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Sri Lanka: Mobile cellular subscriptions

132.55per 100 people · 2024+29.1% since 2014

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024132.549
2023142.277
2022151.727
2021135.523
2020131.773
2019126.514
2018136.084
2017127.67
2016117.738
2015109.985
2014102.671
201395.114
201291.324
201187.198
201083.142
200978.556
200853.722
200738.958
200626.594
200516.629
200411.008
20036.984
20024.703
20013.406
20002.23
19991.375
19980.939
19970.623
19960.388
19950.282
19940.162
19930.082
19920.015
19910.01
19900.006
19890
19880
19870
19860
19850
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

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). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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