WhatsApp Business API in Asia Pacific

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

Australia

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈12M publicly cited active users View market guide

Azerbaijan

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈9.23M internet users (89% 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

Fiji

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈700K internet users (≈75% 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

Japan

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

Kiribati

Rest of Asia Pacific Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026 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

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

Marshall Islands

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈65.7% online penetration (World Bank, 2023 data) View market guide

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Rest of Asia Pacific Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026 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

Nauru

Rest of Asia Pacific Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting 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

New Zealand

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈5.03M internet users (96.2% online penetration) View market guide

North Korea

Rest of Asia Pacific Effectively 0 — public WhatsApp/internet access does not exist for ordinary citizens View market guide

Pakistan

Pakistan ≈52M public estimate View market guide

Palau

Rest of Asia Pacific Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026 View market guide

Papua New Guinea

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈2.57M internet users (≈24.1% online penetration) View market guide

Philippines

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

Samoa

Rest of Asia Pacific Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026 View market guide

Singapore

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

Solomon Islands

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈42% online penetration (World Bank, 2023 data) View market guide

South Korea

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

Sri Lanka

Rest of Asia Pacific ≈13.9M internet users 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

Timor-Leste

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

Tonga

Rest of Asia Pacific Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026 View market guide

Turkmenistan

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

Tuvalu

Rest of Asia Pacific Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026 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

Vanuatu

Rest of Asia Pacific Internet penetration figure not found in public reporting for 2025/2026 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