SUPER POPULAR: Half of the world's population has Internet access and almost half of that number also have a Facebook page.
As well as announcing rising profits, in its latest earnings call Facebook revealed that it's still attracting new users and that membership has jumped another 13% year on year to a remarkable 1.39 billion monthly users.
According to the United Nations' and the United States Census Bureau's calculations, there are currently 7 billion people on the planet. That means that 20% of the people on Earth are also active Facebook users.
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