INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS 2023
INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 2023
These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2023 | 2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| SOUTH KOREA | 60 | 352,906 | 326,183 | 92.43 | 372,939 | 342,128 | 91.74 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 21,540 | 18,672 | 86.69 | 22,492 | 19,227 | 85.48 |
| DENMARK | 20 | 58,384 | 50,493 | 86.48 | 59,246 | 51,435 | 86.82 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 28 | 112,795 | 96,593 | 85.64 | 120,207 | 103,722 | 86.29 |
| SWEDEN | 58 | 94,385 | 79,936 | 84.69 | 94,737 | 78,518 | 82.88 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 26,888 | 21,821 | 81.16 | 26,829 | 21,793 | 81.23 |
| THAILAND | 25,500 | 565,992 | 452,794 | 80.00 | 595,965 | 476,772 | 80.00 |
| BRITISH ISLANDS | 334 | 663,107 | 535,750 | 80.79 | 659,718 | 526,632 | 79.83 |
| GERMANY | 164 | 1,020,000 | 775,200 | 76.00 | 1,060,000 | 779,100 | 73.50 |
| CANADA | 344 | 326,092 | 245,596 | 75.31 | 334,506 | 248,805 | 74.38 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 108 | 169,320 | 115,757 | 68.37 | 169,937 | 114,075 | 67.13 |
| BELGIUM | 21 | 111,329 | 75,679 | 67.98 | 116,564 | 76,244 | 65.41 |
| FINLAND | 25 | 61,106 | 39,076 | 63.95 | 62,886 | 39,235 | 62.39 |
| USA | 3,443 | 3,126,989 | 1,895,857 | 60.63 | 3,306,612 | 1,949,972 | 58.97 |
| PORTUGAL | 20 | 5,926 | 3,553 | 59.96 | 6,456 | 3,814 | 59.07 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 2,237 | 1,173 | 52.44 | 2,676 | 1,107 | 41.37 |
| NORWAY | 25 | 43,803 | 21,582 | 49.27 | 45,774 | 21,911 | 47.87 |
| PERU | 8 | 554 | 240 | 43.32 | 596 | 302 | 50.67 |
| ITALY | 91 | 660,600 | 252,075 | 38.16 | 713,499 | 259,915 | 36.43 |
| EIRE | 7 | 35,459 | 10,017 | 28.25 | 35,477 | 9,493 | 26.76 |
| LITHUANIA | 4 | 35,706 | 7,167 | 20.07 | 42,884 | 8,287 | 19.32 |
| MONGOLIA | 2 | 17,533 | 1,674 | 9.55 | 17,981 | 1,609 | 8.95 |
| BULGARIA | 3 | 100,140 | 6,644 | 6.63 | 116,432 | 7,554 | 6.49 |
| GREECE | 1 | 127,581 | 5,877 | 4.61 | 143,227 | 4,905 | 3.42 |
| ANDORRA | 1 | - | - | - | 394 | 282 | 71.57 |
| ARGENTINA | 205 | - | - | - | 397,115 | 196,572 | 49.50 |
| ARUBA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AUSTRALIA | 101 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AUSTRIA | 17 | 93,332 | - | - | 91,962 | - | - |
| BAHAMAS | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| BRAZIL | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CHINA | 1,745 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| COLOMBIA | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
| CUBA | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ESTONIA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FRANCE | 221 | - | - | - | 667,000 | 286,132 | 42.90 |
| GHANA | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GRENADA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GUATEMALA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| HAITI | 3 | - | 296 | - | - | 232 | - |
| HUNGARY | 17 | - | - | - | 135,700 | 99,794 | 73.54 |
| INDIA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| INDONESIA | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JAMAICA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| JAPAN | 1,368 | - | - | - | 1,628,048 | 1,627,558 | 99.97 |
| LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 4,431 | - | - | 4,413 | 3,120 | 70.70 |
| 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| MAURITIUS | 126 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MEXICO | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NAMIBIA | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NEW ZEALAND | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PANAMA | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| POLAND | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ROMANIA | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RUSSIA | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SERBIA | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SPAIN | 132 | - | - | - | 463,133 | 208,372 | 44.99 |
| SRI LANKA | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SURINAME | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TAIWAN | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UKRAINE | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| VIETNAM | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
