The source adds that the values are connected to Facebook's potential advertising reach and therefore may differ from the number of monthly active users.
In the African continent, Northern Africa had the largest number of Facebook users. As of July 2022, there were almost 104 million accounts on the social media platform. Western and Eastern Africa followed with around 58 million and 43 million, respectively. On the other hand, Central Africa only had 16 million Facebook accounts.
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