These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2008 | 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | 1,548 | 1,169,514 | 1,167,729 | 99.85 | 1,196,006 | 1,193,697 | 99.81 |
| TAIWAN | 34 | 143,624 | 128,643 | 89.57 | 139,310 | 122,795 | 88.15 |
| HONG KONG | 12 | 41,300 | 35,965 | 87.08 | 39,476 | 34,443 | 87.25 |
| SWITZERLAND | 27 | 62,000 | 51,116 | 82.45 | 61,089 | 49,413 | 80.89 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 104,948 | 84,719 | 80.72 | 104,636 | 83,512 | 79.81 |
| THAILAND | 2,077 | 481,981 | 385,548 | 80.00 | 398,438 | 318,750 | 80.00 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 17,222 | 13,237 | 76.86 | 17,052 | 13,116 | 76.91 |
| DENMARK | 32 | 54,591 | 41,788 | 76.55 | 55,604 | 41,766 | 75.11 |
| SWEDEN | 66 | 91,449 | 68,966 | 75.41 | 91,729 | 67,904 | 74.03 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 18,308 | 13,719 | 74.93 | 18,584 | 13,136 | 70.68 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 253 | *583,614 | 422,853 | *72.45 | 578,716 | 417,920 | 72.22 |
| NEW ZEALAND | - | 28,690 | *70.00 | 28,462 | *70.00 | ||
| CANADA | - | 240,998 | *157,364 | *65.30 | 241,279 | 55.90 | |
| AUSTRALIA | 77 | 137,000 | 89,300 | 65.18 | |||
| SOUTH KOREA | 49 | 246,113 | 152,420 | 61.93 | 244,874 | 144,255 | 58.91 |
| PERU | 8 | 843 | 496 | 58.84 | 884 | 483 | 54.64 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 68 | 134,996 | 75,302 | 55.78 | 133,022 | 72,418 | 54.44 |
| CHINA | 1,692 | 9,348,453 | 4,534,000 | 48.50 | 9,134,298 | 4,421,000 | 48.40 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,595 | 1,737 | 48.32 | 3,866 | 1,811 | 46.84 |
| PORTUGAL | 4 | 8,599 | 4,108 | 47.77 | 9,180 | 4,210 | 45.90 |
| RUSSIA | 13 | 235,392 | 112,257 | 47.69 | |||
| BELGIUM | 11 | 104,587 | 48,471 | 46.35 | 101,658 | 45,663 | 45.36 |
| FINLAND | 22 | 49,090 | 18,199 | 37.10 | 49,080 | 17,796 | 36.26 |
| USA | 2,113 | 2,455,195 | 884,355 | 36.02 | 2,414,534 | 842,467 | 34.89 |
| NORWAY | 28 | 41,712 | 14,451 | 34.64 | 41,954 | 14,390 | 34.30 |
| MONGOLIA | 2 | 5,785 | 1,785 | 30.86 | 6,056 | 1,427 | 23.56 |
| AUSTRIA | 10 | 75,083 | 21,842 | 29.09 | 74,625 | 20,842 | 27.93 |
| FRANCE | 139 | 534,000 | 152,144 | 28.49 | 519,100 | 141,862 | 27.33 |
| ANDORRA | 1 | 223 | 62 | 27.80 | 230 | 59 | 25.65 |
| ARGENTINA | 83 | *325,045 | *78,279 | *24.08 | *337,308 | *77,581 | *23.00 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 1,986 | 397 | 19.99 | 1,942 | 346 | 17.82 |
| SERBIA | 2 | 14,889 | 2,602 | 17.48 | 15,320 | 2,566 | 16.70 |
| ITALY | 54 | 585,126 | 64,055 | 10.95 | 570,601 | 58,554 | 10.26 |
| ROMANIA | 1 | 11,000 | 1,100 | 10.09 | |||
| EIRE | 4 | 28,192 | 2,689 | 9.53 | 28,050 | 2,518 | 8.98 |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | 10,077 | 920 | 9.13 | 10,033 | 885 | 8.82 |
| CUBA | 1 | 20,590 | 1,867 | 9.07 | |||
| POLAND | 12 | 379,000 | 25,402 | 6.70 | 377,000 | 22,428 | 5.95 |
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 23 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | 113,000 | 5,746 | 5.08 | |||
| COLOMBIA | 52 | 178,418 | 45,872 | 25.71 | |||
| COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GERMANY | 146 | ||||||
| GHANA | 6 | 22,000 | 500 | 2.27 | |||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 2 | 242 | 241 | ||||
| HUNGARY | 12 | ||||||
| INDIA | 31 | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 97 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 374 | 337 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | ||||||
| SPAIN | 132 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 32 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | ||||||
