Facebook usage statistics by country - March 2009

- Not many changes in position for the top countries by Facebook usage (though numbers are increasing significantly), but further down the list there have been a number of developments

- Facebook usage in Asia is increasing quickly with both Indonesia and Malaysia showing significant increases in Facebook use

- In South America Facebook usage is still climbing, with Colombia now leading the way, but also jumps in Facebook usage in Venezuela, Argentina and Chile

- In the battle of the Nordics, the number of Facebook users in Sweden has overtaken the number of Facebook users in Denmark - though Denmark has the world's highest Facebook penetration with around 2/3 of the Danish population classified as active Facebook users

There are now 27 countries with over 1 million people using Facebook. Here are the latest statistics for March 2009 (taken from the Facebook interface):

Country	Facebook users 30/12/08	Facebook users 17/03/09	% growth Dec 08 - Mar 09
USA	42,078,960	55,329,460	31.5%
UK	14,937,810	17,765,160	19%
Canada	10,862,040	11,655,980	7.3%
Turkey	7,394,340	9,957,180	25.5%
France	6,587,240	8,742,900	32.7%
Italy	5,585,700	8,678,000	55.4%
Australia	4,330,040	5,152,960	19%
Colombia	3,632,760	4,508,960	24.1%
Chile	4,153,020	4,341,240	4.5%
Spain	2,596,080	3,948,300	52.1%
Argentina	2,255,300	3,353,280	48.7%
Venezuela	1,874,220	2,578,540	37.6%
Indonesia	897,040	2,236,380	149.3%
Sweden	1,696,700	2,097,840	23.6%
Denmark	1,776,260	2,093,900	17.9%
Belgium	1,655,940	2,043,380	23.4%
Mexico	1,440,640	1,932,940	34.2%
Norway	1,456,140	1,884,800	29.4%
Germany	1,255,480	1,772,380	41.2%
Hong Kong	1,458,520	1,683,980	15.5%
Switzerland	1,122,900	1,391,220	23.9%
India	1,071,280	1,367,560	27.7%
Greece	999,580	1,360,620	36.1%
South Africa	920,200	1,227,220	33.4%
Finland	918,940	1,131,580	23.1%
Egypt	822,560	1,125,900	36.9%
Malaysia	850,420	1,069,260	25.7%