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Sri Lanka: Fixed telephone subscriptions

6.85per 100 people · 2024-45.6% since 2014

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
20246.846
20237.429
202211.308
202112.639
202011.559
201910.225
201811.117
201711.786
201611.318
201515.13
201412.576
201312.673
201216.294
201117.175
201017.139
200916.554
200816.706
200713.381
20069.257
20056.153
20044.935
20034.706
20024.459
20014.22
20003.978
19993.53
19982.82
19971.87
19961.42
19951.16
19941.05
19930.927
19920.809
19910.764
19900.742
19890.621
19880.617
19870.588
19860.564
19850.545
19840.509
19830.469
19820.456
19810.434
19800.363
19790.323
19780.317
19770.315
19760.313
19750.311
19740.297
19730.297
19720.297
19710.297
19700.299
19690.249
19680.249
19670.249
19660.249
19650.251
19640.231
19630.231
19620.231
19610.231
19600.233

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Fixed telephone subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-fixed-telephone-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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