These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
Rearrange by % deaths (2007) | 2007 | 2006 | |||||
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* = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
ANDORRA | 1 | ||||||
ARGENTINA | 68 | *337,308 | *77,581 | *23.00 | *293,312 | *64,529 | *22.00 |
ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
AUSTRALIA | 75 | 136,326 | 133,871 | ||||
AUSTRIA | 10 | 74,295 | 19,639 | 26.43 | |||
BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
BELGIUM | 11 | 100,658 | 45,663 | 45.36 | 101,615 | 44,339 | 43.63 |
BRAZIL | 23 | ||||||
BULGARIA | 1 | 113,000 | 5,746 | 5.08 | 113,438 | 5,423 | 4.78 |
CANADA | 254 | 417,920 | 576,211 | 416,881 | 72.35 | ||
CHINA | 1,549 | 9,134,298 | 4,421,000 | 48.40 | 8,925,311 | 4,302,000 | 48.20 |
COLOMBIA | 52 | 178,418 | 45,872 | 25.71 | 192,814 | 45,209 | 23.45 |
COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
CUBA | 1 | ||||||
CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 104,636 | 83,572 | 79.87 | 104,441 | 83,390 | 79.84 |
DENMARK | 32 | 55,604 | 41,766 | 75.11 | 55,477 | 41,233 | 74.32 |
EIRE | 4 | 28,050 | 2,518 | 8.98 | 27,479 | 2,235 | 8.13 |
ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
FINLAND | 21 | 49,080 | 17,796 | 36.26 | 48,065 | 16,455 | 34.23 |
FRANCE | 135 | 519,100 | 141,862 | 27.33 | 517,000 | 135,754 | 26.26 |
GERMANY | 141 | ||||||
GHANA | 5 | 22,000 | 500 | 2.27 | 20,150 | 432 | 2.14 |
GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
HAITI | 2 | 241 | 228 | ||||
HONG KONG | 12 | 39,476 | 34,443 | 87.25 | 37,415 | 32,226 | 86.13 |
HUNGARY | 12 | ||||||
ICELAND | 1 | 1,942 | 346 | 17.82 | 1,901 | 350 | 18.41 |
INDIA | 31 | ||||||
INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
ITALY | 49 | 570,601 | 58,554 | 10.30 | 557,892 | 53,788 | 9.64 |
JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
JAPAN | *1,565 | 1,196,006 | 1,193,697 | 99.81 | 1,124,811 | 1,121,802 | 99.73 |
LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,866 | 1,811 | 46.84 | 3,766 | 1,732 | 45.99 |
MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
MAURITIUS | 97 | ||||||
MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
MONGOLIA | 2 | 6,056 | 1,393 | 23.00 | 6,113 | 1,582 | 25.88 |
NAMIBIA | 1 | 336 | 320 | ||||
THE NETHERLANDS | 66 | 132,948 | 72,418 | 54.47 | 135,372 | 72,666 | 53.68 |
NEW ZEALAND | 31 | 26,986 | 17,899 | 66.33 | |||
NORWAY | 28 | 41,954 | 14,390 | 34.30 | 41,253 | 14,267 | 34.58 |
PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
PERU | 8 | 884 | 483 | 54.64 | 780 | 487 | 62.44 |
PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
POLAND | 10 | 19,471 | 7.00 | ||||
PORTUGAL | 4 | 9,180 | 4,210 | 45.90 | 8,791 | 3,570 | 40.61 |
PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
ROMANIA | 2 | ||||||
RUSSIA | 15 | 243,246 | 113,110 | 46.50 | |||
EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
SERBIA | 2 | 15,320 | 2,566 | 16.70 | 15,199 | 2,527 | 16.60 |
SINGAPORE | 4 | 17,052 | 13,116 | 76.91 | 16,393 | 12,572 | 76.69 |
SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,584 | 13,136 | 70.68 | 18,180 | 12,466 | 68.57 |
SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | ||||||
SOUTH KOREA | 48 | 244,874 | 144,255 | 58.91 | 242,268 | 136,854 | 56.49 |
SPAIN | 132 | *380,000 | 77,900 | *20.50 | |||
SRI LANKA | 32 | ||||||
SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
SWEDEN | 66 | 91,729 | 67,904 | 74.03 | 91,177 | 66,767 | 73.23 |
SWITZERLAND | 27 | 60,300 | 49,413 | 81.95 | 70,500 | 48,083 | 68.20 |
TAIWAN | 34 | 139,310 | 122,795 | 88.15 | 136,371 | 117,044 | 85.83 |
THAILAND | 2,077 | 398,438 | 318,750 | 80.00 | 392,044 | 313,635 | 80.00 |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | 10,033 | 885 | 8.82 | 9,994 | 847 | 8.48 |
UNITED KINGDOM | 253 | 417,920 | 576,211 | 416,881 | 72.35 | ||
USA | 2,113 | 2,414,534 | 842,467 | 34.89 | 2,425,900 | 815,369 | 33.61 |
VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
ZIMBABWE | 2 |