Non parlerò molto dell'efficienza perché non l'ho testato con altri metodi, ma senza una tabella temporanea sembra una buona strada da percorrere.
SELECT COUNT(u.userID) AS total, m.month
FROM (
SELECT 'Jan' AS MONTH
UNION SELECT 'Feb' AS MONTH
UNION SELECT 'Mar' AS MONTH
UNION SELECT 'Apr' AS MONTH
UNION SELECT 'May' AS MONTH
UNION SELECT 'Jun' AS MONTH
UNION SELECT 'Jul' AS MONTH
UNION SELECT 'Aug' AS MONTH
UNION SELECT 'Sep' AS MONTH
UNION SELECT 'Oct' AS MONTH
UNION SELECT 'Nov' AS MONTH
UNION SELECT 'Dec' AS MONTH
) AS m
LEFT JOIN users u
ON MONTH(STR_TO_DATE(CONCAT(m.month, ' 2013'),'%M %Y')) = MONTH(u.userRegistredDate)
AND YEAR(u.userRegistredDate) = '2013'
GROUP BY m.month
ORDER BY 1+1;
Se crei l'unione in base a un formato di data puoi anche ridurre il lavoro e caricare la query.
SELECT COUNT(u.userID) AS total, DATE_FORMAT(merge_date,'%b') AS month, YEAR(m.merge_date) AS year
FROM (
SELECT '2013-01-01' AS merge_date
UNION SELECT '2013-02-01' AS merge_date
UNION SELECT '2013-03-01' AS merge_date
UNION SELECT '2013-04-01' AS merge_date
UNION SELECT '2013-05-01' AS merge_date
UNION SELECT '2013-06-01' AS merge_date
UNION SELECT '2013-07-01' AS merge_date
UNION SELECT '2013-08-01' AS merge_date
UNION SELECT '2013-09-01' AS merge_date
UNION SELECT '2013-10-01' AS merge_date
UNION SELECT '2013-11-01' AS merge_date
UNION SELECT '2013-12-01' AS merge_date
) AS m
LEFT JOIN users u
ON MONTH(m.merge_date) = MONTH(u.userRegistredDate)
AND YEAR(m.merge_date) = YEAR(u.userRegistredDate)
GROUP BY m.merge_date
ORDER BY 1+1;
DEMO live di entrambe le query.
