They included hikers and climbers from around the world, many of whom flock to the Himalayan nation to test themselves on the world's highest peaks, as well as Hindu devotees on pilgrimages.
These figures are likely to change, which is not uncommon after a major disaster.
Double-counting of dual nationals, matching bodies with people listed as missing and the chaos of a calamity can all contribute to fluctuations both upwards and downwards in the figures.
Here is the latest on the missing:
- In total: at least 1,381 -
Nepal's disaster agency said 823 people were unaccounted for on Thursday, a figure that included at least 517 foreigners. It did not give a breakdown of the number of Nepalis or the nationalities of the foreigners.
Nepal's tourism board on Thursday put the number of missing tourists and travellers -- Nepali and foreign -- at 667 in total. Its further breakdown of the nationalities is included below.
Across the border with Tibet, China said 558 people -- including 260 foreigners -- were missing.
- Nepal -
The new Nepal Tourism Board figures Thursday said that 127 Nepali visitors were among the 667 it listed as missing.
It was not immediately clear how many Nepali residents of the area were unaccounted for.
- China -
China's foreign ministry said nearly 100 Chinese nationals were among the missing in Nepal. The Nepal Tourism Board said 24 Chinese were unaccounted for.
That was in addition to the 558, including 260 foreigners, missing on its side of the border.
- India -
Nepal's new tourism board figures Thursday showed 178 people from India were missing. Eleven others had been rescued.
- United States -
Sixty-five US citizens were missing, the Nepal Tourism Board said Thursday, a dramatic leap from a day earlier, when the figure had been fewer than 15. Two others had been rescued.
- Ukraine -
Ukraine's foreign ministry cited Nepali officials as saying 55 Ukrainian nationals were missing. The Nepal Tourism Board put the figure at 53.
- Malaysia -
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Thursday that more than 50 Malaysians in Nepal are unreachable.
The Nepal Tourism Board put the number at 51.
- Australia -
Thirty-four Australians are missing following the floods, said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, though the Nepal Tourism Board put the figure at 35.
- United Kingdom -
Thirty-three people from the United Kingdom were missing, the Nepal Tourism Board figures showed Thursday.
- Canada -
Twenty-five Canadians were among the missing, the tourism board figures showed Thursday.
- South Korea -
South Korea's foreign ministry said Wednesday that nine hydropower workers were out of contact in the Rasuwa district following the floods. The Nepal Tourism Board said Thursday that four South Koreans had been rescued.
- Singapore -
Nine Singaporeans were unaccounted for, the Nepal Tourism Board said.
- Germany -
Eight German citizens are missing, according to the Nepal Tourism Board.
- Russia -
Eight Russians are unaccounted for, while two had been rescued, the Nepal Tourism Board said.
- South Africa -
Six South African tourists were missing, the Nepal Tourism Board said Thursday.
- Latvia -
Six Latvian tourists were also among the missing, according to the Nepal Tourism Board.
- Japan -
Five Japanese tourists were unaccounted for, the Nepal Tourism Board's latest figures showed.
- New Zealand -
The foreign affairs ministry said five New Zealanders were unaccounted for, a figure matched by the Nepal Tourism Board.
- France -
Four French citizens are among the missing, the Nepal Tourism Board said Thursday.
- Spain -
Spain's foreign ministry reported four Spaniards missing. The Nepal Tourism Board put the figure at three.
- Other nationalities -
Belgium: three (Nepal Tourism Board)
Hungary: three (Hungarian foreign ministry). The Nepal Tourism Board put the figure at one.
Portugal: two (Portuguese foreign ministry). The Nepal Tourism Board put the figure at three.
Netherlands: two (Nepal Tourism Board)
Italy: two (Italian foreign ministry and the Nepal Tourism Board), with two rescued
Ireland: two (Nepal Tourism Board)
Kazakhstan: two (Nepal Tourism Board)
Belarus: one (Nepal Tourism Board)
Finland: one (Nepal Tourism Board)
Israel: one (Nepal Tourism Board)
Lithuania: one (Nepal Tourism Board)
Philippines: one (Nepal Tourism Board)
Serbia: one (Nepal Tourism Board)
Sweden: one (Swedish foreign ministry and Nepal Tourism Board. The foreign ministry also said a second Swedish resident, a foreigner whose nationality was not identified, was among the missing)
- Rescued -
Switzerland: one (Nepal Tourism Board)
Bulgaria: one (Nepal Tourism Board)
- Nationalities unconfirmed -
The missing figure released Thursday by China from its side of the border included 260 foreigners, but no breakdown on nationalities was provided.
Eight people whose nationalities had yet to be confirmed had been rescued, the Nepal Tourism Board said Thursday.
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