These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2016 | 2015 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | 1,460 | 1,376,805 | 1,376,486 | 99.98 | 1,346,276 | 1,345,873 | 99.97 |
| TAIWAN | 38 | 172,829 | 166,246 | 96.19 | 163,858 | 153,596 | 93.74 |
| HONG KONG | 6 | 46,662 | 43,556 | 93.34 | 46,757 | 42,737 | 91.40 |
| SWITZERLAND | 28 | 64,586 | 54,643 | 84.59 | 67,606 | 57,764 | 85.44 |
| DENMARK | 20 | 52,824 | 43,792 | 82.90 | 52,555 | 43,238 | 82.27 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 107,750 | 89,306 | 82.88 | 111,173 | 89,439 | 80.45 |
| SOUTH KOREA | 59 | 280,827 | 232,128 | 82.66 | 275,895 | 221,895 | 80.79 |
| SWEDEN | 59 | 90,982 | 73,344 | 80.61 | 90,907 | 73,937 | 81.33 |
| THAILAND | 2,077 | 480,434 | 384,347 | 80.00 | 456,391 | 365,113 | 80.00 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 20,017 | 15,968 | 79.77 | 19,862 | 15,751 | 79.30 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 281 | *600,598 | 459,693 | *76.54 | 606,216 | 462,916 | 76.36 |
| ANDORRA | 1 | 215 | 160 | 74.42 | 270 | 159 | 58.89 |
| NEW ZEALAND | - | 31,179 | - | *72.00 | 31,608 | *72.00 | |
| CANADA | 261 | *259,995 | *182,619 | *70.24 | 259,444 | 178,668 | 68.87 |
| HUNGARY | 17 | 131,220 | 83,330 | 63.50 | 128,750 | 78,790 | 61.20 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 93 | 148,898 | 93,907 | 63.07 | 147,134 | 93,177 | 63.33 |
| BELGIUM | 17 | 108,056 | 63,380 | 58.65 | 110,506 | 63,468 | 57.43 |
| GERMANY | 164 | 947,000 | 544,335 | 57.84 | 872,000 | 482,350 | 55.32 |
| PERU | 8 | 1,533 | 850 | 55.45 | 959 | 660 | 68.82 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,967 | 2,187 | 55.13 | 3,983 | 2,204 | 55.34 |
| PORTUGAL | 20 | 6,699 | 3,680 | 54.93 | 6,537 | 3,270 | 50.02 |
| FINLAND | 23 | 53,923 | 27,483 | 50.97 | 2,080 | 25,631 | 49.21 |
| SPAIN | 132 | 15,532 | 7,817 | 50.33 | 16,212 | 8,021 | 49.48 |
| USA | 3.204 | *2,669,761 | *1,336,282 | *50.05 | 2,677,244 | 1,302,920 | 48.67 |
| AUSTRIA | 13 | 80,669 | 36,008 | 44.64 | 83,073 | 35,258 | 42.44 |
| NORWAY | 26 | 40,726 | 16,703 | 41.01 | 40,727 | 16,164 | 39.69 |
| FRANCE | 179 | 587,000 | 231,951 | 39.51 | 591,428 | 209,613 | 35.44 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 2,309 | 718 | 31.10 | 2,184 | 629 | 28.80 |
| POLAND | 52 | 388,000 | *24.00 | 394,900 | *22.00 | ||
| ITALY | 75 | 615,261 | 141,553 | 23.01 | 647,571 | 137,165 | 21.18 |
| SERBIA | 2 | 15,995 | 3,090 | 19.32 | 16,618 | 3,405 | 20.49 |
| EIRE | 6 | 30,390 | 5,498 | 18.09 | 29,952 | 4,981 | 16.63 |
| LITHUANIA | 1 | 41,106 | 3,812 | 9.27 | 41,776 | 3,502 | 8.38 |
| CUBA | 9 | 99,401 | 9,206 | 9.26 | 99,691 | 9,067 | 9.09 |
| MONGOLIA | 2 | 17,763 | 1,576 | 8.87 | 17,620 | 2,140 | 12.15 |
| GHANA | 8 | 72,664 | 5,120 | 7.05 | 71,556 | 5,120 | 7.16 |
| ROMANIA | 4 | 256,501 | 1,083 | 0.42 | 261,822 | 972 | 0.37 |
| ARGENTINA | 95 | ||||||
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 82 | ||||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 43 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | ||||||
| CHINA | 1,745 | ||||||
| COLOMBIA | 18 | 4,201 | |||||
| COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 3 | 196 | 179 | ||||
| HUNGARY | 12 | ||||||
| INDIA | - | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 126 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 477 | 184 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| RUSSIA | 16 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 19,834 | 16,592 | 83.65 | |||
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 45 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | 10,618 | 1,042 | 9.81 | |||
| UKRAINE | 3 | ||||||
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | ||||||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | 4,791 | 124 | 2.59 | |||
