These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange by % deaths (2009) | 2009 | 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| ANDORRA | 1 | 275 | 94 | 34.18 | 223 | 62 | 27.80 |
| ARGENTINA | 95 | *341,297 | *84,541 | *24.77 | *325,045 | *78,279 | *24.08 |
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 77 | 104,000 | 72,000 | 69.23 | 137,000 | 89,300 | 65.18 |
| AUSTRIA | 11 | 77,381 | 23,112 | 29.87 | 75,083 | 21,842 | 29.09 |
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BELGIUM | 12 | 104,509 | 49,201 | 47.08 | 104,587 | 48,471 | 46.35 |
| BRAZIL | 32 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | ||||||
| CANADA | - | *186,830 | *108,687 | *58.17 | 240,998 | *157,364 | *65.30 |
| CHINA | 1,729 | 9,430,000 | 4,542,000 | 48.17 | 9,348,453 | 4,534,000 | 48.50 |
| COLOMBIA | 52 | ||||||
| COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
| CUBA | 1 | 20,664 | 2,190 | 10.60 | 20,590 | 1,867 | 9.07 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 107,421 | 86,583 | 80.60 | 104,948 | 84,719 | 80.72 |
| DENMARK | 32 | 54,872 | 42,408 | 77.29 | 54,591 | 41,788 | 76.55 |
| EIRE | 4 | 28,898 | 2,906 | 10.06 | 28,192 | 2,689 | 9.53 |
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| FINLAND | 22 | 49,600 | 19,561 | 39.44 | 49,090 | 18,199 | 37.10 |
| FRANCE | 141 | 548,000 | 158,000 | 28.83 | 534,000 | 152,144 | 28.49 |
| GERMANY | 150 | ||||||
| GHANA | 6 | 40,000 | 1.200 | 3.00 | |||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 2 | 269 | 242 | ||||
| HONG KONG | 6 | 41,034 | 36,486 | 88.92 | 41,530 | 36,410 | 87.67 |
| HUNGARY | 12 | ||||||
| ICELAND | 1 | 2,002 | 412 | 20.58 | 1,986 | 397 | 19.99 |
| INDIA | - | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| ITALY | 57 | 591,663 | 71,898 | 12.15 | 585,126 | 64,055 | 10.95 |
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| JAPAN | 1,547 | 1,187,395 | 1,186,607 | 99.93 | 1,169,514 | 1,167,729 | 99.85 |
| LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,655 | 1,867 | 51.08 | 3,595 | 1,737 | 48.32 |
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | |||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| MONGOLIA | 2 | 5,661 | 2,735 | 48.31 | 5,785 | 1,785 | 30.86 |
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 399 | 374 | ||||
| THE NETHERLANDS | 68 | 134,235 | 76,191 | 56.76 | 135,136 | 75,302 | 55.72 |
| NEW ZEALAND | - | *72.00 | 28,960 | *70.00 | |||
| NORWAY | 28 | 41,449 | 14,815 | 35.74 | 41,712 | 14,451 | 34.64 |
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PERU | 8 | 915 | 555 | 60.66 | 843 | 496 | 58.84 |
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| POLAND | 12 | 387,000 | 8.00 | 379,000 | 25,402 | 6.70 | |
| PORTUGAL | 4 | 9,113 | 4,551 | 49.94 | 8,599 | 4,108 | 47.77 |
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| ROMANIA | 1 | 257,213 | 781 | 0.30 | 11,000 | 1,100 | 10.09 |
| RUSSIA | 15 | 227,672 | 105,384 | 46.29 | 235,392 | 112,257 | 47.69 |
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SERBIA | 2 | 11,543 | 2,205; | 19.10 | 14,889 | 2,602 | 17.48 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 17,101 | 13,146 | 76.87 | 17,222 | 13,237 | 76.86 |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,750 | 14,348 | 74.93 | 18,308 | 13,719 | 74.93 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | ||||||
| SOUTH KOREA | 49 | 246,942 | 160,433 | 64.97 | 246,113 | 152,420 | 61.93 |
| SPAIN | 132 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 37 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| SWEDEN | 66 | 90,080 | 69,554 | 77.21 | 91,449 | 68,966 | 75.41 |
| SWITZERLAND | 28 | 62,476 | 52,402 | 88.88 | 62,000 | 51,116 | 82.45 |
| TAIWAN | 35 | 141,097 | 127,941 | 90.68 | 143,624 | 128,643 | 89.57 |
| THAILAND | 2,077 | 398,130 | 318,504 | 80.00 | 481,981 | 385,548 | 80.00 |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | 10,119 | 891 | 8.81 | 10,077 | 920 | 9.13 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 256 | 563,741 | 413,870 | 73.41 | 583,754 | 422,853 | 72.44 |
| USA | 2,113 | 2,473,018 | 930,429 | 40.62 | 2,455,195 | 884,355 | 36.02 |
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | ||||||
