These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange by % deaths (2006) | 2006 | 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| ANDORRA | 1 | ||||||
| ARGENTINA | 68 | *293,312 | *64,529 | *22.00 | *292,573 | *58,515 | *20.00 |
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 75 | 133,871 | 131,124 | ||||
| AUSTRIA | 10 | 74,295 | 19,639 | 26.43 | 75,189 | 18,847 | 25.07 |
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BELGIUM | 10 | 101,615 | 44,339 | 43.63 | 102,963 | 43,482 | 42.23 |
| BRAZIL | 4 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | 113,438 | 5,423 | 4.78 | 113,374 | 5,362 | 4.73 |
| CANADA | 249 | 576,211 | 416,881 | 72.35 | 234,645 | ||
| CHINA | 1,549 | 8,925,311 | 4,302,000 | 48.20 | 8,494,000 | 4,502,000 | 53.00 |
| COLOMBIA | 52 | 192,814 | 45,209 | 23.45 | |||
| COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
| CUBA | 1 | ||||||
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 104,441 | 83,390 | 79.84 | 107,938 | 84,660 | 78.43 |
| DENMARK | 32 | 55,477 | 41,233 | 74.32 | 55,214 | 40,758 | 73.82 |
| EIRE | 4 | 27,479 | 2,235 | 8.13 | 27,441 | *1,164 | *4.24 |
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| FINLAND | 21 | 48,065 | 16,455 | 34.23 | 47,928 | 16,108 | 33.61 |
| FRANCE | 125 | 517,000 | 135,754 | 26.26 | 522,600 | 130,363 | 24.95 |
| GERMANY | 140 | ||||||
| GHANA | 5 | 20,150 | 432 | 2.14 | |||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 2 | 228 | 274 | ||||
| HONG KONG | 12 | 37,415 | 32,226 | 86.13 | 38,683 | 33,306 | 86.10 |
| HUNGARY | 12 | ||||||
| ICELAND | 1 | 1,901 | 350 | 18.41 | 1,837 | 351 | 19.11 |
| INDIA | 31 | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| ITALY | 45 | 557,892 | 53,788 | 9.64 | 567,304 | 48,196 | 8.50 |
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| JAPAN | *1,500 | 1,124,811 | 1,121,802 | 99.73 | 1,114,167 | 1,112,178 | 99.82 |
| LATVIA | 1 | 10,342 | 1,529 | 14.78 | |||
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,766 | 1,732 | 45.99 | 3,621 | 1,608 | 44.41 |
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 97 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| MONGOLIA | 1 | 6,113 | 1,582 | 25.88 | |||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 320 | 263 | ||||
| THE NETHERLANDS | 65 | 135,372 | 72,666 | 53.68 | 136,402 | 70,766 | 51.88 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 31 | 26,986 | 17,899 | 66.33 | 27,998 | 17,866 | 66.18 |
| NORWAY | 35 | 41,253 | 14,267 | 34.58 | 41,232 | 14,024 | 34.01 |
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PERU | 8 | 780 | 487 | 62.44 | 729 | 412 | 56.52 |
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| POLAND | 10 | 19,472 | 7.00 | 368,300 | 16,283 | 4.42 | |
| PORTUGAL | 4 | 8,791 | 3,570 | 40.61 | 8,782 | 3,224 | 36.71 |
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| ROMANIA | 2 | 823 | |||||
| RUSSIA | 15 | 243,246 | 113,110 | 46.50 | |||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SERBIA | 2 | 15,199 | 2,527 | 16.60 | |||
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 16,393 | 12,572 | 76.69 | 16,393 | 12,296 | 75.01 |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,180 | 12,466 | 68.57 | 18,825 | 12,696 | 67.44 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | ||||||
| SOUTH KOREA | 46 | 242,268 | 136,854 | 56.49 | 243,886 | 128,251 | 52.59 |
| SPAIN | 132 | *380,000 | 77,900 | *20.50 | 387,019 | 74,819 | 19.33 |
| SRI LANKA | 32 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| SWEDEN | 68 | 91,177 | 66,767 | 73.23 | 91,710 | 67,709 | 73.83 |
| SWITZERLAND | 27 | 70,500 | 48,083 | 68.20 | *70,000 | 48,169 | *68.81 |
| TAIWAN | 34 | 136,371 | 117,044 | 85.83 | 139,770 | 114,478 | 81.90 |
| THAILAND | 2,077 | 392,044 | 313,635 | 80.00 | |||
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | 9,994 | 847 | 8.48 | 703 | ||
| UNITED KINGDOM | 250 | 576,211 | 416,881 | 72.35 | 586,829 | 424,684 | 72.37 |
| USA | 2,000 | 2,425,900 | 815,369 | 33.61 | *2,432,000 | 784,247 | *32.28 |
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | ||||||
