International Statistics 2009

 

International Statistics 2009


INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 2009

These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country

Rearrange by % deaths (2009) 2009 2008
* = provisional Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths
ANDORRA 1 275 94 34.18 223 62 27.80
ARGENTINA 95 *341,297 *84,541 *24.77 *325,045 *78,279 *24.08
ARUBA 1            
AUSTRALIA 77 104,000 72,000 69.23 137,000 89,300 65.18
AUSTRIA 11 77,381 23,112 29.87 75,083 21,842 29.09
BAHAMAS 1            
BELGIUM 12 104,509 49,201 47.08 104,587 48,471 46.35
BRAZIL 32            
BULGARIA 1            
CANADA - *186,830 *108,687 *58.17 240,998 *157,364 *65.30
CHINA 1,729 9,430,000 4,542,000 48.17 9,348,453 4,534,000 48.50
COLOMBIA 52            
COSTA RICA 2            
CUBA 1 20,664 2,190 10.60 20,590 1,867 9.07
CZECH REPUBLIC 27 107,421 86,583 80.60 104,948 84,719 80.72
DENMARK 32 54,872 42,408 77.29 54,591 41,788 76.55
EIRE 4 28,898 2,906 10.06 28,192 2,689 9.53
ESTONIA 2            
FINLAND 22 49,600 19,561 39.44 49,090 18,199 37.10
FRANCE 141 548,000 158,000 28.83 534,000 152,144 28.49
GERMANY 150            
GHANA 6 40,000 1.200 3.00      
GRENADA 1            
GUATEMALA 1            
HAITI 2   269     242  
HONG KONG 6 41,034 36,486 88.92 41,530 36,410 87.67
HUNGARY 12            
ICELAND 1 2,002 412 20.58 1,986 397 19.99
INDIA -            
INDONESIA 7            
ITALY 57 591,663 71,898 12.15 585,126 64,055 10.95
JAMAICA 2            
JAPAN 1,547 1,187,395 1,186,607 99.93 1,169,514 1,167,729 99.85
LATVIA 1            
LUXEMBOURG 1 3,655 1,867 51.08 3,595 1,737 48.32
MALAYSIA 7            
MAURITIUS            
MEXICO 70            
MONGOLIA 2 5,661 2,735 48.31 5,785 1,785 30.86
NAMIBIA 1   399     374  
THE NETHERLANDS 68 134,235 76,191 56.76 135,136 75,302 55.72
NEW ZEALAND -     *72.00 28,960   *70.00
NORWAY 28 41,449 14,815 35.74 41,712 14,451 34.64
PANAMA 5            
PERU 8 915 555 60.66 843 496 58.84
PHILLIPINES 2            
POLAND 12 387,000   8.00 379,000 25,402 6.70
PORTUGAL 4 9,113 4,551 49.94 8,599 4,108 47.77
PUERTO RICO 3            
ROMANIA 1 257,213 781 0.30 11,000 1,100 10.09
RUSSIA 15 227,672 105,384 46.29 235,392 112,257 47.69
EL SALVADOR 1            
SERBIA 2 11,543 2,205; 19.10 14,889 2,602 17.48
SINGAPORE 4 17,101 13,146 76.87 17,222 13,237 76.86
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3            
SLOVENIA 2 18,750 14,348 74.93 18,308 13,719 74.93
SOUTH AFRICA 33            
SOUTH KOREA 49 246,942 160,433 64.97 246,113 152,420 61.93
SPAIN 132            
SRI LANKA 37            
SURINAME 2            
SWEDEN 66 90,080 69,554 77.21 91,449 68,966 75.41
SWITZERLAND 28 62,476 52,402 88.88 62,000 51,116 82.45
TAIWAN 35 141,097 127,941 90.68 143,624 128,643 89.57
THAILAND 2,077 398,130 318,504 80.00 481,981 385,548 80.00
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 4 10,119 891 8.81 10,077 920 9.13
UNITED KINGDOM 256 563,741 413,870 73.41 583,754 422,853 72.44
USA 2,113 2,473,018 930,429 40.62 2,455,195 884,355 36.02
VIETNAM 2            
ZIMBABWE 2