The Cremation Society of Great Britain

INTERNATIONAL CREMATION STATISTICS 2004

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

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Rearrange alphabetically 2004 2003
* = provisional Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths
JAPAN *1,500 1,102,769 1,100,016 99.75 1,068,284 1,064,634 99.66
HONG KONG 12 37,322 31,350 84.00 36,422 30,171 82.84
TAIWAN 32 134,755 106,530 79.05      
CZECH REPUBLIC 27 107,177 84,320 78.67 111,288 85,180 76.54
SINGAPORE 4 15,540 12,131 78.06 15,766 12,117 76.86
SWITZERLAND 27 60,180 46,728 77.65 63,070 48,080 76.23
PERU 7 910 689 75.71 920 654 71.09
DENMARK 32 55,993 41,555 74.21 57,869 41,997 72.57
SWEDEN 68 90,532 65,869 72.76 92,961 67,040 72.12
GREAT BRITAIN 245 588,753 424,835 72.16 615,177 442,538 71.94
SLOVENIA 2 18,523 12,019 64.89 19,451 9,234 47.47
NEW ZEALAND 31 27,996 17,240 61.58 26,968 16,780 62.18
CANADA 155 215,742 *120,714 *55.95 224,702    
CHINA 1,549 8,132,000 4,368,000 53.71 8,252,000 4,349,000 52.70
THE NETHERLANDS 60 136,553 70,498 51.63 141,936 71,815 50.60
CONFEDERATION OF
INDEPENDENT STATES		 15 280,083 127,334 45.46      
LUXEMBOURG 1 3,578 1,505 42.06 4,053 1,651 40.74
BELGIUM 10 101,929 42,019 41.22 107,039 41,592 38.86
HUNGARY 12 132,492 48,022 36.25 135,850 50,501 35.17
FINLAND 21 47,600 15,509 32.58 48,996 14,847 30.30
NORWAY 35 41,635 13,494 32.41 42,778 13,418 31.37
PORTUGAL 4 8,577 2,765 32.34 8,916 2,499 28.03
USA 1,867 2,398,343 740,695 30.88 2,423,000 695,637 28.71
AUSTRIA 10 74,292 17,999 24.23 77,209 18,286 23.68
FRANCE 119 509,200 121,591 23.88 550,700 120,037 21.80
ARGENTINA 52 294,051 55,870 19.00      
SPAIN 109 371,934 67,746 18.21 *368,400 65,663 *17.82
ICELAND 1 1,823 315 17.28 1,826 274 15.01
LATVIA 1 10,101 1,361 13.47 10,114 1,389 13.73
ITALY 40 546,658 43,834 8.02 586,468 42,982 7.33
BULGARIA 1 110,110 4,869 4.42 114,869 5,686 4.95
EIRE 3 28,151 1,171 4.12 28,823 1,915 6.64
SOUTH AFRICA 34   34,699 *±3.00   37,138 *±3.00
ANDORRA 1            
ARUBA 1            
AUSTRALIA 74 132,246     132,785    
BAHAMAS 1            
BRAZIL 4            
COLOMBIA 17            
COSTA RICA 1            
CUBA 1            
ESTONIA 2            
GERMANY 134            
GHANA 5            
GRENADA 1            
GUATEMALA 1            
HAITI 2   249     221  
INDIA 31            
INDONESIA 7            
JAMAICA 2            
MALAYSIA 7            
MAURITIUS 73            
MEXICO 70            
NAMIBIA 1   317     269  
PANAMA 5            
PHILLIPINES 2            
POLAND 3            
PUERTO RICO 3            
ROMANIA 2            
EL SALVADOR 1            
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3            
SRI LANKA 18            
SURINAME 2            
THAILAND 303            
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 3       10,167 *480 4.72
VIETNAM 2            
ZIMBABWE 2            
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