The document provides an overview of social media, internet, and mobile phone usage in Laos as of late 2012. It notes that Laos has a population of around 6.6 million people, with 8% using the internet and 4% on social media. Mobile phone penetration is much higher at 83%. Facebook is the most popular social network in Laos, with over 268,000 users, though this only represents 4% of the population. Mobile phones are the primary way Laotians access the internet, with 95% being mobile-only users and just 0.5% having broadband subscriptions.
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3. OCT
2012 LAOS
6,586,000 34% 66%
TOTAL POPULATION URBAN RURAL
527,400 8%
INTERNET USERS INTERNET PENETRATION
268,620 4%
USERS ON TOP SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL NETWORKING PENETRATION
5,481,000 83%
MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS MOBILE PENETRATION
COMPILED BY @WEARESOCIALSG. FOR MORE SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSIS AND INSIGHTS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEARESOCIAL.SG. SOURCES: POPULATION: BASED ON US CENSUS BUREAU (ACCESSED SEP 2012);
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URBANISATION: UN (2011); INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS (ACCESSED SEP 2012); SOCIAL NETWORKS: FACEBOOK (NOV 2012); MOBILE: BASED ON BUSINESS MONITOR INTERNATIONAL (Q2 2012)
5. 66%
OF LAOS’S POPULATION OF
LIVES IN RURAL AREAS
SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM THE US CENSUS BUREAU (SEP 2012) AND THE UN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS (ACCESSED SEP 2012) 5
6. 55%
OF THE POPULATION OF LAOS
IS UNDER THE AGE OF 30
SOURCE: BASED ON DATA FROM THE US CENSUS BUREAU (SEP 2012) 6
7. MEDIAN AGE IN LAOS:
21
SOURCE: THE US CENSUS BUREAU (NOV 2012) 7
8. MORE THAN
ONE THIRD
OF LAOTIANS ARE
BELOW THE AGE OF 15
SOURCE: BASED ON DATA FROM THE US CENSUS BUREAU (SEP 2012) 8
9. THE LARGEST SINGLE AGE
GROUP IN LAOS IS PEOPLE AGED
11
SOURCE: THE US CENSUS BUREAU (NOV 2012) 9
10. NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS IN LAOS:
527,400
SOURCE: INTERNETWORLDSTATS (ACCESSED SEP 2012) 10
11. INTERNET PENETRATION IN LAOS:
8%
SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM INTERNETWORLDSTATS (ACCESSED SEP 2012) AND THE US CENSUS BUREAU (SEP 2012) 11
12. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF
BROADBAND SUBSCRIBERS IN LAOS:
30,000
SOURCE: BASED ON DATA FROM BUSINESS MONITOR INTERNATIONAL (Q2 2012) 12
13. THAT’S LESS THAN
0.5%
OF THE POPULATION
SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM BUSINESS MONITOR INTERNATIONAL (Q2 2012) AND THE US CENSUS BUREAU (SEP 2012) 13
14. NUMBER OF WEBSITES REGISTERED
UNDER LAOS’S ‘.LA’ DOMAIN:
30,000
SOURCE: LAOVOICES (APR 2012) 14
15. 51%
OF LAOS’S NETIZENS
ARE ON FACEBOOK
SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM INTERNETWORLDSTATS (ACCESS SEP 2012) AND FACEBOOK (NOV 2012) 15
16. SOCIAL MEDIA USERS IN LAOS:
268,620
SOURCE: FACEBOOK AD PLANNER (NOV 2012) 16
17. THE PENETRATION OF SOCIAL
MEDIA IN LAOS IS JUST
4%
SOURCES: BASED ON DATA FROM FACEBOOK AD PLANNER (NOV 2012) AND THE US CENSUS BUREAU (SEP 2012) 17
18. THE NUMBER OF FACEBOOK
USERS IN LAOS HAS GROWN
64%
IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS
SOURCE: SOCIALBAKERS (NOV 2012) 18
19. NEW FACEBOOK USERS
IN LAOS EVERY DAY:
581
SOURCE: BASED ON DATA FROM SOCIALBAKERS (NOV 2012) 19
20. (!
THAT’S A NEW FACEBOOK
USER EVERY 2½ MINUTES )!
SOURCE: BASED ON DATA FROM SOCIALBAKERS (NOV 2012) 20
21. 64%
OF FACEBOOK USERS IN
LAOS ARE UNDER 25
SOURCE: BASED ON DATA FROM FACEBOOK AD MANAGER (SEP 2012) 21
24. NEW MOBILE USERS IN LAOS IN 2011:
1,477,456
SOURCE: MINISTRY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AS CITED BY THE INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (MAR 2012) 24
25. MOBILE PENETRATION
IN LAOS GREW BY
37%
IN 2011
SOURCE: MINISTRY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AS CITED IN INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (MAR 2012) 25
26. MOBILE-ONLY USERS
ACCOUNT FOR
95%
OF ALL PHONE
USERS IN LAOS
SOURCE: MINISTRY OF POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AS CITED IN LAOVOICES (MAR 2012) 26
27. LAOS IS ‘MOSTLY MOBILE’
VS
5,481,000 250,000
MOBILE PHONE FIXED-LINE PHONE
SUBSCRIPTIONS SUBSCRIPTIONS
SOURCE: BASED ON DATA FROM BUSINESS MONITOR INTERNATIONAL (Q2 2012) AND THE MINISTRY OF POST & TELECOMMUNICATIONS (MAR 2012) 27
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