International Statistics 2010

 

International Statistics 2010


INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 2010

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

Rearrange by % deaths (2010) 2010 2009
* = provisional Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths
ANDORRA 1 246 94 38.21 275 94 34.18
ARGENTINA 95 *364,670 *92,656 *25.41 *341,297 *84,541 *24.77
ARUBA 1            
AUSTRALIA 77       104,000 72,000 69.23
AUSTRIA 11 77,199 25,556 33.10 77,381 23,112 29.87
BAHAMAS 1            
BELGIUM 12 *104,500 50,748 *48.56 104,509 49,201 47.08
BRAZIL 32            
BULGARIA 1            
CANADA - 186,830 *108,687 *58.17 *185,495 *106,514 *57.42
CHINA 1,724 9,675,510 4,741,000 49.00 9,430,000 4,542,000 48.17
COLOMBIA 16 200,524 62,162 31.00      
COSTA RICA 2            
CUBA 1 21,598 3,196 14.80 20,660 2,190 10.60
CZECH REPUBLIC 27 106,844 86,411 80.87 107,421 86,583 80.60
DENMARK 32 54,368 42,050 77.34 54,872 42,408 77.29
EIRE 4 27,565 3,090 11.21 28,898 2,906 10.06
ESTONIA 2            
FINLAND 22 50,800 21,068 41.47 49,600 19,561 39.44
FRANCE 151 545,000 164,000 30.09 548,000 158,000 28.83
GERMANY 152            
GHANA 6 52,000 2,200 4.23 40,000 1,200 3.00
GRENADA 1            
GUATEMALA 1            
HAITI 2         269  
HONG KONG 6 42,705 38,006 89.00 41,034 36,486 88.92
HUNGARY 12            
ICELAND 1 2,017 453 22.46 2,002 412 20.58
INDIA -            
INDONESIA 7            
ITALY 58 587,448 76,868 13.09 591,663 71,898 12.15
JAMAICA 2            
JAPAN 1,545 1,246,530 1,245,798 99.94 1,187,395 1,186,607 99.93
LATVIA 1            
LUXEMBOURG 1       3,655 1,867 51.08
MALAYSIA 7            
MAURITIUS 97            
MEXICO 70            
MONGOLIA 2 4,832 888 18.38 5,661 2,735 48.31
NAMIBIA 1   380     399  
THE NETHERLANDS 69 136,058 77,465 56.94 134,235 76,191 56.76
NEW ZEALAND - 28,440 - *72.00 28,960 - *72.00
NORWAY 24 41,500 14,664 35.33 41,449 14,815 35.74
PANAMA 5            
PERU 8 1,002 635 63.37 915 555 60.66
PHILLIPINES 2            
POLAND 13 380,000 20,658 9.00 387,000 - 8.00
PORTUGAL 4 8,907 4,761 53.45 9,113 4,551 49.94
PUERTO RICO 3            
ROMANIA 1 259,723 853 0.33 257,213 781 0.30
RUSSIA 15 291,612 108,577 37.23 227,672 105,384 46.29
EL SALVADOR 1            
SERBIA 2 12,882 2,890 22.43 11,543 2,205 19.10
SINGAPORE 4 17,610 13,704 77.82 17,101 13,146 76.87
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3            
SLOVENIA 2 18,609 14,569 78.29 18,750 14,348 74.93
SOUTH AFRICA 33            
SOUTH KOREA 51 255,403 172,276 67.45 246,942 160,433 64.97
SPAIN 132            
SRI LANKA 45            
SURINAME 2            
SWEDEN 66 90,787 69,777 76.86 90,080 69,554 77.21
SWITZERLAND 28 62,476 52,813 84.53 62,476 52,402 83.88
TAIWAN 34 145,772 131,249 90.04 141,097 127,941 90.68
THAILAND 2,077       398,130 318,504 80.00
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 4 9,356 964 10.30 10,119 891 8.81
UNITED KINGDOM 260 565,776 413,780 73.13 563,741 413,870 73.41
USA 2,113 2,458,022 998,547 40.62 2,438,840 930,429 38.15
VIETNAM 2            
ZIMBABWE 2   123     113