These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2010 | 2009 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | 1,545 | 1,246,530 | 1,245,798 | 99.94 | 1,187,395 | 1,186,607 | 99.93 |
| TAIWAN | 34 | 145,772 | 131,249 | 90.04 | 141,097 | 127,941 | 90.68 |
| HONG KONG | 6 | 42,705 | 38,006 | 89.00 | 41,034 | 36,486 | 88.92 |
| SWITZERLAND | 28 | 62,476 | 52,813 | 84.53 | 62,476 | 52,402 | 83.88 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 106,844 | 86,411 | 80.87 | 107,421 | 86,583 | 80.60 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,609 | 14,569 | 78.29 | 18,750 | 14,348 | 74.93 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 17,610 | 13,704 | 77.82 | 17,101 | 13,146 | 76.87 |
| DENMARK | 32 | 54,368 | 42,050 | 77.34 | 54,872 | 42,408 | 77.29 |
| SWEDEN | 66 | 90,787 | 69,777 | 76.86 | 90,080 | 69,554 | 77.21 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 260 | 565,776 | 413,780 | 73.13 | 563,741 | 413,870 | 73.41 |
| NEW ZEALAND | - | 28,440 | - | *72.00 | 28,960 | - | *72.00 |
| SOUTH KOREA | 51 | 255,403 | 172,276 | 67.45 | 246,942 | 160,433 | 64.97 |
| PERU | 8 | 1,002 | 635 | 63.37 | 915 | 555 | 60.66 |
| CANADA | - | 186,830 | *108,687 | *58.17 | 185,495 | *106,514 | *57.42 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 69 | 136,058 | 77,465 | 56.94 | 134,235 | 76,191 | 56.76 |
| PORTUGAL | 4 | 8,907 | 4,761 | 53.45 | 9,113 | 4,551 | 49.94 |
| CHINA | 1,724 | 9,675,510 | 4,741,000 | 49.00 | 9,430,000 | 4,542,000 | 48.17 |
| BELGIUM | 12 | *104,500 | 50,748 | *48.56 | 104,509 | 49,201 | 47.08 |
| FINLAND | 22 | 50,800 | 21,068 | 41.47 | 49,600 | 19,561 | 39.44 |
| USA | 2,113 | 2,458,022 | 998,547 | 40.62 | 2,438,840 | 930,429 | 38.15 |
| ANDORRA | 1 | 246 | 94 | 38.21 | 275 | 94 | 34.18 |
| RUSSIA | 15 | 291,612 | 108,577 | 37.23 | 227,672 | 105,384 | 46.29 |
| NORWAY | 24 | 41,500 | 14,664 | 35.33 | 41,449 | 14,815 | 35.74 |
| AUSTRIA | 11 | 11,199 | 25,556 | 33.10 | 77,381 | 23,112 | 29.87 |
| COLOMBIA | 16 | 200,524 | 62,162 | 31.00 | |||
| FRANCE | 151 | 545,000 | 164,000 | 30.09 | 548,000 | 158,000 | 28.83 |
| ARGENTINA | 95 | *364,670 | *92,656 | *25.41 | *341,297 | *84,541 | *24.77 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 2,017 | 453 | 22.46 | 2,002 | 412 | 20.58 |
| SERBIA | 2 | 12,882 | 2,890 | 22.43 | 11,543 | 2,205 | 19.10 |
| MONGOLIA | 2 | 4,832 | 888 | 18.38 | 5,661 | 2,735 | 48.31 |
| CUBA | 1 | 21,598 | 3,196 | 14.80 | 20,660 | 2,190 | 10.60 |
| ITALY | 58 | 587,448 | 76,868 | 13.09 | 591,663 | 71,898 | 12.15 |
| EIRE | 4 | 27,565 | 3,090 | 11.21 | 28,898 | 2,906 | 10.06 |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | 9,356 | 964 | 10.30 | 10,119 | 891 | 8.81 |
| POLAND | 13 | 380,000 | 20,658 | *9.00 | 387,000 | - | 8.00 |
| GHANA | 6 | 52,000 | 2,200 | 4.23 | 40,000 | 1,200 | 3.00 |
| ROMANIA | 1 | 259,723 | 853 | 0.33 | 257,213 | 781 | 0.30 |
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 77 | 104,000 | 72,000 | 69.23 | |||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 32 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | ||||||
| COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GERMANY | 152 | ||||||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 2 | 269 | |||||
| HUNGARY | 12 | ||||||
| INDIA | - | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,655 | 1,867 | 51.08 | |||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 97 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 380 | 399 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | ||||||
| SPAIN | 132 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 45 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| THAILAND | 2,077 | 398,130 | 318,504 | 80.00 | |||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | 123 | 113 | ||||
