These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2002 | 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | *1,600 | 1,072,977 | 1,068,809 | 99.61 | 1,033,442 | 1,028,615 | 99.53 |
| HONG KONG | 12 | 34,316 | 28,436 | 82.87 | 33,305 | 26,937 | 80.88 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 108,243 | 83,406 | 77.05 | 107,755 | 81,940 | 76.04 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 15,524 | 11,892 | 76.60 | 15,117 | 11,421 | 75.55 |
| SWITZERLAND | 27 | 61,768 | 46,419 | 75.15 | 60,500 | 45,681 | 75.51 |
| DENMARK | 32 | 58,787 | 42,539 | 72.36 | 58,499 | 41,707 | 71.30 |
| PERU | 3 | 695 | 501 | 72.09 | |||
| GREAT BRITAIN | 244 | 609,943 | 437,124 | 71.67 | 605,835 | 427,944 | 70.64 |
| SWEDEN | 69 | 95,009 | 66,503 | 70.00 | 93,752 | 65,223 | 69.57 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 31 | 27,844 | 16,811 | 60.38 | 27,946 | 16,848 | 60.29 |
| CHINA | 1,486 | 8,205,000 | 4,152,000 | 50.60 | 7,994,000 | 3,781,000 | 47.30 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 59 | 142,355 | 70,951 | 49.84 | 140,377 | 69,039 | 49.18 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,701 | 8,969 | 47.96 | 18,447 | 7,823 | 42.41 |
| CANADA | 155 | *227,630 | *107,673 | *47.30 | *223,580 | *108,436 | *48.50 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,744 | 1,459 | 38.97 | |||
| BELGIUM | 10 | 106,427 | 36,659 | 37.26 | 104,279 | 36,678 | 35.17 |
| HUNGARY | 11 | 132,695 | 47,199 | 35.57 | 130,009 | 43,784 | 33.68 |
| NORWAY | 40 | 44,711 | 14,224 | 31.81 | 44,153 | 14,144 | 32.03 |
| FINLAND | 20 | 49,418 | 14,354 | 29.05 | 48,550 | 13,391 | 27.58 |
| USA | 1,835 | 2,438,000 | 678,092 | 27.81 | 2,418,978 | 650,776 | 26.90 |
| PORTUGAL | 4 | 8,659 | 2,007 | 23.18 | 9,015 | 1,765 | 19.58 |
| AUSTRIA | 11 | 75,387 | 17,059 | 22.63 | 74,767 | 16,048 | 21.46 |
| FRANCE | 107 | 539,600 | 109,950 | 20.38 | 530,200 | 100,238 | 18.91 |
| SPAIN | 95 | 366,538 | 59,993 | 16.37 | 358,000 | 53,694 | 15.00 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 1,819 | 270 | 14.84 | 1,720 | 234 | 13.60 |
| ARGENTINA | 52 | *250,000 | *34,320 | *13.73 | *220,884 | *16,632 | *7.53 |
| LATVIA | 1 | 10,044 | 1,293 | 12.87 | 10,466 | 1,297 | 12.39 |
| ITALY | 36 | 557,100 | 38,691 | 6.94 | 544,100 | 35,254 | 6.48 |
| EIRE | 3 | 29,348 | *1,880 | *6.41 | 29,812 | *1,728 | *5.80 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 34 | 34,901 | *6.00 | 33,901 | *6.00 | ||
| BULGARIA | 1 | 112,617 | 5,254 | 4.67 | 115,418 | 4,970 | 4.31 |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 3 | 9,754 | *439 | 4.50 | |||
| GHANA | 5 | 19,250 | 360 | 1.87 | 18,750 | 334 | 1.78 |
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 74 | 134,161 | 128,557 | ||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 4 | ||||||
| COLOMBIA | 17 | ||||||
| CONFEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT STATES |
14 | ||||||
| COSTA RICA | 1 | ||||||
| CUBA | 1 | 18,931 | 89 | 0.47 | |||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GERMANY | 120 | ||||||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 2 | 196 | 245 | ||||
| INDIA | 31 | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 72 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 226 | 277 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| POLAND | 3 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| ROMANIA | 2 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 18 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| THAILAND | 303 | ||||||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | ||||||
