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The table below shows the actual numbers of dead and displaced as a percentage of the population, reflecting reduction in the workforce and numbers to be supported as highest in Sri Lanka. Furthermore India and Thailand being large, and wealthy economies, have stated that they do not require external financial assistance.
STATISTICAL DATA COMPARING THE 4 WORST AFFECTED COUNTRIES
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INDIA |
INDONESIA |
SRI LANKA |
THAILAND |
POPULATION |
1,045,845,226 |
231,328,092 |
19,905,165 |
64,865,523 |
LIVES LOST |
13,268 |
79,940 |
41,000 |
4,798 |
LIVES LOST % OF POP'N |
0.0013% |
0.0346% |
0.2060% |
0.0074% |
PEOPLE MISSING |
3,874 |
|
5,240 |
6,384 |
PEOPLE DISPLACED |
1,140,000 |
108,083 |
889,000 |
|
PEOPLE DISPLACED AS A % OF POP'N |
0.11% |
0.05% |
4.47% |
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AFFECTED AREAS |
TAMIL NADU WORST AFFECTED.
KERALA AND ANDRE PRADESH MINOR |
MAINLY ALL IN ACEH PROVINCE |
70% OF SRI LANKAN COAST LINE |
WEST COAST - ABOUT 6 TOWNS |
* Figures are from WHO website
Situation Report of Tsunami Disaster, 26 December, 2004
Last updated : 10.30 hrs17:00hrs As at 07/01/2005
| Province |
District |
Affected Families |
Displaced Families |
Displaced Persons |
Deaths |
Injured |
Missing |
Damaged Houses |
No. of Camps |
| In Welfare Centers |
With Relatives and Friends |
Total |
Completely |
Partially |
| Northern |
Jaffna |
13,652 |
6,698 |
13,711 |
12,009 |
25,720 |
2,640 |
656 |
540 |
12,000 |
n.a |
29 |
| Killinochchi |
n.a |
10,567 |
11,985 |
37,016 |
49,001 |
560 |
670 |
56 |
1,250 |
4,250 |
11 |
| Mulativu |
n.a |
5,484 |
11,872 |
9,256 |
21,128 |
3,000 |
2,500 |
1,300 |
3,400 |
600 |
23 |
| Vavuniya*** |
26 |
n.a |
104 |
n.a |
104 |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
n.a |
3 |
| Eastern |
Trincomalee |
n.a |
27,726 |
60,547 |
60,488 |
121,035 |
1,077 |
n.a |
337 |
4,000 |
|
65 |
| Batticaloa |
57,219 |
27,963 |
61,848 |
31,544 |
93,392 |
2,794 |
1,622 |
1,081 |
14,484 |
5,651 |
66 |
| Ampara |
38,624 |
n.a |
107,885 |
n.a |
107,885 |
10,436 |
120 |
|
28,182 |
|
105 |
| Southern |
Hambantota |
16,994 |
4,047 |
3,067 |
17,168 |
20,235 |
4,500 |
n.a |
472 |
2,303 |
1,744 |
17 |
| Matara |
10,725 |
n.a |
11,181 |
n.a |
11,181 |
1,213 |
8,288 |
450 |
10,000 |
4,500 |
37 |
| Galle |
23,053 |
6,958 |
28,398 |
n.a |
28,398 |
4,193 |
313 |
569 |
7,500 |
|
106 |
| Western |
Kalutara |
5,774 |
4,316 |
16,002 |
6,274 |
22,276 |
219 |
400 |
118 |
2,678 |
2,550 |
75 |
| Colombo |
4,395 |
n.a |
14,879 |
n.a |
14,879 |
76 |
n.a |
12 |
5,618 |
|
43 |
| Gampaha |
n.a |
9,814 |
n.a |
n.a |
31,960 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
310 |
561 |
7 |
| North Western |
Puttalam |
232 |
216 |
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|
4 |
1 |
2 |
24 |
76 |
5 |
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Total |
170,694 |
103,789 |
341,479 |
173,755 |
515,234 |
30,718 |
14,573 |
4,939 |
91,749 |
19,932 |
592 |
Note: These figures are tentative and presented here as reported by the respective District Secretaries
Displaced Persons refer to People who are in the IDP camps and or staying with relatives and friends
Source:District Secretaries
SITUATION REPORT OF TSUNAMI AFFECTED DISTRICTS IN THE NORTHEAST RELEASED BY THE LTTE PEACE SECRETARIAT
| DISTRICT |
DEAD |
INJURED |
MISSING |
DISPLACED |
WELFARE CENTRES |
| FAMILIES |
INDIVIDUALS |
| AMPARAI |
11,225 |
2,800 |
5,300 |
44,000 |
186,405 |
126 |
| BATTICALOA |
2,040 |
2,100 |
6,000 |
52,117 |
212,456 |
94 |
| JAFFNA & VADAMARADCHI EAST |
778 |
1,218 |
2,000 |
16,174 |
48,729 |
32 |
| MULLAITIVU |
1,666 |
1,386 |
2,750 |
5,800 |
25,210 |
19 |
| TRINCOMALEE |
947 |
2,238 |
2,431 |
37,821 |
130,684 |
87 |
| Total |
16,656 |
9,742 |
18,481 |
155,912 |
603,484 |
358 |
* Some of the numbers shown above are taken in to account by the Sri Lanka Government but others are stand alone figures.
The total death toll in Sri Lanka is thought to be closer to 41,000 people according to WHO figures as at 31DEC.
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