INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS 2018
INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 2018
These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2018 | 2017 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | 1,405 | 1,405,209 | 1,404,737 | 99.97 | 1,400,671 | 1,400,282 | 99.97 |
| HONG KONG | 6 | 47,479 | 43,803 | 92.26 | 45,883 | 42,809 | 93.30 |
| SWITZERLAND | 29 | 66,654 | 54,842 | 86.15 | 66,554 | 57,694 | 86.69 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 20,485 | 17,188 | 83.91 | 20,509 | 17,001 | 82.90 |
| DENMARK | 20 | 55,232 | 46,340 | 83.90 | 53,261 | 44,209 | 83.00 |
| SWEDEN | 58 | 92,185 | 75,669 | 82.08 | 91,972 | 74,744 | 81.27 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 112,920 | 92,061 | 81.52 | 111,443 | 92,578 | 83.07 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 21,094 | 16,990 | 80.54 | 20,874 | 16,808 | 80.52 |
| THAILAND | 2,077 | 473,541 | 378,833 | 80.00 | 468,911 | 375,129 | 80.00 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 299 | 616,014 | 481,308 | 78.13 | 607,172 | 468,702 | 77.19 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 33,225 | *75.00 | 33,532 | *75.00 | |||
| CANADA | 354 | *269,098 | *194,065 | *72.12 | *266,485 | *189,723 | *71.19 |
| PERU | 8 | 1,474 | 997 | 67.64 | 1,723 | 870 | 50.49 |
| GERMANY | 164 | 960,000 | 643,200 | 67.00 | 932,272 | 578,008 | 62.00 |
| ANDORRA | 1 | 250 | 165 | 66.00 | 250 | 165 | 66.00 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 99 | 153,249 | 100,089 | 65.31 | 150,027 | 96,688 | 64.45 |
| HUNGARY | 17 | 133,675 | 85,818 | 64.20 | 131,700 | 84,550 | 64.20 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 4,318 | 2,602 | 60.26 | 4,263 | 2,371 | 55.62 |
| FINLAND | 21 | 54,295 | 29,038 | 53.48 | 53,217 | 28,336 | 53.25 |
| USA | 3,034 | *2,808,666 | *1,491,043 | *53.09 | *2,716,817 | *1,400,625 | *51.55 |
| PORTUGAL | 20 | 7,976 | 3,872 | 48.55 | 6,595 | 3,637 | 55.14 |
| ARGENTINA | 110 | 336,823 | 151,571* | 45.00* | 341,688 | 143,509* | 42.00* |
| NORWAY | 26 | 40,840 | 17,429 | 42.68 | 40,774 | 16,903 | 41.46 |
| SPAIN | 132 | 427,721 | 175,618 | 41.06 | 423,643 | 38.43* | |
| FRANCE | 185 | 610,000 | 232,577 | 38.13 | 603,000 | 221,830 | 36.79 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 2,352 | 802 | 34.10 | 2,240 | 790 | 35.27 |
| EIRE | 7 | 31,116 | 6,583 | 21.16 | 30,484 | 5,978 | 19.61 |
| RUSSIA | 25 | 1,828,910 | 220,000* | 12.03* | 1,824,340 | 180,000* | 9.87* |
| LITHUANIA | 1 | 39,835 | 3,804 | 9.55 | 40,142 | 3,758 | 9.36 |
| MONGOLIA | 2 | 17,864 | 1,364 | 7.64 | 17,357 | 1,414 | 8.15 |
| GHANA | 8 | 76,050 | 5,075 | 6.67 | 70,010 | 5,016 | 7.16 |
| ROMANIA | 4 | 263,463 | 1,314 | 0.50 | 260,886 | 1,177 | 0.45 |
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRIA | 13 | 83,975 | 83,270 | - | - | ||
| AUSTRALIA | 82 | 158,493 | 160,909 | ||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BELGIUM | 17 | 108,666 | 65,221 | 60.02 | |||
| BRAZIL | 43 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | ||||||
| CHINA | 1,745 | ||||||
| COLOMBIA | 18 | 4,599 | |||||
| COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
| CUBA | 9 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 3 | 167 | 167 | ||||
| INDIA | - | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| ITALY | 79 | 649,061 | 155,155 | 23.90 | |||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | |||||||
| MAURITIUS | 126 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 448 | 684 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| POLAND | 52 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| SERBIA | 2 | 16,729 | 3,357 | 20.07 | |||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | ||||||
| SOUTH KOREA | 59 | 285,534 | 241,665 | 84.64 | |||
| SRI LANKA | 45 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| TAIWAN | 38 | 171,242 | 165,692 | 96.76 | |||
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | ||||||
| UKRAINE | 3 | ||||||
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | ||||||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | ||||||
