switch, older users, above college age, are now joining fastest.

According to the company, Facebook, one of the most popular social networking sites on the planet, added its 200 millionth user on April 8, 2009.

To mark the occasion, Silicon Alley Insider noted that if Facebook were a country, it would be the fifth-largest in the world after China, India, the US and Indonesia.

The US had more Facebook users than any other country. However, the largest concentration of users was in the Eastern US and Western Europe.

From January to March 2009, people ages 26 to 44 made up the fastest-growing segment of the US Facebook population, and other countries will undoubtedly follow that path.

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While users have been reluctant to click on ads, brands are still looking for ways to leverage the social networking space and finding them.

Facebook and other social networking sites are providing opportunities for brand marketers to get feedback from users and even sometimes engage in direct conversations.

In the Middle East usage is growing fast, showing that there is an ever increasing opportunity for social media in the region.

The latest Facebook figures show considerable numbers with the GCC and Levant region.

• Lebanon: 377,000 users
• Morocco: 199,000 users
• United Arab Emirates: 386,000 users
• Turkey: 4,000,000 users
• Qatar: 51,000 users
• Saudi Arabia: 250,000 users
• Kuwait: 85,000 users
• Bahrain: 41,380 users
• Egypt: 841,000 users
• Jordan: 213,400 users