Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Two weeks after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, the numbers have mounted. The numbers tell stories of death and destruction, as well as a global outpouring of aid. CNN has compiled the latest, most reliable figures available as the devastation continues to unfold:
THE TOLL
> 230,000: Latest estimate of the death toll, from the Haitian Health Ministry. The European Union and the Pan American Health Organization, which are coordinating the health-sector response, have estimated the quake killed 200,000 people.
> 194,000: Number of injured
> 134: Estimated number of people rescued by international search teams since the quake
THE EFFECT
> 9 million: Population of Haiti > 3 million: Estimated number of people affected by the quake
> 1 million: Estimated number of displaced people
> 800,000 to 1 million: People who need temporary shelter
> 235,000: People who have left Port-au-Prince using free transportation provided by the government. The number who left by private means is undetermined.
> At least 50: Aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or higher that have hit Haiti since the January 12 quake
THE CHILDREN
> 300,000: Children younger than 2 who need nutritional support
> 90: Percentage of schools in Port-au-Prince that have been destroyed
> 363: Haitian orphans who have been evacuated
THE RESPONSE IN DOLLARS
> $1.12 billion: International aid pledges
> $783 million: Funds received as of Tuesday
> $317 million: U.S. assistance as of Monday
THE RESPONSE IN MANPOWER
> 17,000: U.S. military personnel in and around Haiti
> 8 million: Meals the World Food Programme has delivered to nearly 400,000 people
> 300: Aid distribution sites that are up and running
> 130 to 150: Flights arriving every day at the single-runway Port-au-Prince airport with aid Huge crowd of Haitians lines up for rice
EFFECT ON FOREIGNERS
> 12,000: U.N. workers in the country at the time of the quake
> 53: U.N. workers still missing
> At least 82: U.N. workers dead
> 20: Brazilians dead
> 27: U.N. workers injured or hospitalized
> 11,500: Americans and family members who have been evacuated
> 4,800: Americans unaccounted for
Sources: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Red Cross, the United Nations, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. State Department and the World Food Programme"
THE TOLL
> 230,000: Latest estimate of the death toll, from the Haitian Health Ministry. The European Union and the Pan American Health Organization, which are coordinating the health-sector response, have estimated the quake killed 200,000 people.
> 194,000: Number of injured
> 134: Estimated number of people rescued by international search teams since the quake
THE EFFECT
> 9 million: Population of Haiti > 3 million: Estimated number of people affected by the quake
> 1 million: Estimated number of displaced people
> 800,000 to 1 million: People who need temporary shelter
> 235,000: People who have left Port-au-Prince using free transportation provided by the government. The number who left by private means is undetermined.
> At least 50: Aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or higher that have hit Haiti since the January 12 quake
THE CHILDREN
> 300,000: Children younger than 2 who need nutritional support
> 90: Percentage of schools in Port-au-Prince that have been destroyed
> 363: Haitian orphans who have been evacuated
THE RESPONSE IN DOLLARS
> $1.12 billion: International aid pledges
> $783 million: Funds received as of Tuesday
> $317 million: U.S. assistance as of Monday
THE RESPONSE IN MANPOWER
> 17,000: U.S. military personnel in and around Haiti
> 8 million: Meals the World Food Programme has delivered to nearly 400,000 people
> 300: Aid distribution sites that are up and running
> 130 to 150: Flights arriving every day at the single-runway Port-au-Prince airport with aid Huge crowd of Haitians lines up for rice
EFFECT ON FOREIGNERS
> 12,000: U.N. workers in the country at the time of the quake
> 53: U.N. workers still missing
> At least 82: U.N. workers dead
> 20: Brazilians dead
> 27: U.N. workers injured or hospitalized
> 11,500: Americans and family members who have been evacuated
> 4,800: Americans unaccounted for
Sources: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Red Cross, the United Nations, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the U.S. State Department and the World Food Programme"
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