These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 1996 | 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = approximately | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | 1,942 | 951,262 | 938,877 | 98.70 | 977,737 | 963,540 | 98.55 |
| HONG KONG | 12 | 32,049 | 23,204 | 72.40 | 29,777 | 22,585 | 75.85 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 26 | 112,800 | 85,650 | 75.93 | 117,913 | 85,494 | 72.50 |
| GREAT BRITAIN | 230 | 624,710 | 445,934 | 71.38 | 630,396 | 445,574 | 70.07 |
| DENMARK | 32 | 61,085 | 43,377 | 71.01 | 63,216 | 43,857 | 69.38 |
| SWITZERLAND | 27 | 62,637 | 40,773 | 65.09 | 63,387 | 41,369 | 65.26 |
| SWEDEN | 74 | 94,036 | 61,734 | 65.65 | 93,945 | 60,824 | 64.74 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 31 | 27,496 | 15,941 | 57.98 | 27,500 | 15,896 | 57.80 |
| AUSTRALIA | 68 | *126,241 | 68,208 | 54.00 | *125,771 | 67,500 | 53.67 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 52 | 137,561 | 65,014 | 47.26 | 135,675 | 63,237 | 46.61 |
| PERU | 1 | 273 | 117 | 42.85 | |||
| CANADA | 139 | 84,246 | 40.00 | ||||
| GERMANY | 113 | 882,843 | 333,373 | 37.76 | 884,588 | 316,524 | 35.78 |
| SLOVENIA | 1 | 18,620 | 6,878 | 36.94 | 18,968 | 6,601 | 34.80 |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 5 | 8,475 | *2,850 | 33.63 | |||
| CHINA | 1,300 | 2,830,000 | 35.20 | 2,630,000 | 33.20 | ||
| NORWAY | 42 | 44,761 | 13,876 | 31.00 | 45,563 | 13,669 | 30.00 |
| COLOMBIA | 17 | 169,896 | 48,812 | 28.73 | |||
| BELGIUM | 10 | 105,322 | 29,121 | 27.65 | 105,933 | 29,066 | 27.43 |
| HUNGARY | 4 | 143,245 | 38,690 | 27.01 | 144,572 | 37,797 | 26.14 |
| USA | 1,181 | 2,311,100 | 492,434 | 21.31 | 2,309,600 | 488,224 | 21.14 |
| FINLAND | 20 | 49,167 | 10,823 | 22.00 | 49,325 | 9,774 | 19.80 |
| AUSTRIA | 9 | 80,790 | 13,720 | 16.98 | 81,171 | 13,171 | 16.23 |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | 51,236 | 6,097 | 11.90 | 52,686 | 7,079 | 13.44 |
| ARGENTINA | 12 | 10,800 | 1,080 | 10.00 | 9,750 | 1,200 | 12.30 |
| FRANCE | 71 | 536,554 | 68,317 | 12.73 | 529,051 | 62,212 | 11.76 |
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 1,303 | 178 | 13.66 | 1,088 | 147 | 11.58 |
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | 6,807 | 747 | 10.97 | 5,831 | 669 | 11.47 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,797 | 343 | 09.03 | |||
| ICELAND | 1 | 1,879 | 208 | 11.07 | 1,923 | 171 | 08.90 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 25 | *300,000 | 26,658 | 08.88 | *300,000 | 26,431 | 08.81 |
| PORTUGAL | 2 | 10,478 | 753 | 07.19 | 10,681 | 743 | 06.95 |
| SPAIN | 42 | 338,000 | 20,000 | 05.92 | 342,736 | 18,000 | 05.25 |
| BRAZIL | 2 | 81,000 | 2,846 | 03.85 | |||
| EIRE | 1 | 31,514 | 1,236 | 03.92 | 31,494 | 1,179 | 03.74 |
| ITALY | 33 | *550,000 | *18,000 | 03.27 | *550,000 | 16,168 | 02.94 |
| GHANA | 4 | 10,000 | 200 | 02.00 | 8,000 | 150 | 01.88 |
| CONFEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT STATES |
8 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
