WhatsApp Business API in Asia

Afghanistan

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈11.3M internet users (25.5% penetration) View market guide

Armenia

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈2.37M internet users (80% penetration) View market guide

Azerbaijan

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈9.23M internet users (89% penetration) View market guide

Bahrain

Rest of Middle East ≈100% internet penetration View market guide

Bangladesh

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈46.2M modeled users View market guide

Bhutan

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈702K internet users (88.4% penetration) View market guide

Brunei

Rest of Asia Pacific No reliable public WhatsApp-specific user figure was found for 2025-2026 View market guide

Cambodia

Rest of Asia Pacific No reliable public WhatsApp-specific user figure was found for 2025-2026 View market guide

China

Rest of Asia Pacific WhatsApp not accessible without a VPN or international roaming View market guide

Timor-Leste

Rest of Asia Pacific 575,000 internet users; 687,000 social media users (≈48.3% of population) View market guide

Georgia

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈81.9% internet penetration View market guide

Hong Kong

Hong Kong ≈5.35M monthly-use audience proxy View market guide

India

India ≈854M public estimate View market guide

Indonesia

Indonesia ≈112M public estimate View market guide

Iran

Asia Contact us for a market estimate View market guide

Iraq

Rest of Middle East High social/messaging penetration; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available View market guide

Israel

Rest of Middle East ≈99% population usage rate View market guide

Japan

Japan Minority-channel usage; LINE, not WhatsApp, is the dominant messaging app domestically View market guide

Jordan

Rest of Middle East High social/messaging penetration; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available View market guide

Kazakhstan

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈19.5M internet users; WhatsApp cited as the leading messenger, used by ~89% of surveyed young people View market guide

Korea North

Asia Contact us for a market estimate View market guide

South Korea

South Korea WhatsApp usage is a small minority channel; KakaoTalk holds roughly 97% domestic messaging share View market guide

Kuwait

Rest of Middle East ≈99.7% internet penetration View market guide

Kyrgyzstan

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈6.41M internet users (88.5% penetration) View market guide

Laos

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈5M+ internet users nationally (63.6% penetration) View market guide

Lebanon

Rest of Middle East High social/messaging penetration; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available View market guide

Macau S.A.R.

Asia Contact us for a market estimate View market guide

Malaysia

Malaysia ≈32.1M monthly-use audience proxy View market guide

Maldives

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈449K internet users (84.7% penetration) View market guide

Mongolia

Rest of Asia Pacific No reliable public WhatsApp-specific user figure was found for 2025-2026 View market guide

Myanmar

Rest of Asia Pacific No reliable public WhatsApp or comparable internet-user figure was found for 2025-2026 View market guide

Nepal

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈16.5M internet users; independent reporting puts WhatsApp adoption above 90% of smartphone users View market guide

Oman

Rest of Middle East High social/messaging penetration in a near-fully-connected market; exact WhatsApp user count not publicly available View market guide

Pakistan

Pakistan ≈52M public estimate View market guide

Palestine

Rest of Middle East ≈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) View market guide

Philippines

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈88M public estimate View market guide

Qatar

Rest of Middle East ≈99.7% internet penetration View market guide

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia ≈31.9M monthly-use audience proxy View market guide

Singapore

Singapore ≈4.6M monthly-use audience proxy View market guide

Sri Lanka

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈13.9M internet users View market guide

Syria

Asia Contact us for a market estimate View market guide

Taiwan

Asia Contact us for a market estimate View market guide

Tajikistan

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈6.07M internet users (56.8% penetration) View market guide

Thailand

Rest of Asia Pacific 67.8M internet users nationally View market guide

Turkey

Turkey ≈60M public estimate View market guide

Turkmenistan

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈2.64M internet users (34.9% penetration); WhatsApp reported as blocked nationwide View market guide

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates WhatsApp ranks #1; 11.3M internet users View market guide

Uzbekistan

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈33.1M internet users (89% penetration, rising to a reported 97.3% by mid-2026) View market guide

Vietnam

Rest of Asia Pacific 85.6M internet users nationally; WhatsApp is a minority channel behind Zalo and Messenger View market guide

Yemen

Rest of Middle East ≈17.7% internet penetration (≈7.44M internet users) View market guide