-optic links now in use in Colombo area
and fixed wireless local loops have been installed; competition is
strong in mobile cellular systems and mobile cellular subscribership
is increasing; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity
is about 50 per 100 persons
international: country code - 94; the SEA-ME-WE-3 and SEA-ME-WE-4
submarine cables provide connectivity to Asia, Australia, Middle
East, Europe, US; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian
Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 15, FM 52, shortwave 4 (2007)

Radios:

3.85 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

14 (2006)

Televisions:

1.53 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.lk

Internet hosts:

4,940 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

5 (2000)

Internet users:

771,700 (2007)

Transportation
Sri Lanka

Airports:

18 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 4
914 to 1,523 m: 1
under 914 m: 3 (2007)

Railways:

total: 1,449 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2006)

Roadways:

total: 97,286 km
paved: 78,802 km
unpaved: 18,484 km (2003)

Waterways:

160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2006)

Merchant marine:

total: 26
by type: bulk carrier 4, cargo 18, chemical tanker 1, container 1,
petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 5 (Germany 5)
registered in other countries: 1 (Panama 1) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Colombo

Military
Sri Lanka

Military branches:

Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

18 years of age for voluntary military service (2007)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 5,458,720
females age 16-49: 5,594,006 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 4,477,437
females age 16-49: 4,683,716 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 174,065
female: 168,593 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

2.6% of GDP (2006)

Transnational Issues
Sri Lanka

Disputes - international:

none

Refugees and internally displaced persons:

IDPs: 460,000 (both Tamils and non-Tamils displaced due to long-term
civil war between the government and the separatist Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)) (2007)

Trafficking in persons: