Tsunami Non-Nationals Dead and Missing Statistics
January 21, 2005
by Kevin Caruso
Hundreds, if not thousands, of those who died from the tsunami are non-nationals.
And thousands of non-nationals are missing.
The list below indicates the number of dead and missing from several countries.
Australia: 13 dead; the government says it has "grave concerns" about 46 others; another 303 Australians are unaccounted for
Austria: 6 dead, nearly 500 missing
Belgium: 6 dead
Canada: 4 dead, 13 missing and another 74 unaccounted for
China: 15 dead (10 from Hong Kong; 3 from the mainland and 2 non-Chinese residents of Hong Kong), 29 missing, according to Chinese state media
Czech Republic: 1 dead, 7 missing
Denmark: 7 dead
Finland: 5 dead, 214 missing
France: 22 dead, 74 missing
Germany: 60 dead, 668 missing
Israel: 5 dead, 5 missing
Italy: 20 dead, 310 missing
Japan: 8 dead
Netherlands: 6 dead, 30 missing
New Zealand: 2 dead, 64 missing
Norway: 16 dead, 88 missing; Another 820 Norwegians are listed as "unknown" -- these are people who were traveling in southern Asia last weekend and the government has been unable to contact
Singapore: 8 dead, 16 missing, 15 "uncontactable"
South Africa: 11 dead, 4 missing
South Korea: 11 dead
Sweden: 52 dead, 637 missing, 1,201 unaccounted for
Switzerland: 23 dead
Taiwan: 3 dead, 45 missing
United Kingdom: 51 dead, 359 missing and feared dead, 624 other Britons unaccounted for
United States: 18 dead, 16 presumed dead (456 inquiries remain)
