These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2011 | 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | 1,526 | 1,299,136 | 1,297,771 | 99.89 | 1,246,530 | 1,245,798 | 99.94 |
| TAIWAN | 36 | 152,915 | 138,826 | 90.79 | 145,772 | 131,249 | 90.04 |
| HONG KONG | 6 | 42,188 | 37,916 | 89.87 | 42,705 | 38,006 | 89.00 |
| SWITZERLAND | 28 | 62,091 | 52,530 | 84.60 | 62,476 | 52,813 | 84.53 |
| THAILAND | 2,077 | 419,265 | 335,412 | 80.00 | |||
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 17,624 | 14,054 | 79.74 | 17,610 | 13,704 | 77.82 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 106,848 | 85,017 | 79.57 | 106,844 | 86,411 | 80.87 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,699 | 14,792 | 79.11 | 18,609 | 14,569 | 78.29 |
| SWEDEN | 66 | 89,938 | 70,711 | 78.62 | 90,787 | 69,777 | 76.86 |
| DENMARK | 27 | 52,516 | 41,248 | 78.54 | 54,368 | 42,050 | 77.34 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 265 | 556,434 | 413,845 | 74.37 | 565,776 | 413,780 | 73.13 |
| NEW ZEALAND | - | 30,080 | - | *72.00 | 28,440 | - | *72.00 |
| SOUTH KOREA | 53 | 257,396 | 182,946 | 71.08 | 255,403 | 172,276 | 67.45 |
| CANADA | - | 183,726 | *114,348 | *62.24 | *186,830 | *108,687 | *58.17 |
| PERU | 8 | 1,198 | 734 | 61.27 | 1,002 | 635 | 63.37 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 72 | 135,741 | 79,594 | 58.64 | 136,058 | 77,465 | 56.94 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,819 | 2,228 | 58.34 | |||
| PORTUGAL | 4 | 7,629 | 3,853 | 50.50 | 8,907 | 4,761 | 53.45 |
| CHINA | 1,745 | 9,600,000 | 4,684,000 | 48.80 | 9,675,510 | 4,741,000 | 49.00 |
| BELGIUM | 13 | 106,617 | 51,972 | 48.75 | *104,500 | 50,748 | *48.56 |
| RUSSIA | 16 | 212,394 | 102,492 | 48.26 | 291,612 | 108,577 | 37.23 |
| COLOMBIA | 16 | 30,586 | 14,729 | 48.16 | 200,524 | 62,162 | 31.00 |
| FINLAND | 22 | 50,434 | 21,540 | 42.71 | 50,800 | 21,068 | 41.47 |
| USA | 2,113 | 2,508,554 | 1,056,211 | 42.10 | 2,458,022 | 998,547 | 40.62 |
| NORWAY | 24 | 41,397 | 15,176 | 36.66 | 41,500 | 14,664 | 35.33 |
| ANDORRA | 1 | 252 | 90 | 35.71 | 246 | 94 | 38.21 |
| AUSTRIA | 11 | 76,479 | 26,509 | 34.66 | 77,199 | 25,556 | 33.10 |
| FRANCE | 152 | 534,795 | 172,600 | 32.27 | 545,000 | 164,000 | 30.09 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 1,985 | 437 | 22.02 | 2,017 | 453 | 22.46 |
| SERBIA | 2 | 12,865 | 2,784 | 21.64 | 12,882 | 2,890 | 22.43 |
| CUBA | 1 | 20,079 | 4,136 | 20.60 | 21,598 | 3,196 | 14.80 |
| ITALY | 58 | 593,404 | 88,542 | 14.92 | 587,448 | 76,868 | 13.09 |
| EIRE | 4 | 28,995 | 3,378 | 11.65 | 27,565 | 3,090 | 11.21 |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | 9,632 | 958 | 9.95 | 9,356 | 964 | 10.30 |
| GHANA | 7 | 61,000 | 3,150 | 5.16 | 52,000 | 2,200 | 4.23 |
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | 5,530 | 167 | 3.02 | 123 | ||
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | 580 | 5 | 0.86 | |||
| ROMANIA | 3 | 251,056 | 840 | 0.33 | 259,723 | 853 | 0.33 |
| ARGENTINA | 95 | *364,670 | *92,656 | *25.41 | |||
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 77 | ||||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 32 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | ||||||
| COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GERMANY | 154 | ||||||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 2 | 184 | |||||
| HUNGARY | 12 | ||||||
| INDIA | - | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 98 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| MONGOLIA | 2 | 4,832 | 888 | 18.38 | |||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 469 | 380 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| POLAND | 13 | 380,000 | 20,658 | *9.00 | |||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | ||||||
| SPAIN | 132 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 45 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
