Mobile Internet is changing Southeast Asia. Just over a decade ago, four out of five people in Southeast Asia did not have access to the Internet.
Today, Southeast Asia is one of the most active regions in the world in terms of mobile Internet use, with 360 million Internet users in the region, 90% of whom access the Internet primarily through their mobile phones. They use mobile Internet to communicate with family, friends and colleagues, buy goods for entertainment, learn new skills and improve work efficiency. All of this happens millions of times a day in the region. Online transactions in Southeast Asia have reached $100 billion. Driven by these fundamental changes in consumer behavior, the Internet economy has developed rapidly. It is expected that by 2025, online transactions in Southeast Asia will reach $300 billion.
There are 11 countries in Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei and East Timor.
The total population of all countries in Southeast Asia is about 650 million. There are about 30 million overseas Chinese, making it one of the regions with the highest concentration and the largest number of overseas Chinese in the world. The number of Chinese in Singapore accounts for more than 70% of the country’s total population, followed by Malaysia, where the number of Chinese accounts for about 30% of the country’s total population.
The largest and most populous country in Southeast Asia is Indonesia, with a land area of 1.9 million square kilometers and a population of about 120 million. Its population ranks fourth in the world, second only to China, India and the United States.
In Southeast Asia, the smallest country is Singapore, a country that is a city with an area of only more than 600 square kilometers. You can drive around the country in one day. Although Singapore has a small land area, it has a population of 4.01 million.