This article lists the countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the resulting tsunami in alphabetical order – for detailed information about each country affected by the earthquake and tsunami, see their individual articles. Countries with a smaller number of casualties, as well as those that lost citizens who were travelling abroad, are listed further on in the article.
Countries suffering major casualties and damage
Effect on India10,749 casualties were confirmed on 27 January 2008, most of them in the Indian state of
Tamil Nadu. There were 5,640 people missing, nearly all of them on the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In the meantime the death toll was slashed down by 1,458, and the number of missing by 2,927 on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands .
Effect on IndonesiaIndonesia's Ministry of Health confirmed 131,028 deaths on June 18, 2005, mainly in the northern province
Aceh of the island
Sumatra. Some 37,000 people are missing. However, other reports by health ministers have estimated the death total to be as high as 220,000 in Indonesia alone
Effect on MalaysiaDespite its proximity to the incident,
Malaysia escaped the kind of damage that struck countries thousands of miles further away (most of its western coast is shielded by
Sumatra). The number of deaths currently stands at 68 with 5 people missing.
Effect on the MaldivesIn the
Maldives, 82 were killed and 26 reported missing and presumed dead.
Effect on MyanmarIndependent media reports 90 people killed in
Myanmar due to the tsunami. The official death toll is 61. Witnesses in Myanmar estimate up to 600 deaths.
Effect on SomaliaVillages and coastal communities in
Somalia, as far as 4,500 km (2,800 mi) from the epicentre of the
earthquake, were swept away and destroyed by the huge waves. 176 people were confirmed dead, 136 were missing and more than 50,000 were displaced.
Effect on Sri LankaSri Lankan authorities report 31,229 confirmed deaths, and 4,093 people missing. Other authorities are speaking from 38,940 combined dead and missing people. The south and east coasts were worst hit. Nearly 2,000 of the dead were on the
Queen of the Sea holiday train destroyed by the tsunami. One and a half million people were displaced from their homes, and many orphaned or separated from their families.
Effect on ThailandThe
Thai government reports 5,395 confirmed deaths, 8,457 injuries and 2,817 missing on 20 June 2005 . Damage was confined to the six southern provinces facing the
Andaman Sea. The Thai government was keen to point out that the rest of the country was operating normally, and that even some resorts in the south had re-opened.
Indonesia, Sri-Lanka and India suffered the highest number of casualties
