These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2004 | 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | *1,500 | 1,102,769 | 1,100,016 | 99.75 | 1,068,284 | 1,064,634 | 99.66 |
| HONG KONG | 12 | 37,322 | 31,350 | 84.00 | 36,422 | 30,171 | 82.84 |
| TAIWAN | 32 | 134,755 | 106,530 | 79.05 | |||
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 107,177 | 84,320 | 78.67 | 111,288 | 85,180 | 76.54 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 15,540 | 12,131 | 78.06 | 15,766 | 12,117 | 76.86 |
| SWITZERLAND | 27 | 60,180 | 46,728 | 77.65 | 63,070 | 48,080 | 76.23 |
| PERU | 7 | 910 | 689 | 75.71 | 920 | 654 | 71.09 |
| DENMARK | 32 | 55,993 | 41,555 | 74.21 | 57,869 | 41,997 | 72.57 |
| SWEDEN | 68 | 90,532 | 65,869 | 72.76 | 92,961 | 67,040 | 72.12 |
| GREAT BRITAIN | 245 | 588,753 | 424,835 | 72.16 | 615,177 | 442,538 | 71.94 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,523 | 12,019 | 64.89 | 19,451 | 9,234 | 47.47 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 31 | 27,996 | 17,240 | 61.58 | 26,968 | 16,780 | 62.18 |
| CANADA | 155 | 215,742 | *120,714 | *55.95 | 224,702 | ||
| CHINA | 1,549 | 8,132,000 | 4,368,000 | 53.71 | 8,252,000 | 4,349,000 | 52.70 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 60 | 136,553 | 70,498 | 51.63 | 141,936 | 71,815 | 50.60 |
| CONFEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT STATES |
15 | 280,083 | 127,334 | 45.46 | |||
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,578 | 1,505 | 42.06 | 4,053 | 1,651 | 40.74 |
| BELGIUM | 10 | 101,929 | 42,019 | 41.22 | 107,039 | 41,592 | 38.86 |
| HUNGARY | 12 | 132,492 | 48,022 | 36.25 | 135,850 | 50,501 | 35.17 |
| FINLAND | 21 | 47,600 | 15,509 | 32.58 | 48,996 | 14,847 | 30.30 |
| NORWAY | 35 | 41,635 | 13,494 | 32.41 | 42,778 | 13,418 | 31.37 |
| PORTUGAL | 4 | 8,577 | 2,765 | 32.34 | 8,916 | 2,499 | 28.03 |
| USA | 1,867 | 2,398,343 | 740,695 | 30.88 | 2,423,000 | 695,637 | 28.71 |
| AUSTRIA | 10 | 74,292 | 17,999 | 24.23 | 77,209 | 18,286 | 23.68 |
| FRANCE | 119 | 509,200 | 121,591 | 23.88 | 550,700 | 120,037 | 21.80 |
| ARGENTINA | 52 | 294,051 | 55,870 | 19.00 | |||
| SPAIN | 109 | 371,934 | 67,746 | 18.21 | *368,400 | 65,663 | *17.82 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 1,823 | 315 | 17.28 | 1,826 | 274 | 15.01 |
| LATVIA | 1 | 10,101 | 1,361 | 13.47 | 10,114 | 1,389 | 13.73 |
| ITALY | 40 | 546,658 | 43,834 | 8.02 | 586,468 | 42,982 | 7.33 |
| BULGARIA | 1 | 110,110 | 4,869 | 4.42 | 114,869 | 5,686 | 4.95 |
| EIRE | 3 | 28,151 | 1,171 | 4.12 | 28,823 | 1,915 | 6.64 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 34 | 34,699 | *±3.00 | 37,138 | *±3.00 | ||
| ANDORRA | 1 | ||||||
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 74 | 132,246 | 132,785 | ||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 4 | ||||||
| COLOMBIA | 17 | ||||||
| COSTA RICA | 1 | ||||||
| CUBA | 1 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GERMANY | 134 | ||||||
| GHANA | 5 | ||||||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 2 | 249 | 221 | ||||
| INDIA | 31 | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 73 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 317 | 269 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| POLAND | 3 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| ROMANIA | 2 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 18 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| THAILAND | 303 | ||||||
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 3 | 10,167 | *480 | 4.72 | |||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | ||||||
