In 2018, over five million bodies were cremated in China. There were around 1.7 thousand funeral homes and 6.4 thousand crematories in the country. The death rate remained around 7.1 percent and the cremation rate exceeded 50 percent that year.
Number of bodies cremated in China from 2014 to 2018
(in 1,000s)
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Ministry of Civil Affairs (China). (August 15, 2019). Number of bodies cremated in China from 2014 to 2018 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 27, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1071362/china-cremation-number/
Ministry of Civil Affairs (China). "Number of bodies cremated in China from 2014 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Chart. August 15, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 27, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1071362/china-cremation-number/
Ministry of Civil Affairs (China). (2019). Number of bodies cremated in China from 2014 to 2018 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 27, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1071362/china-cremation-number/
Ministry of Civil Affairs (China). "Number of Bodies Cremated in China from 2014 to 2018 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1071362/china-cremation-number/
Ministry of Civil Affairs (China), Number of bodies cremated in China from 2014 to 2018 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1071362/china-cremation-number/ (last visited February 27, 2020)
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