Table 2.

1 Large disaster
events over the period Sendai,
2000–2010 impacting Ichihara,
on cities Fukushima,
Main Minamisanrik Total
countries Date of Type of Main
u, cities number of
Onagawa,
Popular name affected event hazard affected
Rikuzentakat deaths
11 March Earthquake a, Ofunato, 5178 (As of
Japan earthquake Japan 2011. and tsunami Kesennuma 17.03.2011)
12 January Port-au-
Haiti earthquake Haiti 2010. Earthquake Prince 222,570

Beichuan,
Dujiangyan,
Shifang,
Mianzhu,
Juyuan,
Jiangyou,
Mianyang,
Chengdu,
12 May Qionglai,
Sichuan earthquake China 2008. Earthquake Deyang 87,476
Tropical
Cyclone Nargis Myanmar 2 May 2008. cyclone Yangon 138,366
27 May
Java earthquake Indonesia 2006. Earthquake Yogyakarta 5,778
8 October Muzaffaraba
Kashmir earthquake Pakistan 2005. Earthquake d 73,338
United 29 August Tropical
Hurricane Katrina States 2005. cyclone New Orleans 1,833
26 July
Mumbai floods India 2005. Flood Mumbai 1,200
Indonesia,
Sri Lanka,
India,
Thailand, Banda Aceh,
Malaysia, 26 Chennai
Maldives, December Earthquake (some
South Asian tsunami Myanmar 2004. and tsunami damages) 226,408
26
December
Bam earthquake Iran 2003. Earthquake Bam 26,796

Italy, France,
Spain,
Germany,
Portugal, Summer Extreme
European heatwave Switzerland 2003 heat Various 72,210
11 August
Dresden floods Germany 2002. Flood Dresden 27
 26 January Bhuj,
Gujurat earthquake India 2001. Earthquake Ahmedabad 20,005
 Total
Total number of damages
affected US$
Not yet
Not yet known known

3,400,000 n/a

45,976,596 85 billion

2,420,000 4 billion

3,177,923 3.1 billion

5,128,000 5.2 billion

500,000 125 billion

20,000,055 3.3 billion

2,321,700 9.2 billion

267,628 500 million

Not reported Not reported

330,108 11.6 billion

6,321,812 2.6 billion
Table 13 Total number
of people reported
killed and affected by
disasters by country
and
territory (1990 to 1999;
2000 to 2009; and
2009)

Total number of Total number of people

people reported reported affected (1990-
killed (1990-1999) 1999)
Africa 27,913 180,081,852
Algeria 469 68,389
Angola 864 210,197
Benin 37 834,196
Botswana 20 105,500

Burkina Faso 28 2,839,940

Burundi 2 680,810
Cameroon 555 378,164
Cape Verde 18 16,306

Central African Republic 7 76,618

Chad 41 911,206
Comoros 240 200
Congo 665 78,500

Congo, Democratic
Republic of the 1,049 141,867

Côte d’Ivoire 178 268

Djibouti 145 240,775
Egypt 2,561 261,830

Equatorial Guinea n.d.r. n.d.r.

Eritrea 133 3,915,725
Ethiopia 836 6,788,247
Gabon 102 n.a.
Gambia 153 37,000
Ghana 436 3,024,611
Guinea 488 6,091

Guinea Bissau 217 5,222

Kenya 1,610 34,911,866
Lesotho 22 994,750
Liberia 10 1,007,000
Libya 252 n.a.
Madagascar 501 1,510,056
Malawi 494 31,368,500
Mali 84 310,666
Mauritania 147 514,194
Mauritius 5 10,800
Mayotte (F) n.d.r. n.d.r.
Morocco 1,390 373,365
Mozambique 647 9,824,663
Namibia 20 876,400
Niger 117 3,383,387
Nigeria 3,763 805,377
Reunion (F) 59 n.a.
Rwanda 160 1,058,682
Saint Helena (UK) n.d.r. n.d.r.
Sao Tome and Principe n.d.r. n.d.r.
Senegal 356 418,807
Seychelles 5 1,237
Sierra Leone 815 200,025
Somalia 2,656 1,240,610
South Africa 1,705 366,742
Sudan 1,031 22,078,538
Swaziland n.a. 1,500,000
Tanzania 1,886 14,011,208
Togo 3 341,905
Tunisia 78 152,089
Uganda 477 1,170,737
Zambia 163 5,973,455
Zimbabwe 213 25,055,131
Americas 77,918 52,474,486
Anguilla (UK) n.a. 150
Antigua and Barbuda 6 11,684
Argentina 452 571,831
Aruba (NL) n.d.r. n.d.r.
Bahamas 5 1,700
Barbados n.a. n.a.
Belize 31 62,600
Bermuda n.d.r. n.d.r.
Bolivia 513 754,886
Brazil 2,057 20,345,253
Canada 510 82,765
Cayman Islands (UK) n.d.r. n.d.r.
Chile 447 335,550
Colombia 2,919 1,926,254
Costa Rica 163 1,023,851
Cuba 818 2,536,690
Dominica 13 5,716
Dominican Republic 843 1,024,425
Ecuador 999 463,815
El Salvador 674 101,480
Falkland Islands (UK) n.d.r. n.d.r.
French Guiana (F) n.a. 70,000
Greenland (DK) n.d.r. n.d.r.
Grenada n.a. 1,210
Guadeloupe (F) 4 899
Guatemala 830 150,703
Guyana n.a. 1,252,600
Haiti 4,112 2,604,514
Honduras 15,276 2,860,970
Jamaica 28 556,512
Martinique (F) 10 5,110
Mexico 4,136 2,420,218
Montserrat (UK) 32 13,000
Netherlands Antilles (NL) 2 40,000
Nicaragua 3,690 1,919,740
Panama 147 49,102
Paraguay 114 470,654
Peru 2,909 5,577,770
Puerto Rico (USA) 67 156,005
Saint Kitts and Nevis 5 12,980
Saint Lucia 4 1,125
Saint Pierre et Miquelon ( n.d.r. n.d.r.
Saint Vincent and The Gr 3 300
Suriname n.d.r. n.d.r.
Trinidad and Tobago 5 1,627
Turks and Caicos Islands 43 n.a.
United States 5,283 4,407,989
Uruguay 110 19,087
Venezuela 30,648 623,718
Virgin Islands (UK) n.a. 3
Virgin Islands (US) 10 10,000
Asia 756,124 1,894,409,821
Afghanistan 10,796 536,177
Armenia 106 7,022,954
Azerbaijan 561 2,443,312
Bahrain 10 n.a.
Bangladesh 149,430 81,879,521
Bhutan 39 65,600
Brunei Darussalam n.a. n.a.
Cambodia 816 18,789,379
China’s People Republic 36,381 1,258,680,092
Georgia 379 4,665
Hong Kong (China) 350 8,795
India 59,846 315,125,127
Indonesia 8,705 7,065,982
Iran, Islamic Republic 45,067 38,941,198
Iraq 118 500
Israel 156 1,343
Japan 6,602 1,441,107
Jordan 59 198,340
Kazakhstan 244 638,036
Korea, Democratic People 381,865 49,554,203
Korea, Republic 2,451 446,138
Kuwait 2 200
Kyrgyzstan 255 205,464
Lao People’s Democratic 180 2,860,862
Lebanon 70 104,075
Macau (China) n.a. 3,986
Malaysia 890 49,574
Maldives 10 23,849
Mongolia 280 105,061
Myanmar 775 684,323
Nepal 3,446 865,442
Oman n.d.r. n.d.r.
Pakistan 9,318 20,514,524
Palestine (West Bank and 14 20
Philippines 15,965 38,820,297
Qatar n.d.r. n.d.r.
Saudi Arabia 2,550 1,936
Singapore 3 1,437
Sri Lanka 635 3,325,964
Syrian Arab Republic 145 329,091
Taiwan (China) 3,189 531,221
Tajikistan 1,868 379,584
Thailand 2,705 22,079,796
Timor-Leste n.d.r. n.d.r.
Turkmenistan 40 420
United Arab Emirates 97 101
Uzbekistan 141 74,388
Viet Nam 8,603 20,247,866
Yemen 962 357,871
Europe 35,503 52,351,392
Albania 75 48,600
Austria 124 10,212
Azores (P) 74 1,215
Belarus 61 63,468
Belgium 99 3,040
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 1,090
Bulgaria 31 6,792
Canary Islands (SP) n.a. n.a.
Croatia 96 2,025
Cyprus 54 2,657
Czech Republic 54 102,171
Czechoslovakia 41 n.a.
Denmark 8 100
Estonia 912 140
Finland 11 33
France 770 3,530,410
Germany 392 237,574
Gibraltar (UK) n.d.r. n.d.r.
Greece 430 152,195
Hungary 106 133,774
Iceland 34 83
Ireland 46 4,200
Isle of Man (UK) n.d.r. n.d.r.
Italy 852 74,270
Latvia 6 n.a.
Lithuania 50 780,000
Luxembourg n.a. n.a.
Macedonia, FYR 198 11,515
Malta 295 n.a.
Moldova 59 54,537
Montenegro n.d.r. n.d.r.
Netherlands 204 265,170
Norway 411 4,000
Poland 462 226,006
Portugal 136 3,377
Romania 472 177,801
Russian Federation 5,301 2,090,161
Serbia n.d.r. n.d.r.
Serbia-Montenegro 115 77,103
Slovakia 67 48,015
Slovenia n.a. 700
Soviet Union 784 346,384
Spain 541 36,068,625
Sweden 79 184
Switzerland 119 5,211
Turkey 20,958 5,286,686
Ukraine 364 2,060,758
United Kingdom 423 470,990
Yugoslavia 177 120
Oceania 3,562 39,073,198
American Samoa (USA) n.d.r. n.d.r.
Australia 320 36,649,932
Cook Islands (NZ) 20 900
Fiji 76 436,730
French Polynesia (F) 13 511
Guam (USA) 229 12,033
Kiribati n.a. 84,000
Marshall Islands n.a. 6,000
Micronesia Federated Sta n.a. 28,800
Nauru n.d.r. n.d.r.
New Caledonia (F) n.a. n.a.
New Zealand 4 3,365
Niue (NZ) n.a. 200
Northern Mariana Is n.d.r. n.d.r.
Palau 1 12,004
Papua New Guinea 2,685 1,426,506
Samoa 21 283,000
Solomon Islands 37 88,904
Tokelau (NZ) n.a. 102
Tonga 1 9,674
Tuvalu n.a. 850
Vanuatu 150 29,667
Wallis and Futuna (F) 5 20
World 901,020 2,218,390,749
Total number of people Total number of people Total number of
reported killed (2000- reported affected people reported
2009) (2000-2009) killed (2009)
46,806 306,594,733 3,142
4,200 411,903 103
1,113 866,704 94
385 290,774 60
3 148,792 0

369 314,528 49
481 8,037,581 45
764 37,916 36
60 30,001 3

294 73,279 4
260 1,176,338 6
342 286,855 184
138 139,668 n.d.r.

3,493 270,721 463

357 107,633 27
197 1,223,173 13
3,257 7,147 83

105 5,050 n.d.r.

56 10,907,043 n.d.r.
1,717 49,334,051 n.a.
94 811 n.a.
62 32,035 5
747 696,784 58
478 287,082 15

117 134,164 73
2,058 87,149,813 298
41 1,956,561 n.d.r.
63 521,424 2
492 102 221
 1,116 5,905,799 27
854 15,035,023 26
300 2,180,922 25
187 3,132,763 1
5 1,050 n.d.r.
21 12 n.d.r.
1,574 622,116 29
1,609 11,317,161 31
167 1,164,309 92
153 13,439,751 3
8,662 596,449 273
4 3,790 n.d.r.
280 5,944,806 n.d.r.
n.a. 300 n.d.r.
33 34 n.d.r.
1,558 815,801 6
3 11,630 n.d.r.
662 21,046 257
1,060 10,251,843 15
1,544 15,255,780 94
1,074 9,927,696 31
55 4,573,744 n.d.r.
1,357 7,180,971 157
96 188,167 19
546 33,851 110
1,222 5,649,666 11
385 4,260,442 31
536 24,631,878 62
32,577 73,160,749 2,160
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
n.a. 25,800 n.d.r.
575 754,421 23
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
68 20,578 n.d.r.
1 2,881 n.d.r.
55 150,570 n.d.r.
22 n.a. n.d.r.
911 2,204,254 19
2,664 7,370,878 n.d.r.
76 34,756 18
2 300 n.d.r.
247 765,071 24
1,988 4,693,859 83
139 469,336 31
201 9,839,475 14
5 7,805 n.d.r.
1,237 300,467 7
559 1,039,275 3
1,754 2,182,807 275
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
 n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
40 61,650 n.d.r.
21 153 n.d.r.
2,251 3,422,077 36
44 409,774 n.d.r.
6,936 1,191,958 88
434 1,849,813 7
55 429,410 n.d.r.
2 106 n.d.r.
1,598 6,792,601 121
n.a. 200 n.d.r.
15 4 n.d.r.
335 569,807 n.a.
143 100,671 22
456 591,955 n.a.
3,586 6,678,647 641
113 16,999 n.a.
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
1 n.a. n.d.r.
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
4 1,534 n.d.r.
35 31,548 n.d.r.
3 1,760 n.d.r.
89 1,818 85
5,198 20,850,645 215
41 158,712 12
673 136,374 18
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
n.a. n.a. n.d.r.
933,250 2,159,714,852 9,744
5,043 10,882,311 140
1 297,000 n.d.r.
142 39,819 n.a.
212 60 n.d.r.
13,430 72,415,045 433
223 1,012 23
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
526 8,392,339 36
111,768 1,126,067,999 1,152
89 1,422,552 n.a.
60 4,466 n.a.
64,478 659,134,721 2,044
182,999 11,668,855 1,946
31,412 76,359,370 234
1,508 72,547 13
49 885 n.d.r.
1,128 1,654,816 89
145 150,322 n.d.r.
212 81,177 63
230,313 26,402,902 n.d.r.
1,355 521,840 17
 43 76 43
323 29,570 n.d.r.
77 1,386,082 26
93 17,609 44
n.a. 133 n.d.r.
287 460,282 n.a.
133 28,963 n.d.r.
165 4,841,665 29
138,962 2,752,674 24
2,946 2,574,231 203
192 20,115 n.d.r.
78,779 26,319,733 244
5 765 n.d.r.
11,705 50,230,127 1,409
30 n.a. 30
1,369 24,530 161
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
35,892 7,241,738 3
363 5539676 22
1,519 2,981,258 630
202 9,306,479 22
9,913 28,220,118 96
5 13,685 n.d.r.
11 n.a. n.d.r.
97 46 n.d.r.
60 1,205,030 n.d.r.
4,015 20,918,620 410
971 31,609 158
91,054 10,144,275 1,319
68 616,584 n.a.
553 61,733 3
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
36 1,851 n.d.r.
2,161 2,779 1
66 366,819 1
118 14,062 17
168 1,280 22
873 2,306 n.d.r.
40 448 n.d.r.
511 218,915 15
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
6 2,072 n.d.r.
25 130 n.d.r.
24 415 n.d.r.
21,353 80,017 18
9,643 333,212 9
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
551 24,405 12
757 46,660 n.d.r.
n.a. 199 n.d.r.
1 500 n.a.
 n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
21,017 129,377 364
76 n.a. n.d.r.
45 n.a. n.d.r.
190 n.a. n.d.r.
59 1,110,149 15
112 31 n.d.r.
19 2,821,394 n.d.r.
n.a. 1,536 n.a.
2,021 3,196 n.d.r.
37 2,242 n.d.r.
1,158 21,245 199
2,891 150,897 n.a.
607 217,266 78
4,461 1,974,446 363
n.a. 16,080 n.a.
77 49,182 n.d.r.
67 10,787 32
309 1,655 n.d.r.

15,797 9,666 20
8 n.a. n.d.r.
1,125 7,400 n.a.
1,864 773,348 81
1,713 661,098 45
447 408,893 24

1,665 657,658 893

40 25,563 34
831 98,218 560
n.a. 1,352 n.d.r.
70 51,362 14
20 n.a. n.d.r.
5 15,644 n.d.r.
n.a. 85 n.d.r.
n.a. 600 n.d.r.
48 8,631 n.d.r.
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
2 1,100 n.d.r.
24 7,650 n.d.r.
1 702 n.d.r.
n.a. 300 n.d.r.
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
287 325,198 32
158 5,585 148
73 10,919 21
0 26 n.d.r.
84 17,061 84
18 n.a. n.d.r.
4 87,662 n.a.
n.d.r. n.d.r. n.d.r.
1,105,352 2,550,272,267 17,258
Total number of
people reported
affected (2009)
24,468,380
2,628
225,105
120,449
5,056

150,541
270,549
305
n.a.

23,972
12,915
2,512
n.d.r.

5,638

10,006
340,024
73

n.d.r.
n.d.r.
6,400,000
800
16,608
159,545
40,000

3
3,846,674
n.d.r.
500,584
23
 130,799
37,134
20,406
9,000
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
9,520
14,057
350,000
79,129
150,072
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
264,000
n.d.r.
1,477
3,301,753
20,300
4,411,455
n.d.r.
70,048
n.a.
217
750,000
614,964
2,100,039
5,775,652
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
45,534
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
90,523
1,871,486
204
n.d.r.
3
31,850
128,618
30
n.d.r.
14,565
119,307
90,000
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
 n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
2,513,828
n.d.r.
12,787
300,136
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
252,299
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
26,782
4,258
212,735
25,775
1,500
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
118
11,314
22,000
n.a.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
111,793,234
65,883
n.d.r.
5,000
n.d.r.
4,568,000
12
n.d.r.
178,104
72,464,797
7,306
350
8,997,490
2,876,919
336
3,005
n.d.r.
32,848
n.d.r.
43
n.d.r.
14
 76
n.d.r.
128,887
39
n.d.r.
10,875
n.d.r.
910,007
1,351
175,104
n.d.r.
75,183
n.d.r.
13,353,441
n.a.
10,000
n.d.r.
380,000
1,300,007
2,307,523
22,836
200,286
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
3,717,512
n.a.
145,660
11,150
n.a.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.a.
13,730
19
6
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
14,462
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
200
n.a.
n.d.r.
1,040
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.a.
 n.d.r.
61,147
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
38
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
450
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
274
0
27
85
3,710
n.d.r.
20
n.d.r.

n.a.
n.d.r.
n.a.
35,137
38
4,127

76,966
2,500
36,569
n.d.r.
14,401
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.d.r.
n.a.
5,585
7,000
n.d.r.
561
n.d.r.
10,350
n.d.r.
142,259,892
Tables 1&2: Total
number of reported Total Total
disasters and people Total number of Total number of Total
killed, by continent, by number of people number of people number of
year and by level of reported reported reported reported reported
human development disasters killed disasters killed disasters
(2000 to 2009)
Continent (2000) (2000) (2001) (2001) (2002)
Africa 202 5,392 184 4,520 197
Americas 151 2,066 134 3,077 156
Asia 303 88,056 295 105,960 310
Europe 130 1,622 96 2,338 115
Oceania 13 205 18 9 19

Very high human

development 131 1,518 114 1,433 132
High human
development 156 2,478 125 2,905 143

Medium human
development 454 15,049 415 33,643 450
Low human
development 58 78,296 73 77,923 72
Total 799 97,341 727 115,904 797
Total Total Total
number of Total number of Total number of Total
people number of people number of people number of
reported reported reported reported reported reported
killed disasters killed disasters killed disasters
(2002) (2003) (2003) (2004) (2004) (2005)
7,639 170 6,160 164 4,246 170
2,108 126 2,082 137 8,437 139
89,427 294 39,030 318 238,404 359
1,810 96 73,373 98 1,259 127
91 20 64 22 35 16

1,431 115 72,889 106 1,102 111

2,843 124 2,983 149 2,572 145

16,085 399 43,446 422 247,165 468

80,716 68 1,391 62 1,542 87

101,075 706 120,709 739 252,381 811
Total Total Total
number of Total number of Total number of Total
people number of people number of people number of
reported reported reported reported reported reported
killed disasters killed disasters killed disasters
(2005) (2006) (2006) (2007) (2007) (2008)
3,184 200 5,789 181 3,695 168
5,438 103 1,558 133 2,921 144
90,796 304 20,634 257 15,581 238
1,044 98 5,837 104 1,665 57
46 18 24 11 273 13

2,925 98 4,152 95 1,017 85

1,961 109 2,707 132 3,182 99

93,414 420 24,318 365 17,391 362

2,208 96 2,665 94 2,545 74

100,508 723 33,842 686 24,135 620
Total Total
number of Total number of Total
people number of people Total number of
reported reported reported number of people
killed disasters killed reported reported
(2008) (2009) (2009) disasters killed
3,039 146 3,142 1,782 46,806
2,730 111 2,160 1,334 32,577
235,618 225 9,744 2,903 933,250
787 75 1,319 996 91,054
25 19 893 169 1,665

883 78 2,090 1,065 89,440

1,589 107 2,804 1,289 26,024

237,373 318 11,000 4,073 738,884

2,354 73 1,364 757 251,004

242,199 576 17,258 7,184 1,105,352
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