These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 1999 | 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = approximately | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | *1,558 | 1,031,343 | 1,015,057 | 98.42 | |||
| HONG KONG | 12 | 33,387 | 26,146 | 78.31 | 32,680 | 25,842 | 79.08 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 109,768 | 83,902 | 76.44 | 109,527 | 83,412 | 76.16 |
| PERU | 3 | 485 | 362 | 74.64 | |||
| DENMARK | 32 | 59,204 | 42,299 | 71.45 | 58,490 | 41,660 | 71.23 |
| GREAT BRITAIN | 241 | *630,981 | 444,169 | *70.39 | 633,062 | 439,145 | 69.37 |
| SWITZERLAND | 26 | 62,460 | 42,891 | 68.67 | 62,569 | 41,746 | 66.72 |
| SWEDEN | 70 | 94,726 | 64,817 | 68.43 | 93,271 | 63,273 | 67.84 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 31 | 27,864 | 16,248 | 58.31 | 27,809 | 16,016 | 57.59 |
| AUSTRALIA | 74 | 127,202 | 68,689 | 54.00 | |||
| THE NETHERLANDS | 54 | 140,444 | 67,569 | 48.11 | 137,482 | 66,322 | 48.24 |
| CANADA | 143 | *212,373 | *89,666 | *44.22 | |||
| CHINA | 1,340 | 8,100,000 | 3,363,000 | 41.52 | 8,080,000 | 3,200,00 | 39.60 |
| GERMANY | 113 | 852,382 | 332,914 | 39.10 | |||
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,885 | 6,726 | 35.62 | 19,039 | 6,963 | 36.57 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,793 | 1,337 | 35.25 | 3,901 | 1,259 | 32.27 |
| NORWAY | 40 | 45,139 | 14,182 | 31.42 | 44,257 | 13,620 | 30.77 |
| BELGIUM | 10 | 114,164 | 33,831 | 29.63 | 104,583 | 32,389 | 30.97 |
| HUNGARY | 7 | 143,719 | 42,513 | 29.58 | 141,246 | 37,522 | 26.57 |
| USA | 1,468 | 2,345,702 | 595,617 | 25.39 | 2,330,403 | 553,364 | 23.75 |
| FINLAND | 20 | 49,345 | 12,466 | 25.26 | 49,262 | 11,834 | 24.02 |
| AUSTRIA | 11 | 78,200 | 16,155 | 20.66 | 78,339 | 14,139 | 18.05 |
| FRANCE | 78 | 543,815 | 87,010 | 16.00 | 540,497 | 80,534 | 14.90 |
| PORTUGAL | 2 | 9,573 | 1,385 | 14.46 | 9,436 | 1,041 | 11.03 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 1,901 | 251 | 13.20 | 1,821 | 232 | 12.74 |
| SPAIN | 61 | 333,000 | 43,048 | 13.04 | 330,000 | 35,995 | 10.91 |
| ROMANIA | 2 | 10,000 | 1,172 | 11.72 | 10,000 | 1,137 | 11.37 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 30 | *320,000 | 29,799 | *9.00 | *320,000 | 29,291 | *9.00 |
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | 11,414 | 772 | 6.76 | 10,786 | 717 | 6.65 |
| EIRE | 1 | 31,893 | 1,634 | 5.12 | 32,000 | 1,460 | 4.56 |
| ITALY | 33 | 576,911 | 23,613 | 4.09 | |||
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 2 | 9,000 | *367 | 4.08 | 9,000 | *261 | 2.90 |
| GHANA | 4 | 12,000 | 250 | 2.08 | |||
| ARGENTINA | 21 | ||||||
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 2 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | ||||||
| COLOMBIA | 17 | ||||||
| CONFEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT STATES |
8 | ||||||
| COSTA RICA | 1 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 1 | 249 | 239 | ||||
| INDIA | 31 | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | - | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 222 | 190 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| POLAND | 3 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SINGAPORE | 3 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 13 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| THAILAND | 303 | ||||||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
