Every 100 Lankans have 142 phones

Sri Lanka with a population of approximately 22 million has 31,382,000 telephones at the rate of 142 phones per 100 people

According to the 2022 annual report, released by the Central Bank, the total number of landlines is 2,651,000.

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.

The Bank said: The telecommunications sector registered a robust growth momentum during the first half of 2022, largely driven by the continuation of online based modalities for work, education, and other daily activities that were adopted from the onset of the pandemic… Fixed and mobile telephone penetration, as measured by connections per 100 persons, stood at 12.0 and 142.0, respectively, while internet penetration stood at 97.7 by the end of 2022.