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These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
Rearrange by % of deaths (2004) 2004 2003 * = provisional Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths ANDORRA 1 ARGENTINA 52 294,051 55,870 19.00 ARUBA 1 AUSTRALIA 74 132,246 (1998)127,202 68,689 54.00 AUSTRIA 10 74,292 17,999 24.23 77,209 18,286 23.68 BAHAMAS 1 BELGIUM 10 101,929 42,019 41.22 107,039 41,592 38.86 BRAZIL 4 (1995)81,000 2,846 3.85 BULGARIA 1 110,110 4,869 4.42 114,869 5,686 4.95 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 COLOMBIA 17 (1995)169,896 48,812 28.73 CONFEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT STATES 15 280,083 127,334 45.46 COSTA RICA 1 CUBA 1 (2001)18,931 89 0.47 CZECH REPUBLIC 27 107,177 84,320 78.67 111,288 85,180 76.54 DENMARK 32 55,993 41,555 74.21 57,869 41,997 72.57 EIRE 3 28,151 1,171 4.12 28,823 1,915 6.64 Rearrange by % of deaths (2004) 2004 2003 * = provisional Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths ESTONIA 2 FINLAND 21 47,600 15,509 32.58 48,996 14,847 30.30 FRANCE 119 509,200 121,591 23.88 550,700 120,037 21.80 GERMANY 134 (1999)844,112 338,469 40.10 GHANA 5 19,250 360 1.87 GREAT BRITAIN 245 588,753 424,835 72.16 615,177 442,538 71.94 GRENADA 1 GUATEMALA 1 HAITI 2 249 221 HONG KONG 12 37,322 31,350 84.00 36,422 30,171 82.84 HUNGARY 12 132,492 48,022 36.25 135,850 50,501 35.17 ICELAND 1 1,823 315 17.28 1,826 274 15.01 INDIA 31 INDONESIA 7 ITALY 40 546,658 43,834 8.02 586,468 42,982 7.33 JAMAICA 2 Rearrange by % of deaths (2004) 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 LATVIA 1 10,101 1,361 13.47 10,114 1,389 13.73 LUXEMBOURG 1 3,578 1,505 42.06 4,053 1,651 40.74 MALAYSIA 7 MAURITIUS 73 MEXICO 70 NAMIBIA 1 317 269 THE NETHERLANDS 60 136,533 70,498 51.63 141,936 71,815 50.60 NEW ZEALAND 31 27,996 17,240 61.58 26,968 16,780 62.18 NORWAY 36 41,635 13,494 32.41 42,778 13,418 31.37 PANAMA 5 PERU 7 910 689 75.71 920 654 71.09 PHILLIPINES 2 POLAND 3 PORTUGAL 4 8,577 2,765 32.34 8,916 2,499 28.03 PUERTO RICO 3 Rearrange by % of deaths (2004) 2004 2003 * = provisional Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths ROMANIA 2 (1999)10,000 1,172 11.72 EL SALVADOR 1 SINGAPORE 4 15,540 12,131 78.06 15,766 12,117 76.86 SLOVAK REPUBLIC 3 SLOVENIA (Republic of) 2 18,523 12,019 64.89 19,451 9,234 47.47 SOUTH AFRICA 34 34,699 *±3.00 37,138 *±3.00 SPAIN 109 371,934 67,746 18.21 *368,400 65,663 *17.82 SRI LANKA 18 SURINAME 2 SWEDEN 68 90,532 65,869 72.76 92,961 67,040 72.12 SWITZERLAND 27 60,180 46,728 77.65 63,070 48,080 76.23 TAIWAN 32 139,770 114,478 81.90 134,755 106,530 79.05 THAILAND 303 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 3 10,167 **480 4.72 (**excludes hindu cremations by pyre) USA 1,867 2,398,343 740,695 30.88 2,423,000 695,637 28.71 VIETNAM 2 ZIMBABWE 2 (2000)11,623 840 7.22 Rearrange by % of deaths (2004) 2004 2003 * = provisional Crematoria Deaths Cremations % of deaths Deaths Cremations % of deaths
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