These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2000 | 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = approximately | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | *1,600 | 1,005,211 | 999,255 | 99.41 | 1,025,031 | 1,017,917 | 99.31 |
| HONG KONG | 12 | 33,993 | 27,113 | 79.76 | 33,387 | 26,146 | 78.31 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 109,001 | 82,772 | 75.94 | 109,768 | 83,902 | 76.44 |
| SWITZERLAND | 26 | 62,528 | 45,104 | 72.13 | 62,503 | 44,180 | 70.68 |
| DENMARK | 32 | 58,029 | 41,651 | 71.78 | 59,156 | 41,859 | 70.76 |
| GREAT BRITAIN | 243 | 611,960 | 437,609 | 71.50 | 635,785 | 444,169 | 69.86 |
| SWEDEN | 69 | 93,285 | 64,867 | 69.54 | 94,726 | 64,814 | 68.42 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 54 | 140,527 | 68,700 | 48.89 | 140,487 | 67,569 | 48.10 |
| CHINA | 1,380 | 8,124,000 | 3,737,000 | 46.00 | 8,100,000 | 3,363,000 | 41.52 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,560 | 7,085 | 38.17 | 18,885 | 6,726 | 35.62 |
| BELGIUM | 10 | 105,354 | 35,798 | 33.98 | 114,164 | 33,831 | 29.63 |
| HUNGARY | 9 | 135,478 | 44,714 | 33.00 | 143,719 | 42,513 | 29.58 |
| NORWAY | 40 | 44,224 | 14,039 | 31.75 | 45,139 | 14,182 | 31.42 |
| FINLAND | 20 | 49,339 | 13,037 | 26.42 | 49,345 | 12,466 | 25.26 |
| USA | 1,468 | 2,404,000 | 630,800 | 26.24 | 2,345,702 | 595,617 | 25.39 |
| AUSTRIA | 11 | 75,778 | 16,663 | 21.99 | 78,200 | 16,155 | 20.66 |
| FRANCE | 90 | 536,300 | 93,412 | 17.42 | 543,815 | 87,010 | 16.00 |
| PORTUGAL | 2 | 9,396 | 1,544 | 16.43 | 9,573 | 1,385 | 14.46 |
| SPAIN | 68 | 359,148 | 48,689 | 13.56 | 333,000 | 43,048 | 13.04 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 1,823 | 212 | 11.63 | 1,901 | 251 | 13.20 |
| LATVIA | 1 | 10,217 | 1,127 | 11.03 | |||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | 11,623 | 840 | 07.22 | 11,414 | 772 | 06.76 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 31 | 31,836 | *06.00 | 29,799 | *06.00 | ||
| EIRE | 2 | 31,115 | 1,759 | 05.65 | 31,893 | 1,634 | 05.12 |
| ARGENTINA | 21 | 269,029 | *14,652 | *05.45 | |||
| ITALY | 35 | 560,200 | 29,783 | 05.32 | 570,928 | 27,200 | 04.76 |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 2 | 9,100 | *365 | 04.01 | 9,000 | *367 | 04.08 |
| GHANA | 4 | 17,000 | 300 | 01.76 | 15,000 | 250 | 01.67 |
| CUBA | 1 | 18,312 | 69 | 0.38 | |||
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 74 | 127,706 | |||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 4 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | ||||||
| CANADA | 143 | *229,138 | 222,538 | 102,702 | 46.15 | ||
| COLOMBIA | 17 | ||||||
| CONFEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT STATES |
8 | ||||||
| COSTA RICA | 1 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GERMANY | 114 | 844,112 | 338,469 | 40.10 | |||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 1 | 268 | 249 | ||||
| INDIA | 31 | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,793 | 1,337 | 35.25 | |||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 26 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 231 | 231 | ||||
| NEW ZEALAND | 31 | 27,864 | 16,248 | 58.31 | |||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PERU | 3 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| POLAND | 3 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| ROMANIA | 2 | 10,000 | 1,172 | 11,72 | |||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SINGAPORE | 4 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 13 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| THAILAND | 303 | ||||||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
