In Thailand authorities said that almost half of the 5,200 -- or 2,463 people -- who died in the tidal wave disaster were foreign holidaymakers, the interior ministry said late Monday.

Sri Lanka said around 100 foreigners had perished there.

The victims were not necessarily included in the tolls given by individual governments.

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 in the maelstrom.

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

(approx)

EUROPE

   Austria               7             468
   Belgium               6              74
   Britain              40             159
   Croatia               1               1
   Czech Republic        1              25
   Denmark               7             166
   Estonia                               3
   Finland              15             183
   France               22             100
   Germany              60           1,000
   Greece                                7
   Italy                18             570
   Latvia                               15
   Lithuania                             1
   Netherlands           6              30
   Norway               16             109
   Poland                1              42
   Portugal                              9
   Russia                2             143
   Spain                                 7
   Sweden               52             827
   Switzerland          23             105
   Turkey                1              55
   Total               278           4,129

ASIA-PACIFIC

   Australia            12             729
   China                 3              15
   Hong Kong             8              42
   Japan                21              11
   Philippines           3              20
   New Zealand           3             111
   Singapore             9             175
   South Korea          11               9
   Taiwan                3
   Total                73           1,112

AMERICAS

   Brazil                2             118
   Canada                5             150
   Chile                                 1
   Colombia              1
   Mexico                                4
   United States        15           5,000
   Total                23           5,273

AFRICA

   South Africa          7               9

MIDDLE EAST

   Israel                3               7

   Overall total       384          10,530

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