Impact: Sri Lanka suffered more from the tsunami than anywhere else apart from Indonesia. Southern and eastern coastlines have been ravaged. Homes, crops and fishing boats were destroyed. The International Labour Organisation estimates that at least 400,000 people lost their jobs.
Toll: At least 31,000 people are known to have died, and more than 4,000 are missing. The number of homeless people is put at between 800,000 and one million. In one of the worst single incidents, at least 800 people died when a train was struck by the tsunami at Telwatta.
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INDONESIA
Impact: The western tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the closest inhabited area to the epicentre of the earthquake, was devastated by the tsunami. More than 70% of the inhabitants of some coastal villages are reported to have died. The Asian Development Bank says 44% of people in the province of Aceh lost their livelihoods.
Toll: At least 126,000 people died, while at least 37,000 others remain missing. The exact number of victims will probably never be known. The number of homeless is estimated at 800,000.
Aid: There are at least 160 aid organisations - plus UN agencies - operating in Indonesia. Aid agencies have provided emergency food, water and shelter to about 330,000 people, according to the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The Indonesian government had set a deadline of 26 March for the agencies to leave Aceh province. It has now extended that deadline by a month by which time it says it will release plans for the reconstruction of Aceh. Foreign troops assisting with emergency aid have been leaving the province, which has seen nearly three decades of clashes between separatist rebels and government forces.
The government estimates that reconstruction will cost $4.5bn (£2.4bn) over the next three years. Donors are reported to have pledged $1.7bn for this year. Indonesia has put controls in place in an attempt to prevent dishonest officials siphoning off donations.
INDIA'S SOUTH-EAST COAST
Impact: India's south-east coast, especially the state of Tamil Nadu, was the worst affected area on the mainland. (See below for more details on the Andaman and Nicobar islands.) In Andra Pradesh state, the World Food Programme estimated some 2,000 fishing boats were lost. And India lost some 700km of road, says the Asian Development Bank.
Toll: More than 8,800 people are confirmed dead in mainland India, 7,968 of them in Tamil Nadu and almost 600 in Pondicherry (see below for data on the Andaman and Nicobar islands). Thousands more are still missing. At least 140,000 Indians, mostly from fishing families, are in relief centres.
Aid: Repairing the damage is expected to cost about $1.2bn. India has provided aid to other countries hit by the tsunami. Initially it refused outside help itself. Later it acknowledged that, despite its growing economic and regional strength, it could not cope alone with a disaster on this scale.
INDIA'S ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS
Impact: Salt water, which washed over the islands, contaminated many sources of fresh water and destroyed large areas of arable land. Most of the islands' jetties have also been destroyed.
Toll: At least 1,829 of the islands' 400,000 people are confirmed dead and more than 5,500 are missing - 4,310 from Katchall island alone.
Aid: India is still refusing international assistance on the Andamans because of the presence of a military base on one island and indigenous tribes on some others. The military has been building extra landing fields on the islands to help with relief. About 12,000 people have been moved to relief camps on larger islands.
THAILAND
Impact: The west coast of Thailand was severely hit, including outlying islands and tourist resorts near Phuket. Some bodies may still lie in the rubble of ruined hotels.
Toll: More than 5,300 are confirmed dead. More than 1,700 foreigners from a total of 36 countries are among the dead. Over 2,900 are missing.
Aid: Thailand has not asked for disaster relief aid, but it has requested technical help to identify the dead, a huge operation which is still ongoing.
MALDIVES
Impact:The Maldives consists of 199 inhabited islands, 20 of which have been described as "totally destroyed". But the impact on one of the lowest-lying countries on earth could have been much worse. Scientists say the islands may have been protected by their position on the tips of underwater volcanoes: there was no land mass to push the wave height up. The World Bank estimates that international tourist arrivals in the Maldives in January 2005 were down nearly 70% on January 2004 - a major problem for a country where tourism is the main industry.
Toll: At least 82 people have died and 26 are missing.
Aid: The Asian Development Bank says reconstruction will cost $304m, and the government is looking for some $1.3bn over the next 3-5 years. Only a fraction of the money needed has been pledged so far.
Recently the government signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Committee of the Red Cross to fund the construction of temporary housing for 9,955 people displaced by the disaster. Eighteen of 85 temporary units have reportedly been completed.
MALAYSIA
Impact: Although Malaysia lies close to the epicentre, much of its coastline was spared widespread devastation because it was shielded by Sumatra. However, scores of people were swept from beaches near the northern island of Penang.
Toll: At least 68 people are confirmed dead.
BURMA
Impact: The worst affected area was the Irrawaddy Delta, inhabited by poor subsistence farmers and fishing families.
Toll: Burma's military junta has put the death toll at 61, but the World Food Programme (WFP) says this may be an underestimate. One WFP employee found 200 households where at least one person was missing. Hundreds of Burmese migrants workers living in Thailand are also thought to have died.
BANGLADESH
Toll: Two people have been reported dead in Bangladesh.
SOMALIA
Impact: Somalia is the worst-hit African state, with damage concentrated in the region of Puntland, on the tip of the Horn of Africa. The water destroyed 1,180 homes, smashed 2,400 boats and rendered freshwater wells and reservoirs unusable, the UN said in a report early in January.
Toll: Between 150 and 200 Somalis are thought to have died, with thousands more homeless and many fishermen still unaccounted for. As many as 30,000 people may have been displaced.
Aid: The UN has called for $13m to help tsunami victims. Aid agencies with small ground operations in Puntland have delivered food and relief supplies, as has a German Navy helicopter. Somalia is anarchic and has few roads, presenting aid agencies with a major challenge.
KENYA
Toll: One person drowned in Kenya.
TANZANIA
Toll: Ten people were killed in Tanzania.
SEYCHELLES
Toll: One person was killed in the Seychelles.
