Sri Lanka

Population (million)21.28 [2011]
Urban population (%)14.00 [2010]
Labor force (million)8.100 [2010]
ICT sector workforce (million) 
Median age (years)30.8 [2011]
GDP (PPP) USD billion104.70 [2010]
GDP - per capita (PPP) USD4,900 [2010]
Exchange rates (1 USD = )113.360 Sri Lankan rupees (LKR) [2010]
Electricity - consumption (billion kWh)8.4 [2007]
Telecommunication services revenue 
Trade in ICT goods 
ICT industry Revenue 
ICT investment  
R&D expenditure by ICT industries 
Telephones - main lines (million)3.523 [2010]
Telephones - mobile cellular (million)15.868 [2010]
Internet hosts (million)0.009 [2010]
Internet users (million)1.777 [2009]
Broadband Users (million) 
Fixed Internet subscribers (million)0.250 [2009]
Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million)1.317 [2009]
Business use of broadband 
Personal Computers (million)3.410 [2007]
Households with a home computer (million) 

Area (sq km)65,610
Climatetropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)
Ethnic groupsSinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
ReligionsBuddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)

Note: PPP - Purchasing Power Parity;
Source: The World Factbook; UNCTAD; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION;


Source: The World Factbook