# How many nations have lost citizens in the attacks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 14, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nations-have-lost-citizens-in-the-attacks/81549 "2001-09-14T05:21:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nations-have-lost-citizens-in-the-attacks/81549/21 "2001-09-16T05:08:20Z")
This was in Friday’s paper; haven’t seen an update. \*\*FOREIGN NATIONALS Reported Missing\*\* Argentina: 3 Australia: 85 Bangladesh: 50 Canada: 50-100 Chile: 1 Italy: 8 Lebanon: 3 Mexico: 11 Sweden: 1 South Korea: 27 Thailand: 50 Japan: 100 **Confirmed Dead** Australia: 9 Britain: ~100 Canada: 2 China: 4 Colombia: 6 Lebanon: 1 Switzerland: 2 South Korea: 1 It’s obviously not complete, since it doesn’t include nationals from some of the countries mentioned by other posters. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nations-have-lost-citizens-in-the-attacks/81549/22 "2001-09-16T15:10:30Z")
From the [Australian Broadcasting Corporation](http://www.abc.net.au): ARGENTINA: Five missing. AUSTRALIA: Three of its nationals were confirmed dead. Another 90 who were in the vicinity of the World Trade Centre at the time of the attacks were unaccounted for. BANGLADESH: At least 50 Bangladeshis were killed in the carnage at the World Trade Centre, where many worked in restaurants and offices. BELGIUM: Sixty of its nationals present in New York at the time of the attack, including four workers in the WTC, were still missing. BRAZIL: Twenty-six missing. BRITAIN: Nearly 100 confirmed dead. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said “the total number of British deaths is unlikely to be less than the middle hundreds and maybe higher.” CANADA: Three confirmed dead and between 50 and 100 others were still missing. CHILE: Three feared dead, although more than 250 have been reported by relatives. CHINA: Three Chinese nationals died and another was missing. A man and woman both in their 60s, died aboard the plane that was sent into the side of the Pentagon. A 41-year-old Chinese person was missing. COLOMBIA: Red Cross said 199 people were reported missing. While 17 people worked in the twin towers, others may have been present in the area at the time. Tourists aged 60 and over visiting New York that day are also feared dead. Two Colombians were aboard one of the four hijacked planes. DENMARK: Foreign ministry said around 20 of its nationals were unaccounted for. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: One citizen was found dead and seven are missing. ECUADOR: Thirty-seven missing. EGYPT: One confirmed dead and at least three others were missing. EL SALVADOR: One citizen confirmed dead on one of the four hijacked planes, 72 others reported missing. FRANCE: A small number of its nationals working in the World Trade Centre were unaccounted for. A foreign ministry spokesman said no French dead have yet been confirmed. GERMANY: A provisional list shows more than 700 nationals missing since the attacks, but a foreign ministry spokesman said the actual number was much lower and the list of missing persons was rapidly shrinking by the hour. INDONESIA: One citizen died on one of the four hijacked planes and another of its citizens was missing. IRELAND: Four confirmed dead including a woman and her four-year-old daughter who perished aboard one of the jets that hit the World Trade Centre. ITALY: Between 60 and 70 Italians were missing. Most of them worked in the World Trade Centre or lived in the area. The foreign ministry said few tourists were believed to be among the missing. JAPAN: Two Japanese died on the hijacked planes, 22 who were in the World Trade Centre are missing. MALAYSIA: Seven missing. MEXICO: 19 missing. Mexican consul, Salvador Beltran, said 150 Mexicans worked in the centre, though media said hundreds more worked in the restaurants on the lower levels and in the immediate vicinity. Tepayac, a network of Mexican community organizations, said as many as 500 Mexicans are feared dead in the collapsed towers. PAKISTAN: One confirmed dead but that figure is certain to rise. A government spokesman said around 650 Pakistani nationals worked in the World Trade Centre. PARAGUAY: One missing - architect Obdulio Ruiz Diaz. PERU: One dead, five missing. THE PHILIPPINES: Seven missing. PORTUGAL: Five believed dead. SOUTH AFRICA: Media reported that a 41-year-old South African man living in the United States died aboard the first aircraft flown into the World Trade Centre while two other South African men who were in the building around the time of the attacks were missing. SPAIN: Without news of nine of its citizens, but declined to describe them as officially missing. SOUTH KOREA: 19 missing. SWEDEN: One missing. SWITZERLAND: Four dead. TURKEY: 215 missing. About 500 Turkish nationals worked in the World Trade Centre. A total of 210 of 425 Turks originally reported missing have since been found alive. TAIWAN: Nine missing. URUGUAY: Former cycling champion Alberto Dominguez,65, was on one of the American Airlines that crashed into the twin towers. VENEZUELA: Three missing. ZIMBABWE: Six missing, feared dead. Zimbabwe Ambassador Simbi Mubako told the state-owned Herald newspaper that at least five Zimbabweans were known to have been working at the World Trade Centre, while one worked in the Pentagon as an engineer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nations-have-lost-citizens-in-the-attacks/81549.md?page=1)