Norway said Tuesday the total number of its citizens killed or missing in last month's Asian tsunami disaster was 88, down from earlier estimates of 92.

Eight Norwegian citizens have so far been confirmed dead while 80 others remained missing, according to the National Criminal Investigation Service, Kripos, which previously said 15 Norwegians had died and 77 disappeared in the tsunami.

A Kripos spokesman said there are some friends and family members who reported Norwegians dead or missing, but they have not been officially identified. Several Norwegians who had been thought missing have also surfaced.

In the days following the disaster, Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik suggested that more than 1,000 Norwegians may have disappeared. But the toll turned out to be much lower, as more than two thirds of the people presumed missing contacted authorities to say they were safe.

Source: Xinhua