PARIS, Jan 8 (AFP) - The number of foreigners confirmed by their countries of origin as having died in the tsunamis that swept south Asia increased to 425, but several thousand others were reported as missing, believed dead, and many more were unaccounted for.
The confirmed death toll was expected to rise as new identifications were completed and missing persons were declared dead.
In Thailand, where the biggest numbers of foreign tourists were holidaying, the interior ministry has said that there were 2,510 foreigners among the 5,288 dead registered in the catastrophe, and 940 foreigners among the 3,716 missing.
The following is a country-by-country breakdown of confirmed casualties.
The overall figure of missing people is approximate, with some authorities listing all those who had failed to make contact, and others listing only those specifically reported as having disappeared. For countries which provide separate lists of the missing and unaccounted for, only the number of missing is used.
Several countries have not released the number of people missing across the region, but their numbers are believed to reach into the hundreds.
Confirmed dead Missing, feared dead
or unaccounted for
(approx)
EUROPE
Austria 10 443
Belgium 6 65
Britain 50 391
Croatia 1 1
Czech Republic 1 14
Denmark 7 62
Estonia 0 3
Finland 14 176
France 22 69
Germany 60 1,000 (approx)
Greece 0 7
Hungary 0 3
Ireland 1 7
Italy 20 338
Luxembourg 0 2
Netherlands 8 30 (approx)
Norway 15 78
Poland 6 13
Portugal 1 8
Russia 10
Spain 0 3
Sweden 52 637
Switzerland 23 105
Turkey 1 9
Ukraine 12
Subtotal 308 3,476
ASIA-PACIFIC
Australia 13 77
Brunei 2
China 3 15
Hong Kong 9 62
Japan 23 180
Philippines 3 20
New Zealand 3 4
Singapore 8 15
South Korea 12 8
Taiwan 3
Subtotal 77 383
AMERICAS
Brazil 2 53
Canada 5 146
Chile 1
Colombia 1
Mexico 1 1
United States 17 20
Subtotal 27 220
AFRICA
South Africa 9 5
MIDDLE EAST
Israel 4 3
Overall total 425 4,087
01/08/2005 19:22 GMT - AFP