These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange by % deaths (2003) | 2003 | 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| ANDORRA | 1 | ||||||
| ARGENTINA | 52 | *250,000 | *34,320 | *13.73 | |||
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 74 | 132,785 | 134,161 | ||||
| AUSTRIA | 10 | 77,209 | 18,286 | 23.68 | 75,387 | 17,059 | 22.63 |
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BELGIUM | 10 | 107,039 | 41,592 | 38.86 | 106,427 | 39,659 | 37.26 |
| BRAZIL | 4 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | 114,869 | 5,686 | 4.95 | 112,617 | 5,254 | 4.67 |
| CANADA | 155 | *227,630 | *107,673 | *47.30 | |||
| CHINA | 1,515 | 8,252,000 | 4,349,000 | 52.70 | 8,205,000 | 4,152,000 | 50.60 |
| COLOMBIA | 17 | ||||||
| CONFEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT STATES |
14 | ||||||
| COSTA RICA | 1 | ||||||
| CUBA | 1 | ||||||
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 111,288 | 85,180 | 76.54 | 108,243 | 83,406 | 77.05 |
| DENMARK | 32 | 57,869 | 41,997 | 72.57 | 58,787 | 42,539 | 72.36 |
| EIRE | 3 | 28,823 | *1,954 | *6.78 | 29,348 | *1,880 | *6.41 |
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| FINLAND | 21 | 48,996 | 14,847 | 30.30 | 49,418 | 14,354 | 29.05 |
| FRANCE | 111 | 550,700 | 120,037 | 21.80 | 539,600 | 109,950 | 20.38 |
| GERMANY | 126 | ||||||
| GHANA | 5 | 19,250 | 360 | 1.87 | |||
| GREAT BRITAIN | 245 | *612,086 | 442,538 | *72.30 | 609,943 | 437,124 | 71.67 |
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 2 | 221 | 196 | ||||
| HONG KONG | 12 | 36,422 | 30,171 | 82.84 | 34,316 | 28,436 | 82.87 |
| HUNGARY | 11 | 135,850 | 50,501 | 37.17 | 132,695 | 47,199 | 35.57 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 1,826 | 274 | 15.01 | 1,819 | 270 | 14.84 |
| INDIA | 31 | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| ITALY | 37 | 573,000 | 42,909 | 7.49 | 557,400 | 38,691 | 6.94 |
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| JAPAN | *1,600 | 1,068,284 | 1,064,634 | 99.66 | 1,072,977 | 1,068,809 | 99.61 |
| LATVIA | 1 | 10,114 | 1,389 | 13.73 | 10,044 | 1,293 | 12.87 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 4,053 | 1,651 | 40.74 | 3,744 | 1,459 | 38.97 |
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 73 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 269 | 226 | ||||
| THE NETHERLANDS | 59 | 141,082 | 71,815 | 50.90 | 142,355 | 70,951 | 49.84 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 31 | 26,984 | 16,780 | 62.18 | 27,844 | 16,811 | 60.38 |
| NORWAY | 36 | 42,778 | 13,511 | 31.59 | 44,711 | 14,224 | 31.81 |
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PERU | 7 | 920 | 654 | 71.09 | 695 | 501 | 72.09 |
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| POLAND | 3 | ||||||
| PORTUGAL | 4 | 8,916 | 2,499 | 28.03 | 8,659 | 2,007 | 23.18 |
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| ROMANIA | 2 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 15,766 | 12,117 | 76.86 | 15,524 | 11,892 | 76.60 |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 19,451 | 9,234 | 47.47 | 18,701 | 8,969 | 47.96 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 34 | 36,924 | *±6.00 | 34,901 | *±6.00 | ||
| SPAIN | 109 | *368,400 | 65,663 | *17.82 | 366,538 | 59,993 | 16.37 |
| SRI LANKA | 18 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| SWEDEN | 69 | 92,961 | 67,040 | 72.12 | 95,009 | 66,503 | 70.00 |
| SWITZERLAND | 27 | 63,070 | 48,080 | 76.23 | 61,768 | 46,419 | 75.15 |
| THAILAND | 303 | ||||||
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 3 | 10,167 | *480 | 4.72 | 9,754 | *439 | 4.50 |
| USA | 1,877 | *2,423,000 | *693,742 | *28.63 | 2,438,000 | 678,092 | 27.81 |
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | ||||||
