International Statistics 2006

 

International Statistics 2006


INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 2006

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

Rearrange by % deaths (2006) 2006 2005
* = provisional Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths
ANDORRA 1            
ARGENTINA 68 *293,312 *64,529 *22.00 *292,573 *58,515 *20.00
ARUBA 1            
AUSTRALIA 75 133,871     131,124    
AUSTRIA 10 74,295 19,639 26.43 75,189 18,847 25.07
BAHAMAS 1            
BELGIUM 10 101,615 44,339 43.63 102,963 43,482 42.23
BRAZIL 4            
BULGARIA 1 113,438 5,423 4.78 113,374 5,362 4.73
CANADA 249 576,211 416,881 72.35 234,645    
CHINA 1,549 8,925,311 4,302,000 48.20 8,494,000 4,502,000 53.00
COLOMBIA 52 192,814 45,209 23.45      
COSTA RICA 2            
CUBA 1            
CZECH REPUBLIC 27 104,441 83,390 79.84 107,938 84,660 78.43
DENMARK 32 55,477 41,233 74.32 55,214 40,758 73.82
EIRE 4 27,479 2,235 8.13 27,441 *1,164 *4.24
ESTONIA 2            
FINLAND 21 48,065 16,455 34.23 47,928 16,108 33.61
FRANCE 125 517,000 135,754 26.26 522,600 130,363 24.95
GERMANY 140            
GHANA 5 20,150 432 2.14      
GRENADA 1            
GUATEMALA 1            
HAITI 2   228     274  
HONG KONG 12 37,415 32,226 86.13 38,683 33,306 86.10
HUNGARY 12            
ICELAND 1 1,901 350 18.41 1,837 351 19.11
INDIA 31            
INDONESIA 7            
ITALY 45 557,892 53,788 9.64 567,304 48,196 8.50
JAMAICA 2            
JAPAN *1,500 1,124,811 1,121,802 99.73 1,114,167 1,112,178 99.82
LATVIA 1       10,342 1,529 14.78
LUXEMBOURG 1 3,766 1,732 45.99 3,621 1,608 44.41
MALAYSIA 7            
MAURITIUS 97            
MEXICO 70            
MONGOLIA 1 6,113 1,582 25.88      
NAMIBIA 1   320     263  
THE NETHERLANDS 65 135,372 72,666 53.68 136,402 70,766 51.88
NEW ZEALAND 31 26,986 17,899 66.33 27,998 17,866 66.18
NORWAY 35 41,253 14,267 34.58 41,232 14,024 34.01
PANAMA 5            
PERU 8 780 487 62.44 729 412 56.52
PHILLIPINES 2            
POLAND 10   19,472 7.00 368,300 16,283 4.42
PORTUGAL 4 8,791 3,570 40.61 8,782 3,224 36.71
PUERTO RICO 3            
ROMANIA 2         823  
RUSSIA 15 243,246 113,110 46.50      
EL SALVADOR 1            
SERBIA 2 15,199 2,527 16.60      
SINGAPORE 4 16,393 12,572 76.69 16,393 12,296 75.01
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3            
SLOVENIA 2 18,180 12,466 68.57 18,825 12,696 67.44
SOUTH AFRICA 33            
SOUTH KOREA 46 242,268 136,854 56.49 243,886 128,251 52.59
SPAIN 132 *380,000 77,900 *20.50 387,019 74,819 19.33
SRI LANKA 32            
SURINAME 2            
SWEDEN 68 91,177 66,767 73.23 91,710 67,709 73.83
SWITZERLAND 27 70,500 48,083 68.20 *70,000 48,169 *68.81
TAIWAN 34 136,371 117,044 85.83 139,770 114,478 81.90
THAILAND 2,077 392,044 313,635 80.00      
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 4 9,994 847 8.48   703  
UNITED KINGDOM 250 576,211 416,881 72.35 586,829 424,684 72.37
USA 2,000 2,425,900 815,369 33.61 *2,432,000 784,247 *32.28
VIETNAM 2            
ZIMBABWE 2