Transport and infrastructure in Sri Lanka
Our listing of the primary kinds of transport compares the infrastructure of Sri Lanka with the average of all countries in Asia. The net of streets and highways has a total length of 114,093 km. Theoretically, this is 5.23 meter for each of the 21.80 millions inhabitants of the country. Sri Lanka hereby ranks 108th in a worldwide comparison.With a length of 0.07 meters of railway tracks per person Sri Lanka come 94th worldwide.
The given waterways are refered to inland traffic on rivers and canals. The number of harbours additionally includes the ones on the 1,340 km long coastline.
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Sri Lanka | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 114,100 km | 5,232.90 km | 1,738.96 m |
| Railroads | 1,600 km | 71.64 km | 23.81 m |
| Waterways | 160 km | 7.34 km | 2.44 m |
| Commercial harbors | 97 | 4.45 | 0.001 |
| Airports | 18 | 0.83 | 0.274 |
Asia | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 14,699,500 km | 3,219.35 km | 459.66 m |
| Railroads | 345,900 km | 75.76 km | 10.82 m |
| Waterways | 260,300 km | 57.01 km | 8.14 m |
| Commercial harbors | 44,130 | 9.66 | 0.001 |
| Airports | 4,349 | 0.95 | 0.000 |
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