These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2005 | 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | *1,500 | 1,114,167 | 1,112,178 | 99.82 | 1,102,769 | 1,100,016 | 99.75 |
| HONG KONG | 12 | 38,683 | 33,306 | 86.10 | 37,322 | 31,350 | 84.00 |
| TAIWAN | 34 | 139,770 | 114,478 | 81.90 | 134,755 | 106,530 | 79.05 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 107,938 | 84,660 | 78.43 | 107,177 | 84,320 | 78.67 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 16,393 | 12,296 | 75.01 | 15,540 | 12,131 | 78.06 |
| SWEDEN | 68 | 91,710 | 67,709 | 73.83 | 90,523 | 65,869 | 72.76 |
| DENMARK | 32 | 55,214 | 40,758 | 73.82 | 55,993 | 41,555 | 74.21 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 248 | 586,829 | 424,684 | 72.37 | 588,753 | 424,835 | 72.16 |
| SWITZERLAND | 27 | *70,000 | 48,169 | *68.81 | 60,180 | 46,728 | 77.65 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,825 | 12,696 | 67.44 | 18,523 | 12,019 | 64.89 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 31 | 26,998 | 17,866 | 66.18 | 27,996 | 17,240 | 61.58 |
| PERU | 8 | 729 | 412 | 56.52 | 910 | 689 | 75.71 |
| CHINA | 1,549 | 8,494,000 | 4,502,000 | 53.00 | 8,132,000 | 4,338,000 | 53.71 |
| SOUTH KOREA | 46 | 243,886 | 128,251 | 52.59 | |||
| THE NETHERLANDS | 62 | 136,402 | 70,766 | 51.88 | 136,553 | 70,498 | 51.63 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,681 | 1,608 | 43.68 | 3,578 | 1,505 | 42.06 |
| BELGIUM | 10 | 102,963 | 43,482 | 42.23 | 101,929 | 42,019 | 41.22 |
| PORTUGAL | 4 | 8,782 | 3,224 | 36.71 | 8,577 | 2,765 | 32.24 |
| NORWAY | 35 | 41,232 | 14,024 | 34.01 | 41,635 | 13,494 | 32.41 |
| FINLAND | 21 | 47,928 | 16,108 | 33.61 | 47,600 | 15,509 | 32.58 |
| USA | 1,971 | *2,432,000 | 784,247 | 32.28 | 2,398,343 | 740,695 | 30.88 |
| AUSTRIA | 10 | 75,189; | 18,847 | 25.07 | 74,292 | 17,999 | 24.23 |
| FRANCE | 122 | 522,600 | 130,363 | 24.95 | 509,200 | 121,591 | 23.88 |
| ARGENTINA | 68 | 292,573 | 58,515 | 20.00 | 294,051 | 55,870 | 19.00 |
| SPAIN | 132 | 387,019 | 74,819 | 19.33 | 371,934 | 67,746 | 18.21 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 1,837 | 351 | 19.11 | 1,823 | 315 | 17.28 |
| LATVIA | 1 | 10,342 | 1,529 | 14.78 | 10,101 | 1,361 | 13.47 |
| ITALY | 43 | 567,304 | 48,196 | 8.50 | 546,658 | 43,843 | 8.02 |
| BULGARIA | 1 | 113,374 | 5,362 | 4.73 | 110,110 | 4,869 | 4.42 |
| EIRE | 3 | 27,441 | 1,164 | 4.24 | 28,151 | 1,171 | 4.12 |
| ANDORRA | 1 | ||||||
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 75 | 131,124 | 132,989 | ||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 4 | ||||||
| CANADA | 155 | *234,645 | 215,742 | 120,714 | 55.95 | ||
| COLOMBIA | 17 | ||||||
| COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES |
15 | 280,083 | 127,334 | 45.46 | |||
| COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
| CUBA | 1 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GERMANY | 140 | ||||||
| GHANA | 5 | ||||||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 2 | 274 | 249 | ||||
| HUNGARY | 12 | 132,492 | 48,022 | 36.25 | |||
| INDIA | 31 | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 97 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 263 | 317 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| POLAND | 3 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| ROMANIA | 2 | 823 | 860 | ||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | 34,699 | *±3.00 | ||||
| SRI LANKA | 32 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| THAILAND | 303 | ||||||
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 3 | 703 | 10,167 | *480 | 4.72 | ||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | nbsp; | |||||
