Europe, with Russia included, has a population of 727 million. We now have a social network that is so large that it could fill up a major world region with people and still have some to spare (this 'spare' being twice the size of Canada's entire population).
Another comparison is that Facebook now has as many users as the entire Internet did back in 2004, the year Facebook was founded.
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Image: A view of Kuala Lumpur.Comparing Facebook with the entire Internet user base
Asia has 922 million Internet users
Facebook has 800 million users
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Image: Beautiful Paris at night.Europe has 476 million Internet users
Facebook has 800 million users
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Image: A view of Times Square in New York City.North America has 272 million Internet users
Facebook has 800 million users
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Image: Mexico City at night.Latin America has 215 million Internet users
Facebook has 800 million users
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Image: Booming city of Johannesburg.Africa has 119 million Internet users
Facebook has 800 million users
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Image: A view of Dubai.Middle East has 69 million Internet users
Facebook has 800 million users
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Image: Sydney's Opera House.Oceania/Australia has 21 million Internet users
Facebook has 800 million users
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Image: 38 per cent of world Internet users are on Facebook.Size of Facebook's active user base is...
Of the entire current Internet users: 38 per cent are on Facebook
Of the Internet users of Asia: 87 per cent are on Facebook
Of the Internet users of Europe: 168 per cent are on Facebook
Of the Internet users of North America: 294 per cent are on Facebook
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Image: 370 per cent of Internet users in Latin America are on Facebook.Of the Internet users of Latin America: 370 per cent are on Facebook
Of the Internet users of Africa: 674 per cent are on Facebook
Of the Internet users of the Middle East: 1,167 per cent are on Facebook
Of the Internet users of Oceania/Australia: 3,757 per cent are on Facebook
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Image: A view of Boston.Facebook's active user base is:
Compared to the population of the United States: Facebook has 2.5 times more users
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Image: London's Tower Bridge.Compared to the population of the United Kingdom: Facebook has 13 times more users
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Image: A view of Toronto, Canada.Compared to the population of Canada: Facebook has 23.5 times more users
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Image: A view of Perth, Australia.Compared to the population of Australia: Facebook has 36.6 times more users
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Image: Beautiful Berlin at night.Compared to the population of Germany: Facebook has 9.7 times more users
Only China and India have more population than Facebook users.
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