More phones than citizens in Sri Lanka!

It has been revealed that 31,382,000 phones including mobile phones are used by people in Sri Lanka.

The population of the country is approximately 22 million.

According to the 2022 annual report released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, the number of landlines used by 100 people in the country is 12.
 

The total number of landlines are 2,652,000.

Including mobile phones, the number of phones used by 100 people is 142.

Internet density is 97.7 per 100 people.

According to the Digital Quality Life index last year (2022), Sri Lanka has been ranked 89th out of 117 countries, the Central Bank said.