INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS 2020

international cremation statistics map 2020

These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country and where shown are the latest figures obtainablePlease click on the name of each country for more detailed information on the figures given

Rearrange by % deaths (2020) 2020 2019
* = provisional Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths
ANDORRA 1 *405 *239 *59.01 297 149 50.17
ARGENTINA 136        *341,728   *143,525 *42.00
ARUBA 1            
AUSTRALIA 101            
AUSTRIA 15 90,123     81,485    
BAHAMAS 1            
BELGIUM 19       108,745 67,768 62.32
BRAZIL 43            
BULGARIA 3 126,561   7,680  6.07 108,083  10,040   9.29
CANADA 367 *306,468 *224,081 *73.12 285,173 205,988 72.23
CHINA 1,745            
COLOMBIA 18            
COSTA RICA 2            
CUBA 9            
CZECH REPUBLIC 27 129,289 108,704 84.08 112,400 88,939 79.12
DENMARK 20 54,645 46,910 85.84 53,958  46,126 85.50
EIRE 7 31,765 *8,305 *26.15 31,134 7,063 22.69
EL SALVADOR 1            
ESTONIA 2            
FINLAND 20 54,943 33,246 60.51 53,559 30,733 57.38
FRANCE 200 658,000     612,000 238,762 39.01
GERMANY 159 985,145 709,304 72.00 936,591 646,248 69.00
GHANA 8       80,792 5,176 6.41
GREECE 1 132,966 2,844 2.14 113,419 447 0.39
GRENADA 1            
GUATEMALA 1            
HAITI 3   239     176  
HONG KONG 6 50,653 46,465 91.73 48,706 45,543 93.51
HUNGARY 17 140,900 97,362 69.10 129,600 86,702 66.90
ICELAND 1 2,359 976 41.37 2,378 836 35.16
INDIA -            
INDONESIA 7            
ITALY 87 746,146 247,840 33.22 634,432 194,669 30.68
JAMAICA 2            
JAPAN 1,405 1,430,233 1,429,840 99.97 1,421,926 1,421,102 99.94
LATVIA 1            
LITHUANIA 1 43,547 7,365 16.91 38,281 4,902 12.81
LUXEMBOURG 1 4,649 3,113 66.96 4,283 2,810 65.61
MALAYSIA 7            
MAURITIUS 126            
MEXICO 70            
MONGOLIA 2 17,040 1,211 7.11 18,403 1,463  7.95
NAMIBIA 1   535        
NEW ZEALAND -       34,260 - 75.00
NORWAY 26 40,611 18,881 46.49 40,684 17,937 44.09
PANAMA 5            
PERU 8 919 599 65.18 1,192 871 73.07
PHILLIPINES 2            
POLAND 52            
PORTUGAL 20 6,820 4,196 61.52 6,447 3,706 57.48
PUERTO RICO 3            
ROMANIA 4            
RUSSIA 29 2,138,586 625,000*  29.22* 1,798,307  273,563  15.21*
SERBIA 2       16,554 3,451 20.85
SINGAPORE 4 22,000 18,077 82.17 21,385 17,245 80.64
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3            
SLOVENIA 2  23,891  20,030  83.84  20,588  17,196 83.52
SOUTH AFRICA 33            
SOUTH KOREA 60 305,127 273,559 89.65* 295,110 260,920 88.42
SPAIN 132

493,776

223,088 45.18* 417,625 186,006 44.54*
SRI LANKA 45            
SURINAME 2            
SWEDEN 58 98,124 81,226 82.78 88,601 73,497 82.95
SWITZERLAND 29 76,001 68,184 89.71 67,307 57,746 85.79
TAIWAN 38            
THAILAND 2,077 501,438 401,150 80.00 506,211 404,969 80.00
THE NETHERLANDS 107 168,537 111,946 66.42 151,815 101,639 66.95
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 4            
UKRAINE 3            
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1            
UNITED KINGDOM 310 *691,831 542,794 *78.46 606,897 472,308 77.82
USA 3,251 3,358,697 *1,884,164 *56.10 2,864,849 1,563,164 54.56
VIETNAM 2            
ZIMBABWE 2