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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone Stats: compare key data on Sri Lanka & United States

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STAT Sri Lanka United States HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 3.45 million
Ranked 44th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 40 times more than Sri Lanka

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 169.69
Ranked 101st.
442.8
Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka

International calling code 94
Ranked 38th. 94 times more than United States
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Ranked 32nd.
Landlines 3.45 million
Ranked 45th.
114 million
Ranked 2nd. 33 times more than Sri Lanka
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 16.35
Ranked 101st.
44.41
Ranked 23th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka

Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 4.4%
Ranked 114th.
74.7%
Ranked 9th. 17 times more than Sri Lanka
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 17.36 million
Ranked 45th.
327.58 million
Ranked 3rd. 19 times more than Sri Lanka
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 953,986
Ranked 73th.
234.41 million
Ranked 1st. 246 times more than Sri Lanka
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 44.01
Ranked 114th.
740.25
Ranked 9th. 17 times more than Sri Lanka
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 19.33 million
Ranked 50th.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 16 times more than Sri Lanka

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 951.05
Ranked 114th.
965.4
Ranked 113th. 2% more than Sri Lanka

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Asia (States and territories with country calling codes); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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