These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
Rearrange by % deaths (2014) | 2014 | 2013 | |||||
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* = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
ANDORRA | 1 | 255 | 105 | 41.18 | 270 | 96 | 35.56 |
ARGENTINA | 95 | ||||||
ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
AUSTRALIA | 79 | ||||||
AUSTRIA | 11 | 78,252 | 31,471 | 40.21 | 79,526 | 30,591 | 38.47 |
BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
BELGIUM | 17 | *109,034 | 58,890 | *54.01 | |||
BRAZIL | 43 | ||||||
BULGARIA | 1 | ||||||
CANADA | - | 256,089 | 171,195 | 66.85 | 248,778 | 165,564 | 66.55 |
CHINA | 1,745 | ||||||
COLOMBIA | 17 | 54,968 | 17,399 | 31.65 | |||
COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
CUBA | 5 | 42,794 | 5,337 | 12.47 | |||
CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 105,665 | 84,388 | 79.86 | 109,160 | 85,800 | 78.60 |
DENMARK | 20 | 51,340 | 41,532 | 80.90 | 52,471 | 42,349 | 80.71 |
EIRE | 4 | 29,095 | 4,474 | 15.38 | 30,018 | 4,041 | 13.46 |
ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
FINLAND | 23 | 51,595 | 24,822 | 48.11 | 54,472 | 23,702 | 46.05 |
FRANCE | 172 | 559,293 | 193,178 | 34.54 | 561,000 | 191,503 | 34.14 |
GERMANY | 158 | 863,000 | 474,650 | 55.00 | 860,000 | 468,700 | 54.50 |
GHANA | 8 | 71,000 | 4,950 | 6.97 | 70,100 | 4,050 | 5.78 |
GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
HAITI | 2 | 164 | 198 | ||||
HONG KONG | 6 | 45,710 | 41,244 | 90.23 | 43,399 | 38,914 | 89,67 |
HUNGARY | 12 | ||||||
ICELAND | 1 | 2,057 | 568 | 27.61 | 2,215 | 606 | 27.36 |
INDIA | - | ||||||
INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
ITALY | 70 | 598,364 | 117,956 | 19.71 | 600,744 | 110,710 | 18.43 |
JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
JAPAN | 1,506 | 1,340,117 | 1,339,714 | 99.97 | 1,325,144 | 1,324,766 | 99.97 |
LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
LITHUANIA | 1 | 40,252 | 2,770 | 6.88 | 41,511 | 2,118 | 5.10 |
LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,841 | 2,404 | 62,59 | 3,822 | 2,276 | 59.55 |
MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
MAURITIUS | 94 | ||||||
MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
MONGOLIA | 2 | 16,521 | 2,546 | 15.41 | 17,247 | 2,620 | 15.19 |
NAMIBIA | 1 | 524 | 523 | ||||
THE NETHERLANDS | 80 | 139,073 | 85,493 | 61.47 | 141,245 | 86,018 | 60.90 |
NEW ZEALAND | - | 31,063 | - | *72.00 | 29,568 | - | *72.00 |
NORWAY | 24 | 40,394 | 15,641 | 38.72 | 41,327 | 15,725 | 38.05 |
PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
PERU | 8 | 1,108 | 736 | 66.43 | 1,398 | 814 | 58.23 |
PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
POLAND | 38 | 372,000 | *21.00 | 387,300 | *16.00 | ||
PORTUGAL | 18 | 6,530 | 3,305 | 50.61 | 7,445 | 3,994 | 53.65 |
PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
ROMANIA | 4 | 252,806 | 819 | 0.32 | 246,640 | 839 | 0.34 |
RUSSIA | 16 | ||||||
EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
SERBIA | 2 | 16,078 | 3,054 | 18.99 | 15,300 | 3,061 | 20.01 |
SINGAPORE | 4 | 19,393 | 15,370 | 79.26 | 18,938 | 15,160 | 80.05 |
SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,886 | 15,671 | 82.98 | 19,334 | 15,944 | 82.47 |
SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | ||||||
SOUTH KOREA | 55 | 267,692 | 212,083 | 79.23 | 266,257 | 204,750 | 76.90 |
SPAIN | 132 | 16,336 | 7,598 | 46.51 | 16,058 | 7,194 | 44.80 |
SRI LANKA | 45 | ||||||
SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
SWEDEN | 59 | 88,976 | 71,280 | 80.11 | 90,402 | 72,310 | 79.99 |
SWITZERLAND | 28 | 63,594 | 55,616 | 87.45 | 64,800 | 53,205 | 82.11 |
TAIWAN | 37 | 163,929 | 152,171 | 92.83 | 155,908 | 144,162 | 92.47 |
THAILAND | 2,077 | 448,601 | 358,881 | 80.00 | 438,648 | 350,918 | 80.00 |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | 10,379 | 998 | 9.62 | 11,182 | 925 | 8.27 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | 1,684 | 21 | 1.25 | |||
UNITED KINGDOM | 273 | *574,093 | 429,254 | *74.77 | 580,086 | 436,280 | 75.21 |
USA | 2,806 | *2,599,012 | *1,214,146 | *46.72 | 2,592,902 | 1,171,381 | 45.18 |
UKRAINE | 3 | ||||||
VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
ZIMBABWE | 2 | 4,931 | 125 | 2.53 | 5,071 | 107 | 2.11 |