International Statistics 2011

 

International Statistics 2011


INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 2011

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

Rearrange by % deaths (2011) 2011 2010
* = provisional Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths
ANDORRA 1 252 90 35.71 246 94 38.21
ARGENTINA 95       *364,670 *92,656 *25.41
ARUBA 1            
AUSTRALIA 77            
AUSTRIA 11 76,479 26,509 34.66 77,199 25,556 33.10
BAHAMAS 1            
BELGIUM 13 106,617 51,972 48.75 *104,500 50,748 *48.56
BRAZIL 32            
BULGARIA 1            
CANADA - 183,726 114,348 62.24 186,830 *108,687 *58.17
CHINA 1,745 9,600,000 4,684,000 48.80 9,675,510 4,741,000 49.00
COLOMBIA 16 30,586 14,729 48.16 200,524 62,162 31.00
COSTA RICA 2            
CUBA 1 20,079 4,136 20.60 21,598 3,196 14.80
CZECH REPUBLIC 27 106,848 85,017 79.57 106,844 86,411 80.87
DENMARK 27 52,516 41,248 78.54 54,368 42,050 77.34
EIRE 4 28,995 3,378 11.65 27,565 3,090 11.21
ESTONIA 2            
FINLAND 22 50,434 21,540 42.71 50,800 21,068 41.47
FRANCE 152 534,795 172,600 32.27 545,000 164,000 30.09
GERMANY 154            
GHANA 7 61,000 3,150 5.16 52,000 2,200 4.23
GRENADA 1            
GUATEMALA 1            
HAITI 1   184        
HONG KONG 6 42,188 37,916 89.87 42,705 38,006 89.00
HUNGARY 12            
ICELAND 1 1,985 437 22.02 2,017 453 22.46
INDIA -            
INDONESIA 7            
ITALY 58 593,404 88,542 14.92 587,448 76,868 13.09
JAMAICA 2            
JAPAN 1,526 1,299,136 1,297,771 99.89 1,246,530 1,245,798 99.94
LATVIA 1            
LUXEMBOURG 1 3,819 2,228 58.34      
MALAYSIA 7            
MAURITIUS 98            
MEXICO 70            
MONGOLIA 2       4,832 888 18.38
NAMIBIA 1   469     380  
THE NETHERLANDS 72 135,741 79,594 58.64 136,058 77,465 56.94
NEW ZEALAND - 30,080 - *72.00 28,440 - *72.00
NORWAY 24 41,397 15,176 36.66 41,500 14,664 35.33
PANAMA 5            
PERU 8 1,198 734 61.27 1,002 635 63.37
PHILLIPINES 2            
POLAND 13       380,000 20,658 *9.00
PORTUGAL 4 7,629 3,853 50.50 8,907 4,761 53.45
PUERTO RICO 3            
ROMANIA 3 251,056 840 0.33 259,723 853 0.33
RUSSIA 16 212,394 102,492 48.26 291,612 108,577 37.23
EL SALVADOR 1            
SERBIA 2 12,865 2,784 21.64 12,882 2,890 22.43
SINGAPORE 4 17,624 14,054 79.74 17,610 13,704 77.82
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3            
SLOVENIA 2 18,699 14,792 79.11 18,609 14,569 78.29
SOUTH AFRICA 33            
SOUTH KOREA 53 257,396 182,946 71.08 255,403 172,276 67.45
SPAIN 132            
SRI LANKA 45            
SURINAME 2            
SWEDEN 66 89,938 70,711 78.62 90,787 69,777 76.86
SWITZERLAND 28 62,091 52,530 84.60 62,476 52,813 84.53
TAIWAN 36 152,915 138,826 90.79 145,772 131,249 90.04
THAILAND 2,077 419,265 335,412 80.00      
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 4 9,632 958 9.95 9,356 964 10.30
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 580 5 0.86      
UNITED KINGDOM 265 556,434 413,845 74.37 565,776 413,780 73.13
USA 2,113 2,508,554 1,056,211 42.10 2,458,022 998,547 40.62
VIETNAM 2            
ZIMBABWE 2 5,530 167 3.02   123