These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2001 | 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | *1,600 | 1,033,442 | 1,028,615 | 99.53 | 1,005,211 | 999,255 | 99.41 |
| HONG KONG | 12 | 33,305 | 26,937 | 80.88 | 33,993 | 27,113 | 79.76 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 107,755 | 81,940 | 76.04 | 109,001 | 82,772 | 75.94 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 15,117 | 11,421 | 75.55 | |||
| SWITZERLAND | 27 | 60,500 | 45,681 | 75.51 | 62,528 | 45,104 | 72.13 |
| DENMARK | 32 | 58,499 | 41,707 | 71.30 | 58,029 | 41,651 | 71.78 |
| GREAT BRITAIN | 243 | 605,85 | 427,944 | 70.64 | 611,960 | 437,609 | 71.50 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 31 | 27,946 | 16,848 | 60.29 | |||
| SWEDEN | 69 | 93,725 | 65,223 | 69.57 | 93,285 | 64,867 | 69.54 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 57 | 140,377 | 69,039 | 49.18 | 140,527 | 68,700 | 48.89 |
| CANADA | 143 | *223,580 | *108,436 | *48.50 | 223,789 | 106,747 | 47.70 |
| CHINA | 1,420 | 7,994,000 | 3,781,000 | 47.30 | 8,124,000 | 3,737,000 | 46.00 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,447 | 7,823 | 42.41 | 18,560 | 7,085 | 38.17 |
| BELGIUM | 10 | *104,279 | 36,678 | *35.17 | 105,354 | 35,798 | 33.98 |
| HUNGARY | 10 | 130,009 | 43,784 | 33.68 | 135,478 | 44,714 | 33.00 |
| NORWAY | 40 | 44,153 | 14,144 | 32.03 | 44,224 | 14,039 | 31.75 |
| FINLAND | 20 | 48,550 | 13,391 | 27.58 | 49,339 | 13,037 | 26.42 |
| USA | 1,711 | 2,418,978 | 650,776 | 26.90 | 2,404,000 | 630,800 | 26.24 |
| AUSTRIA | 11 | 74,767 | 16,048 | 21.46 | 75,778 | 16,663 | 21.99 |
| PORTUGAL | 2 | 9,015 | 1,765 | 19.58 | 9,396 | 1,544 | 16.43 |
| FRANCE | 98 | 530,200 | 100,238 | 18.91 | 536,300 | 93,412 | 17.42 |
| SPAIN | 83 | 358,000 | 53,694 | 15.00 | 359,148 | 48,689 | 13.56 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 1,720 | 234 | 13.60 | 1,823 | 212 | 11.63 |
| LATVIA | 1 | 10,466 | 1,297 | 12.39 | 10,217 | 1,127 | 11.03 |
| ARGENTINA | 42 | *220,884 | *16,632 | *7.53 | 269,029 | *14,652 | *5.45 |
| ITALY | 36 | 544,100 | 32,254 | 6.48 | 560,200 | 29,783 | 5.32 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 32 | 33,427 | *6.00 | 31,836 | *6.00 | ||
| BULGARIA | 1 | 115,418 | 4,970 | 4.31 | |||
| EIRE | 3 | 29,812 | *1,728 | *5.80 | 31,115 | 1,759 | 5.65 |
| GHANA | 4 | 18,750 | 334 | 1.78 | 17,000 | 300 | 1.76 |
| CUBA | 1 | 18,931 | 89 | 0.47 | 18,312 | 69 | 0.38 |
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 74 | 128,557 | 127,706 | ||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 4 | ||||||
| COLOMBIA | 17 | ||||||
| CONFEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT STATES |
8 | ||||||
| COSTA RICA | 1 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GERMANY | 120 | ||||||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 1 | 245 | 268 | ||||
| INDIA | 31 | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | ||||||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 72 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 277 | 231 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PERU | 3 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| POLAND | 3 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| ROMANIA | 2 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 18 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| THAILAND | 303 | ||||||
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 3 | 9,100 | *365 | *4.01 | |||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | 11,623 | 840 | 7.22 | |||
