WhatsApp Business API — Service Areas by Country

Pick your market for onboarding steps, Meta pricing market, compliance watchpoints, social lead acquisition and how to launch on Chronex360.

197 country guides available across every populated region · Updated 17 September 2026

Spotlight

Top 10 Countries by WhatsApp Users

The world's largest WhatsApp markets by monthly active users — the biggest available audience for WhatsApp Business API on Chronex360.

India ≈854M public estimate 2

Brazil ≈147.7M modeled users 3

Indonesia ≈112M public estimate 4

United States 100M+ users 5

Philippines ≈88M public estimate 6

Mexico ≈77M public estimate 7

Russia Not applicable — WhatsApp access blocked for Russian users as of February 2026 8

Turkey ≈60M public estimate 9

Egypt ≈44.1M modeled users 10

Germany ≈66.8M monthly-use audience proxy

3B+

monthly WhatsApp users worldwide

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated in April 2025 that WhatsApp had passed three billion monthly active users. The platform is now a core channel for customer acquisition, conversational commerce, support and transactional messaging.

Chronex360 opportunity: capture demand from Click-to-WhatsApp ads, Instagram DMs and Facebook Messenger; convert the conversation into a lead; qualify automatically; assign to the right employee; schedule follow-ups; share catalogues or offers; and measure conversion by lead source.

Important data note. Meta does not publish a current official WhatsApp MAU count for every country. This guide uses the newest freely accessible public evidence located during the September 2026 research pass. Where an absolute user count is unavailable, the guide uses a clearly labelled monthly-use audience proxy calculated from a published WhatsApp penetration rate and the latest country internet-user base. These proxies are directional market-sizing indicators, not official Meta MAU figures.

Pricing

How Meta pricing works in 2026

WhatsApp Business Platform pricing is charged on a per delivered message basis. Meta prices according to the recipient's market and message category: Marketing, Utility, Authentication and Service. Current Meta guidance says service messages are free inside the 24-hour customer-service window, and utility messages sent in response to a user are also free. A customer who starts a conversation from a Click-to-WhatsApp ad or Facebook Page CTA can open a 72-hour free-entry period.

Exact rates can change, so Chronex360 should show the live Meta rate-card link rather than hard-code a permanent price into SEO copy. This guide therefore identifies the Meta pricing market used for each country.

Onboarding

Standard Chronex360 launch path

Create or verify the customer's Meta Business Portfolio.
Create/connect the WhatsApp Business Account (WABA), add the business phone number and complete display-name checks.
Add billing in Meta and confirm the recipient pricing market.
Create Marketing, Utility and Authentication templates in the required local languages.
Define an auditable WhatsApp opt-in: source, date/time, purpose, campaign and opt-out status.
Connect WABA credentials and the phone-number ID to the relevant Chronex360 lead source; configure the inbound webhook.
Connect Facebook Page and Instagram business messaging so Meta enquiries can land in the same lead/conversation workspace.
Configure auto-assignment/round robin, tags, lead status, chatflow qualification and agent handoff.
Test inbound service messages, approved templates, media, opt-out handling and escalation.
Measure source → response → qualification → follow-up → order/revenue conversion in Chronex360 reports.

Overview

Market overview

Region	Market	Latest audience signal	Meta pricing market
Asia Pacific	India	≈854M public estimate	India
Asia Pacific	Indonesia	≈112M public estimate	Indonesia
Asia Pacific	Philippines	≈88M public estimate	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Pakistan	≈52M public estimate	Pakistan
Asia Pacific	Bangladesh	≈46.2M modeled users	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Malaysia	≈32.1M monthly-use audience proxy	Malaysia
Asia Pacific	Singapore	≈4.6M monthly-use audience proxy	Singapore
Asia Pacific	Australia	≈12M publicly cited active users	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Hong Kong	≈5.35M monthly-use audience proxy	Hong Kong
Asia Pacific	China	WhatsApp not accessible without a VPN or international roaming	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Japan	Minority-channel usage; LINE, not WhatsApp, is the dominant messaging app domestically	Japan
Asia Pacific	South Korea	WhatsApp usage is a small minority channel; KakaoTalk holds roughly 97% domestic messaging share	South Korea
Asia Pacific	North Korea	Effectively 0 — public WhatsApp/internet access does not exist for ordinary citizens	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Vietnam	85.6M internet users nationally; WhatsApp is a minority channel behind Zalo and Messenger	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Thailand	67.8M internet users nationally	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Myanmar	No reliable public WhatsApp or comparable internet-user figure was found for 2025-2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Cambodia	No reliable public WhatsApp-specific user figure was found for 2025-2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Laos	≈5M+ internet users nationally (63.6% penetration)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Mongolia	No reliable public WhatsApp-specific user figure was found for 2025-2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Brunei	No reliable public WhatsApp-specific user figure was found for 2025-2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Timor-Leste	575,000 internet users; 687,000 social media users (≈48.3% of population)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Nepal	≈16.5M internet users; independent reporting puts WhatsApp adoption above 90% of smartphone users	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Sri Lanka	≈13.9M internet users	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Bhutan	≈702K internet users (88.4% penetration)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Maldives	≈449K internet users (84.7% penetration)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Afghanistan	≈11.3M internet users (25.5% penetration)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Kazakhstan	≈19.5M internet users; WhatsApp cited as the leading messenger, used by ~89% of surveyed young people	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Uzbekistan	≈33.1M internet users (89% penetration, rising to a reported 97.3% by mid-2026)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Turkmenistan	≈2.64M internet users (34.9% penetration); WhatsApp reported as blocked nationwide	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Tajikistan	≈6.07M internet users (56.8% penetration)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Kyrgyzstan	≈6.41M internet users (88.5% penetration)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Georgia	≈81.9% internet penetration	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Armenia	≈2.37M internet users (80% penetration)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Azerbaijan	≈9.23M internet users (89% penetration)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	New Zealand	≈5.03M internet users (96.2% online penetration)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Fiji	≈700K internet users (≈75% of population)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Papua New Guinea	≈2.57M internet users (≈24.1% online penetration)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Solomon Islands	≈42% online penetration (World Bank, 2023 data)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Vanuatu	Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Samoa	Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Tonga	Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Kiribati	Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Tuvalu	Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Nauru	Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Palau	Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Marshall Islands	≈65.7% online penetration (World Bank, 2023 data)	Rest of Asia Pacific
Asia Pacific	Micronesia (Federated States of)	Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026	Rest of Asia Pacific
Americas	United States	100M+ users	North America
Americas	Brazil	≈147.7M modeled users	Brazil
Americas	Mexico	≈77M public estimate	Mexico
Americas	Colombia	≈38.3M monthly-use audience proxy	Colombia
Americas	Argentina	≈39.1M monthly-use audience proxy	Argentina
Americas	Canada	≈38.0M internet users (95.2% penetration)	North America
Americas	Chile	≈16.7M estimated WhatsApp users (≈89.7% of Chile's 18.6M internet users use WhatsApp)	Chile
Americas	Peru	≈20M+ estimated WhatsApp users (≈70% WhatsApp penetration reported)	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Venezuela	≈15.6M Facebook users cited as a reach proxy (late 2025); no reliable published WhatsApp-specific count found	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Ecuador	≈10.3M estimated WhatsApp users (≈68% WhatsApp penetration reported against 15.2M internet users)	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Bolivia	≈8.8M internet users as a reach proxy	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Paraguay	≈5.8M internet users as a reach proxy	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Uruguay	High WhatsApp penetration reported (region-leading historically, ~78% of respondents in the most recent country-specific survey found); no current absolute user count located	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Guyana	≈681,000 internet users as a reach proxy (81.7% penetration)	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Suriname	≈439,000 Facebook users (71.3% of population, July 2026) used as a reach proxy	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Panama	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Costa Rica	≈71% WhatsApp penetration among internet users	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Nicaragua	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Honduras	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Rest of Latin America
Americas	El Salvador	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Guatemala	≈62% WhatsApp penetration among internet users	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Belize	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Likely grouped under Meta's broader Latin America/Caribbean rate card; confirm the current bucket in Meta Business Manager before budgeting
Americas	Cuba	No reliable public WhatsApp/business-usage figure located	Not clearly defined in Meta's published market list; Cuba sits under a comprehensive US sanctions/embargo regime that affects the availability of many commercial digital services
Americas	Dominican Republic	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Haiti	No reliable public WhatsApp user count located	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Jamaica	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Rest of Latin America
Americas	Trinidad and Tobago	≈1.28M internet users (84.7% penetration)	Likely grouped under Meta's broader Latin America/Caribbean rate card; confirm the current bucket in Meta Business Manager before budgeting
Americas	Bahamas	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Likely grouped under Meta's broader Latin America/Caribbean rate card; confirm the current bucket in Meta Business Manager before budgeting
Americas	Barbados	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Likely grouped under Meta's broader Latin America/Caribbean rate card; confirm the current bucket in Meta Business Manager before budgeting
Americas	Saint Lucia	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Likely grouped under Meta's broader Latin America/Caribbean rate card; confirm the current bucket in Meta Business Manager before budgeting
Americas	Grenada	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Likely grouped under Meta's broader Latin America/Caribbean rate card; confirm the current bucket in Meta Business Manager before budgeting
Americas	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Likely grouped under Meta's broader Latin America/Caribbean rate card; confirm the current bucket in Meta Business Manager before budgeting
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Likely grouped under Meta's broader Latin America/Caribbean rate card; confirm the current bucket in Meta Business Manager before budgeting
Americas	Dominica	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Likely grouped under Meta's broader Latin America/Caribbean rate card; confirm the current bucket in Meta Business Manager before budgeting
Americas	Saint Kitts and Nevis	No public country-specific WhatsApp user count located	Likely grouped under Meta's broader Latin America/Caribbean rate card; confirm the current bucket in Meta Business Manager before budgeting
Europe	Germany	≈66.8M monthly-use audience proxy	Germany
Europe	United Kingdom	≈56.3M monthly-use audience proxy	United Kingdom
Europe	Spain	≈41.2M monthly-use audience proxy	Spain
Europe	Italy	≈47.8M monthly-use audience proxy	Italy
Europe	France	≈41.9M monthly-use audience proxy	France
Europe	Netherlands	≈16.2M monthly-use audience proxy	Netherlands
Europe	Turkey	≈60M public estimate	Turkey
Europe	Portugal	≈92% WhatsApp penetration among internet users (highest in Europe)	Rest of Western Europe (not a standalone named market on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Belgium	≈11.3M internet users (96.3% online penetration)	Rest of Western Europe (not a standalone named market on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Switzerland	Near-universal WhatsApp adoption within a high-income, high-internet-penetration market (public estimate)	Rest of Western Europe (confirmed bucket for Switzerland on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Austria	Near-universal WhatsApp adoption within a high-internet-penetration DACH market (public estimate)	Rest of Western Europe (not a standalone named market on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Sweden	High WhatsApp adoption within a near-fully-online population (public estimate)	Rest of Western Europe (not a standalone named market on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Norway	High WhatsApp adoption within a near-fully-online population (public estimate)	Rest of Western Europe (not a standalone named market on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Denmark	≈5.9M internet users (public estimate; near-total population coverage)	Rest of Western Europe (not a standalone named market on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Finland	High WhatsApp adoption within a near-fully-online population (public estimate)	Rest of Western Europe (not a standalone named market on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Iceland	Very small absolute addressable audience given Iceland's population of roughly 390,000, with near-universal internet use (public estimate)	Rest of Western Europe (not a standalone named market on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Ireland	≈5.26M internet users (98.9% online penetration); WhatsApp reported among the highest-penetration European markets (public estimate)	Rest of Western Europe (confirmed bucket for Ireland on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Luxembourg	≈99% household internet connectivity, among the highest in the EU; small absolute population base (public estimate)	Rest of Western Europe (not a standalone named market on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Malta	≈96% recent internet-use rate among individuals (public estimate)	Rest of Western Europe (not a standalone named market on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Cyprus	≈1.30M internet users (94.7% online penetration)	Rest of Western Europe (not a standalone named market on Meta's current rate card)
Europe	Monaco	Not a meaningful mass-market audience; resident population is roughly 39,000 (public estimate), with near-universal internet and mobile-messaging use assumed but no WhatsApp-specific figures published	Not confirmed as a standalone Meta pricing market; likely grouped within a broader Western Europe "Rest of" bucket
Europe	San Marino	Not a meaningful mass-market audience; population is roughly 34,000 (public estimate), with no WhatsApp-specific usage figures published	Not confirmed as a standalone Meta pricing market; likely grouped within a broader Europe "Rest of" bucket
Europe	Liechtenstein	Not a meaningful mass-market audience; population is roughly 40,000 (public estimate), with no WhatsApp-specific usage figures published	Not confirmed as a standalone Meta pricing market; likely grouped within a broader Western Europe "Rest of" bucket
Europe	Andorra	Not a meaningful mass-market audience; population is roughly 80,000 (public estimate), with no WhatsApp-specific usage figures published	Not confirmed as a standalone Meta pricing market; likely grouped within a broader Western Europe "Rest of" bucket
Europe	Vatican City	Not applicable — no meaningful consumer audience; resident population is roughly 800 (public estimate)	Not applicable / not a supported Meta pricing market for commercial messaging at this scale
Europe	Poland	≈34.1M internet users (89.8% penetration)	Poland
Europe	Czech Republic	≈10.1M internet users (94.2% penetration)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Slovakia	High-penetration internet market; a precise public WhatsApp-user figure was not located	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Hungary	≈9.09M internet users (94.1% penetration)	Hungary
Europe	Romania	15M+ active WhatsApp users	Romania
Europe	Bulgaria	≈5.86M internet users (87.1% penetration)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Greece	≈8.66M internet users (87.0% penetration)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Croatia	≈3.27M internet users (84.6% penetration)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Slovenia	High-penetration small EU internet market; a precise public WhatsApp-user figure was not located	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Serbia	≈6.16M internet users (91.8% penetration)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Bosnia and Herzegovina	≈84.7% daily internet-user share of population (2023/2024 data)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Montenegro	≈87.2% daily internet-user share of population (2024 data)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	North Macedonia	≈88.0% daily internet-user share of population (2024 data)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Albania	≈83.0% internet-user share of population (2023 data)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Kosovo	A precise, current public internet/WhatsApp usage figure was not located	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Moldova	A precise, current public internet/WhatsApp usage figure was not located	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Ukraine	11M+ weekly active users (fastest-growing messaging app in the market)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Belarus	Not independently verified — approach with caution	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Russia	Not applicable — WhatsApp access blocked for Russian users as of February 2026	Russia (listed in Meta's pricing tables, but commercially inaccessible under current conditions)
Europe	Lithuania	≈2.55M internet users (89.5% penetration)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Latvia	≈93% internet penetration of population (2024 data)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Europe	Estonia	≈92% internet penetration of population (2024 data)	Rest of Central & Eastern Europe
Middle East	United Arab Emirates	WhatsApp ranks #1; 11.3M internet users	United Arab Emirates
Middle East	Saudi Arabia	≈31.9M monthly-use audience proxy	Saudi Arabia
Middle East	GCC	50M+ directional WhatsApp-capable audience	Mixed: Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar have direct Meta markets; Bahrain/Kuwait/Oman generally map to Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Israel	≈99% population usage rate	Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Iran	Not applicable — access restricted	Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Iraq	High social/messaging penetration; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available	Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Jordan	High social/messaging penetration; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available	Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Lebanon	High social/messaging penetration; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available	Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Syria	Not established — infrastructure and access are still recovering	Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Yemen	≈17.7% internet penetration (≈7.44M internet users)	Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Oman	High social/messaging penetration in a near-fully-connected market; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available	Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Qatar	≈99.7% internet penetration	Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Bahrain	≈100% internet penetration	Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Kuwait	≈99.7% internet penetration	Rest of Middle East
Middle East	Palestine	≈86.6% internet penetration overall (≈4.86M internet users), with substantially lower smartphone ownership in Gaza (≈35% in 2025) than the West Bank (≈86% in early 2026)	Rest of Middle East
Africa	Nigeria	96.5% monthly usage among internet users	Nigeria
Africa	Egypt	≈44.1M modeled users	Egypt
Africa	South Africa	≈29M app-analytics estimate	South Africa
Africa	Kenya	23.4M internet users; WhatsApp is a top platform	Rest of Africa
Africa	Morocco	≈35.5M internet users; WhatsApp used by ≈75% of the population	Morocco (standalone market from October 1, 2026; previously priced under Rest of Middle East)
Africa	Algeria	≈36.2M internet users; WhatsApp active users above 27M	Rest of Middle East
Africa	Tunisia	≈10.4M internet users; WhatsApp used by an estimated ≈75% of the population	Rest of Middle East
Africa	Libya	WhatsApp is Libya's dominant social/messaging platform; 97.5% of Libyan internet users used at least one social platform as of January 2025 (exact WhatsApp-specific user count not publicly published)	Rest of Middle East
Africa	Sudan	Telecommunications blackouts have affected an estimated 30M+ people since February 2024; a July 2025 order suspended WhatsApp voice/video calling (text and group chat remained available)	Rest of Africa
Africa	South Sudan	≈1.6M–1.9M internet users, roughly 13–16% penetration	Rest of Africa
Africa	Ethiopia	≈29.5M internet users; a specific public WhatsApp user count was not found	Rest of Africa
Africa	Cameroon	≈12.4M internet users; 88% of connected consumers reportedly purchase goods through WhatsApp	Rest of Africa
Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	A specific, reliable public figure for internet or WhatsApp users was not found in current research	Rest of Africa
Africa	Republic of the Congo	A specific, reliable public figure for internet or WhatsApp users was not found in current research	Rest of Africa
Africa	Gabon	A specific, reliable public figure for internet or WhatsApp users was not found in current research	Rest of Africa
Africa	Equatorial Guinea	A specific, reliable public figure for internet or WhatsApp users was not found in current research	Rest of Africa
Africa	Central African Republic	A specific, reliable public figure for internet or WhatsApp users was not found in current research	Rest of Africa
Africa	Uganda	A specific, reliable public figure for internet or WhatsApp users was not found in current research	Rest of Africa
Africa	Tanzania	A specific, reliable public figure for internet or WhatsApp users was not found in current research	Rest of Africa
Africa	Rwanda	A specific, reliable public figure for internet or WhatsApp users was not found in current research	Rest of Africa
Africa	Burundi	A specific, reliable public figure for internet or WhatsApp users was not found in current research	Rest of Africa
Africa	Djibouti	A specific, reliable public figure for internet or WhatsApp users was not found in current research	Rest of Africa
Africa	Eritrea	Internet and social-media use is extremely low and state-restricted; no meaningful public WhatsApp usage figure exists	Rest of Africa (largely theoretical given minimal on-the-ground digital-marketing activity)
Africa	Somalia	A specific, reliable public figure for internet or WhatsApp users was not found in current research	Rest of Africa
Africa	Ghana	A specific, current public WhatsApp user count for Ghana was not located	Rest of Africa
Africa	Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)	A specific, current public WhatsApp user count for Côte d'Ivoire was not located	Rest of Africa
Africa	Senegal	A specific, current public WhatsApp user count for Senegal was not located	Rest of Africa
Africa	Mali	A specific, current public WhatsApp user count for Mali was not located	Rest of Africa
Africa	Niger	A specific, current public WhatsApp user count for Niger was not located	Rest of Africa
Africa	Chad	A specific, current public WhatsApp user count for Chad was not located	Rest of Africa
Africa	Guinea	A specific, current public WhatsApp user count for Guinea was not located	Rest of Africa
Africa	Guinea-Bissau	A specific, current public WhatsApp user count for Guinea-Bissau was not located	Rest of Africa
Africa	Sierra Leone	A specific, current public WhatsApp user count for Sierra Leone was not located	Rest of Africa
Africa	Liberia	≈1.1M social media identities; 1.73M internet users	Rest of Africa
Africa	Gambia	≈1.3M internet users; 493K social media identities	Rest of Africa
Africa	Benin	≈4.8M internet users; 2.5M social media identities	Rest of Africa
Africa	Togo	≈3.6M internet users; 644K social media identities	Rest of Africa
Africa	Burkina Faso	≈5.4M internet users; 3.9M social media identities	Rest of Africa
Africa	Mauritania	≈2.0M internet users; 1.87M social media identities	Rest of Africa
Africa	Cabo Verde	≈388K internet users (≈73.5% of population online)	Rest of Africa
Africa	Zambia	Not independently verified in this pass	Rest of Africa (unconfirmed — verify against Meta's current WhatsApp Business Platform pricing-market list)
Africa	Zimbabwe	≈6.5M internet users; WhatsApp is the leading mobile app	Rest of Africa
Africa	Mozambique	≈5.5M estimated WhatsApp users	Rest of Africa
Africa	Malawi	≈4M internet users; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly disclosed	Rest of Africa
Africa	Angola	≈17.6M internet users; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly disclosed	Rest of Africa
Africa	Namibia	≈2M internet users; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly disclosed	Rest of Africa
Africa	Botswana	≈2.1M internet users; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly disclosed	Rest of Africa
Africa	Lesotho	≈1.1M internet users; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly disclosed	Rest of Africa
Africa	Eswatini	≈720K internet users; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly disclosed	Rest of Africa
Africa	Madagascar	≈6.6M internet users; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly disclosed	Rest of Africa
Africa	Mauritius	≈1M internet users; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly disclosed	Rest of Africa
Africa	Seychelles	≈115K internet users; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly disclosed	Rest of Africa
Africa	Comoros	≈312K internet users; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly disclosed	Rest of Africa