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Transportation of Sri Lanka

Airports:16 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 2
under 914 m: 2 (2006)
Railways:total: 1,449 km
broad gauge: 1,449 km 1.676-m gauge (2006)
Roadways:total: 97,287 km
paved: 78,802 km
unpaved: 18,485 km (2003)
Waterways:160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 22 ships (1000 GRT or over) 144,066 GRT/196,418 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 1, cargo 17, container 2, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 7 (Germany 5, UAE 2)
registered in other countries: 5 (Panama 5) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Colombo, Galle

Sri Lanka Quickstats

  • Population: 20,926,315
  • Area: 65,610 sq km
  • Density: 310 /km² (35th)
  • GDP (total): $86.72 billion (61st)
  • GDP (per capita): $4,600 (111th)
  • Literacy: 90.7%

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  • Currency: Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
  • Dial code: +94

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