The Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM) say export revenues grew 182 percent to an estimated 600 million US dollars in 2013 from 213 million US dollars in 2007.
Total employment in the industry rose 100 percent to 67,000 in 2013 from 33,000 in 2007, the chamber's newly elected chairman Madu Ratnayake, from Virtusa, an information technology company said.
Companies in the sector also grew from 170 to 220 over the same period.
"As an industry, we made significant progress over the last five years," Ratnayake, said in a statement.
"This is tremendous growth from any stretch of imagination and is a result of a concerted effort from industry, academia, government and many other stakeholders."
Members of SLASSCOM make up most of the larger players in the export IT and BPO industry.
The industry has elected Mano Sekaram, chief executive of 99x Technologies, Indaka Raigama, chief executive of Navantis Sri Lanka and Virendra Perera, chief operatio