%
591.7%
20Brazil
119,080
1,015,400
4,757,200
368.5%3895%
21Thailand
114,180
697,340
4,216,760
504.7%3593.1%
22Sweden
1,141,700
2,287,240
3,798,020
66.1%232.7%
23Egypt
783,440
1,618,040
3,581,460
121.4%357.2%
24Belgium
531,740
2,372,460
3,505,920
47.8%559.3%
25Hong Kong
837,900
2,087,580
3,408,240
63.3%306.7%
26Israel
591,900
1,433,540
3,006,460
109.7%
407.9%
27South Africa
878,120
1,720,820
2,884,080
67.6%228.4%
28Greece
505,000
1,638,980
2,838,700
73.2%462.1%
29Poland
83,180
619,180
2,772,540
347.8%3233.2%
30Czech Rep
51,680
1,088,020
2,686,040
146.9%5097.5%

[*figures are taken from Facebook and then compared to Facebook usage statistics lists that I have previously compiled (allowing the 12 month and 24 month comparisons.)]

As always, if you want to know the latest Facebook usage statistics for another country (and data is now published for almost every country in the world), leave a comment in the post below and I will post the relevant Facebook user statistics data.

54 Comments:

Vladhnews said...

I would be glad to find out about the users number in Romania

Archie said...

Estonia?

Christian Hughes said...

Hey Nick

Ireland would be awesome.

cheers :)

Nick Burcher said...

Romania - now 1,555,360 (+574.5% on July 2009)

Estonia - 227,420 (+303.5% on July 2009)

Hi Christian! Ireland now 1,597,000 (+83.4% on July 2009 - maybe something to do with the demise of Bebo?)

Anonymous said...

Do you ahve data for Pakistan from 2008, 2009 and 2010?

Kevin said...

Hi Nick.

Really useful information. Would love to see stats on Ireland.

Xeko said...

I reckon Vietnam may have around 1 million facebookers

rotimi said...

I would like to know the facebook stats for Nigeria. I mean the number of users from Nigeria

Anonymous said...

Please give me the figures for 2009/2010 (groth rates) for Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Ukraine
Thanks

Tom said...

Hi Nick - great post and data! Could you elaborate on how you compiled these counts (ie, what is the methodology when you say "from facebook")? Thanks!

Tom

Amy said...

Hi~Nick, great data!! may i have the users number in some Arab countries?such as UAE(United Arab Emirates), Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. thank you.:)

wanthony said...

Thanks for your site! I've compared some of the statistics for users by age-group in Australia to the official Bureau of Statistics census data. You might be interested to know that a considerable number of FB users lie about their age!

Nick Burcher said...

Facebook make statistics available on number of Active Users at any given time. I collate these statistics and then compare movements on a quarterly basis.

Nick Burcher said...

Nigeria - 1,616,120 Facebook users on 1st July 2010

Vietnam - 1,019,120 Facebook users on 1st July 2010

Nick Burcher said...

Austria - 2,084,840 +186% on 2009
Slovakia - 1,481,000 +152% on 2009
Hungary - 1,455,840 +413% on 2009
Croatia - 1,192,160 + 71.6% on 2009
Serbia - 2,064,220 +123% on 2009
Ukraine - 425,680 +236% on 2009

All figures correct at 1st July 2010

Nick Burcher said...

UAE - 1,667,560 users
Saudi Arabia - 2,385,740 users
Kuwait - 518,540 users
Syria - not reported
Jordan - 923,400
Lebanon - 962,440

Bart said...

Hi Nick, can you provide me with the statistics of Slovenia?

Yacoub Al-Slaise said...

These stats are excellent!
I would love to know for my research the numbers of the following countries:
-Japan
-Algeria
-Bahrain
-Iraq
-Palestine
-Morocco
-Tunisia
-Libya
-Mauritania
-Oman
-Qatar
-Sudan
-Somalia

With many thanks!

Anonymous said...

Hi Nick, thanks for these; they're very interesting. Was hoping for your help with one clarification about this data. For a given country, is this the number of users who self-report their current city or country as being "in Lebanon" (or wherever), or is it based on where their IP address is registered? Or something else?
Thanks.

Shaon said...

can give me the data's as like the table for Bangladesh..Please...

Anonymous said...

It would be nice to get this data in a downloadable format. I'd like to compare the usage to population. Looks like the US and Canada are approaching 50%. That's pretty amazing.

ethio-Zagol said...

Ethiopia
Uganda
Rwanda

Anonymous said...

Hi Nick

Do you know the gender and age split for facebook users in Nigeria. I need the stats for my Masters dissertation.

Thanks

Nick Burcher said...

Ethiopia - 130,320
Uganda - 168,720
Rwanda - 44,340
Bangladesh - 854,520
Slovenia - 582,000

Stats are from Facebook and as reported today.

Nick Burcher said...

-Japan - 1,192,220
-Algeria - 928,100
-Bahrain - 226,480
-Iraq - 225,600
-Palestine - 84,240
-Morocco - 1,849,740
-Tunisia - 1,594,700
-Libya - 156,240
-Mauritania - 29,600
-Oman - 157,440
-Qatar - 396,860
-Sudan - no data
-Somalia - no data

All stats from Facebook and correct today.

caitlin said...

can you find these out about any other websites such as twitter, youtube etc? cant find stats anywher

thanks

Anonymous said...

How about Japan?

Anonymous said...

Hi Nick, could you provide the number of users for Singapore 09 vs 10 please. Thanks a million!

Kamal Mettananda said...

Wow, nice statistics..

I would like to see stats for Sri Lanka.

Anonymous said...

Hello Nick,
I would like to know the number of users in Uruguay.
Tks!!

Anonymous said...

Hello Nick,
I would like to know the number of users in Uruguay.
Tks!!

Russian Sphinx said...

what about Russia?
Do you have any data about Twitter users by country?
Thanks for interesting data!

rungs said...

Hello Nick, your doing a great job!
can i pls hav the stats for Sri Lanka n is there anyway i can get the actual user stats for a particular page - like politician fan pages?

Jonathan Marks said...

any data out there for uzbekistan?

emilio said...

Hi Nick,

Any data on the unique Facebook users in the Philippines? The 14.6M contains a significant number of multiple accounts from the same person. Also, do you have stats on the average time spent on Facebook?

Merrolee said...

New Zealand (unless I missed it?)

Anonymous said...

Hi Nick
Great to have this list.
Do you have anything on Norway?
Eirek

Anonymous said...

Hi Nick,

This is extremely useful material. Grateful if you could update us on the number of users from Mauritius.

Many thanks.

Ashish

Christina said...

Great increase, Very useful data. do you think it's really a great venue for ads promotion? Do you have a statistics on user activities per country as well. Thanks.

me said...

Nice data!

Do you also have data from the Netherlands july 2009 vs july 2010?

Thanks!

Arch said...

Fantabulous list. Just want some clarity: How is "active" defined?

Mark said...

It would be great if I could get Facebook user stats for Malta. The country was mentioned in this post: http://www.nickburcher.com/2009/04/facebook-usage-statistics-by-population.html, but not on the latest ones. Many thanks!

charliesaidthat said...

Hi Nick - I would be really interested to see the following stats. Thanks for compiling them in such an organised manner. :D

Norway
Denmark
Portugal
Switzerland
Holland
Belgium
Finland
Ireland
Northern Ireland

Mel said...

Hi Nick! Do you have the stats for Singapore? Thank you~

Jen said...

Hi Nick! I'm interested to know how the number of Facebook users in the Philippines grew on a monthly basis since 2008. Do you have the numbers from Jan 2008 to present, monthly? Thanks!

Nick Burcher said...

I don't have data by month on the Phillippines unfortunately

Nick Burcher said...

Singapore Facebook users

1st Jul 09 - 1,384,760
1st Jul 10 - 2,226,580

Nick Burcher said...

Norway - 2,291,720
Denmark - 2,527,000
Portugal - 2,494,540
Switzerland - 2,234,380
Holland / Netherlands - 2,644,640 (1,061,480 in Jul 09)
Belgium - 3,505,920
Finland - 1,793,300
Ireland - 1,597,000
Northern Ireland - not split out from UK

Data as at 1st Jul 2010

Nick Burcher said...

Malta - 163,660
Mauritius - 203,700
New Zealand - 1,650,040
Russia - 1,244,280
Uruguay - 834,900
Sri Lanka - 587,980
Japan - 1,192,220

Data as at 1st Jul 2010

Nick Burcher said...

Facebook have just started publishing data on Uzbekistan

On 15th Aug 2010 they show 26,840 active Facebook users in Uzbekistan.

Anonymous said...

Any data on Suriname?

Tan said...

Would you please publish the active and non active users of August 2010 in all Asian countries. Please also add Russian, Chinies, Europian and American.
This is for my researd work.
Thanks in advace.

Manuelefe said...

Hi Nick, would you please post Central America numbers... tks

nong darko said...

Please some data info on Moldova.thank you.