These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2013 | 2012 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | 1,509 | 1,325,144 | 1,324,766 | 99.97 | 1,316,254 | 1,315,684 | 99.96 |
| TAIWAN | 36 | 155,908 | 144,162 | 92.47 | 154,251 | 142,552 | 92.42 |
| HONG KONG | 6 | 43,399 | 39,914 | 89.67 | 43,672 | 39,494 | 90.43 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 19,334 | 15,944 | 82.47 | 19,257 | 15,609 | 81.06 |
| SWITZERLAND | 28 | 64,800 | 53,205 | 82.11 | 64,173 | 50,567 | 78.80 |
| DENMARK | 20 | 52,471 | 42,349 | 80.71 | 52,325 | 40,909 | 78.18 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 18,938 | 15,160 | 80.05 | 18,481 | 14,620 | 79.11 |
| THAILAND | 2,077 | 438,648 | 350,918 | 80.00 | 423,213 | 338,570 | 80.00 |
| SWEDEN | 62 | 90,402 | 72,310 | 79.99 | 91,938 | 71,575 | 77.85 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 109,160 | 85,800 | 78.60 | 108,189 | 85,342 | 78.88 |
| SOUTH KOREA | 55 | 266,257 | 204,750 | 76.90 | 267,221 | 197,717 | 73.99 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 270 | *580,582 | 436,280 | *75.15 | 572,962 | 425,784 | 74.31 |
| NEW ZEALAND | - | 29,568 | - | *72.00 | 30,099 | - | *72.00 |
| CANADA | - | 250,042 | 165,308 | 66.11 | 245,488 | 157,303 | 64.07 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 76 | 141,100 | 86,018 | 60.96 | 140,813 | 83,379 | 59.21 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,822 | 2,276 | 59.55 | 4,326 | 2,208 | 51.04 |
| PERU | 8 | 1,398 | 814 | 58.23 | 1,155 | 702 | 60.78 |
| GERMANY | 165 | 860,000 | 468,700 | 54.50 | |||
| BELGIUM | 17 | *109,034 | 58,890 | *54.01 | *109,034 | 55,681 | *51.00 |
| PORTUGAL | 18 | 7,445 | 3,994 | 53.65 | 7,215 | 3,682 | 51.03 |
| FINLAND | 22 | 51,472 | 23,702 | 46.05 | 51,465 | 22,648 | 44.01 |
| USA | 2,689 | *2,518,630 | *1,151,530 | *45.72 | 2,537,163 | 1,097,779 | 43.27 |
| SPAIN | 132 | 16,058 | 7,194 | 44.80 | 17,111 | 7,450 | 43.54 |
| AUSTRIA | 11 | 79,526 | 30,591 | 38.47 | 79,436 | 28,004 | 35.25 |
| NORWAY | 24 | 41,327 | 15,725 | 38.05 | 42,028 | 15,455 | 37.77 |
| ANDORRA | 1 | 270 | 96 | 35.56 | 260 | 94 | 36.15 |
| FRANCE | 163 | 561,000 | 191,503 | 34.14 | 546,716 | 179,007 | 32.74 |
| COLOMBIA | 17 | 54,968 | 17,399 | 31.65 | 33,634 | 15,132 | 44.99 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 2,215 | 606 | 27.36 | 1,952 | 489 | 25.05 |
| SERBIA | 2 | 15,300 | 3,061 | 20.01 | 15,933 | 2,878 | 18.06 |
| ITALY | 66 | 600,744 | 110,710 | 18.43 | 612,883 | 101,842 | 16.62 |
| POLAND | 29 | 387,300 | *16.00 | 384,800 | *14.00 | ||
| EIRE | 4 | 30,018 | 4,041 | 13.46 | 28,848 | 3,732 | 12.94 |
| CUBA | 5 | 42,794 | 5,337 | 12.47 | 20,633 | 5,591 | 27.10 |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | 11,182 | 925 | 8.27 | 11,097 | 1,013 | 9.13 |
| GHANA | 8 | 70,100 | 4,050 | 5.78 | 61,475 | 3,550 | 5.77 |
| LITHUANIA | 1 | 41,511 | 2,118 | 5.10 | 40,938 | 1,423 | 3.48 |
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | 5,071 | 107 | 2.11 | 5,717 | 144 | 2.52 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | 1,684 | 21 | 1.25 | 580 | 5 | 0.86 |
| ROMANIA | 3 | 246,640 | 839 | 0.34 | 255,457 | 859 | 0.34 |
| ARGENTINA | 95 | ||||||
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 79 | ||||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 43 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | ||||||
| CHINA | 1,745 | 9,600,000 | 4,684,000 | 48.80 | |||
| COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 1 | 198 | 157 | ||||
| HUNGARY | 12 | ||||||
| INDIA | - | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 96 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| MONGOLIA | 2 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 523 | 500 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| RUSSIA | 16 | 2 | |||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 45 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| UKRAINE | 3 | ||||||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
