Facebook has crossed the 500 Million user mark.  Isn’t that amazing?  Just imagine, you can reach 500 Million people through Facebook!  It does not matter your target market, you will find them in Facebook.  Mashable (http://mashable.com/2010/07/22/facebook-500-million-infographic/) has a great infographic from Facebakers.com: (Just click on the picture to see it larger)

If you are looking for Facebook statistics, Facebaker.com is a great resource.  You can look for information by country, for pages and for applications.  For example, this is the information you would get for Germany:

Number of users on Facebook in Germany: 10 276 120

Number of male users on Facebook in Germany: 5 004 440

Number of female users on Facebook in Germany: 5 087 380

Penetration of Facebook in Germany to population: 12.48 %

Penetration of Facebook in Germany to online population: 18.95 %

Avarage CPC in Germany: $ 0.45

Avarage CPM in Germany: $ 0.19

User Growth – Facebook Germany

 

User Age Distribution – Facebook Germany

Male/Female User Ratio – Facebook Germany

Male/Female User Growth – Facebook Germany

Age Growth – Facebook Germany