These figures are reproduced as supplied by the Cremation Society's contacts in each country
| Rearrange alphabetically | 2015 | 2014 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * = provisional | Crematoria | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths | Deaths | Cremations | % of deaths |
| JAPAN | 1,495 | 1,346,276 | 1,345,873 | 99.97 | 1,340,117 | 1,339,714 | 99.97 |
| TAIWAN | 37 | 163,858 | 153,596 | 93.74 | 163,929 | 152,171 | 92.83 |
| HONG KONG | 6 | 46,757 | 42,737 | 91.40 | 45,710 | 41,244 | 90.23 |
| SWITZERLAND | 28 | 67,606 | 57,764 | 85.44 | 63,594 | 55,616 | 87.45 |
| SLOVENIA | 2 | 19,834 | 16,592 | 83.65 | 18,886 | 15,671 | 82.98 |
| DENMARK | 20 | 52,555 | 43,238 | 82.87 | 51,340 | 41,532 | 80.90 |
| SWEDEN | 59 | 90,907 | 73,937 | 81.33 | 88,976 | 71,280 | 80.11 |
| SOUTH KOREA | 57 | 275,895 | 221,895 | 80.79 | 267,692 | 212,083 | 79.23 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 27 | 111,173 | 89,439 | 80.45 | 105,665 | 84,388 | 79.86 |
| THAILAND | 2,077 | 456,391 | 365,113 | 80.00 | 448,601 | 358,881 | 80.00 |
| SINGAPORE | 4 | 19,862 | 15,751 | 79.30 | 19,393 | 15,370 | 79.26 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 277 | *606,543 | 462,916 | *76.32 | 573,904 | 429,254 | 74.80 |
| NEW ZEALAND | - | 31,608 | - | *72.00 | 31,063 | *72.00 | |
| CANADA | - | 259,444 | 178,668 | 68.87 | 257,358 | 172,009 | 66.84 |
| PERU | 8 | 959 | 660 | 68.82 | 1,108 | 736 | 66.43 |
| THE NETHERLANDS | 85 | 147,134 | 93,177 | 63.33 | 139,223 | 85,493 | 61.41 |
| HUNGARY | 17 | 128,750 | 78,790 | 61.20 | |||
| ANDORRA | 1 | 270 | 159 | 58.89 | 255 | 105 | 41.18 |
| BELGIUM | 17 | 110,518 | 63,468 | 57.43 | 104,723 | 58,986 | 56.33 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 3,983 | 2,204 | 55.34 | 3,841 | 2,180 | 56.76 |
| GERMANY | 164 | 872,000 | 482,350 | 55.32 | 863,000 | 474,650 | 55.00 |
| PORTUGAL | 20 | 6,537 | 3,270 | 50.02 | 6,530 | 3,305 | 50.61 |
| SPAIN | 132 | 16,212 | 8,021 | 49.48 | 16,336 | 7,598 | 46.51 |
| FINLAND | 23 | 52,080 | 25,631 | 49.21 | 51,595 | 24,822 | 48.11 |
| USA | 2,867 | 2,677,244 | 1,302,920 | 48.67 | 2,621,635 | 1,231,244 | 46.96 |
| AUSTRIA | 13 | 83,073 | 35,258 | 42.44 | 78,252 | 31,471 | 40.21 |
| NORWAY | 25 | 40,727 | 16,164 | 39.69 | 40,394 | 15,641 | 38.72 |
| FRANCE | 177 | 591,428 | 209,613 | 35.44 | 559,293 | 193,278 | 34.56 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 2,184 | 629 | 28.80 | 2,057 | 568 | 27.61 |
| POLAND | 46 | 394,900 | *22.00 | 372,00 | *21.00 | ||
| ITALY | 70 | 647,571 | 137,165 | 21.18 | 598.364 | 117,956 | 19.71 |
| SERBIA | 2 | 16,061 | 3,405 | 20.49 | 16,078 | 3,054 | 18.99 |
| EIRE | 5 | 29,952 | 4,981 | 16.63 | 29,095 | 4,474 | 15.38 |
| MONGOLIA | 2 | 17,620 | 2,140 | 12.15 | 16,521 | 2,546 | 15.41 |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | 4 | 10,618 | 1,042 | 9.81 | 10,379 | 998 | 9.62 |
| CUBA | 9 | 99,691 | 9,067 | 9.09 | 96,330 | 7,389 | 7.67 |
| LITHUANIA | 1 | 41,776 | 3,502 | 8.38 | 40,252 | 2,770 | 6.88 |
| GHANA | 8 | 71,556 | 5,120 | 7.16 | 71,000 | 4,950 | 6.97 |
| ZIMBABWE | 2 | 4,791 | 124 | 2.59 | 4,931 | 125 | 2.53 |
| ROMANIA | 4 | 261,822 | 972 | 0.37 | 252,806 | 819 | 0.32 |
| ARGENTINA | 95 | ||||||
| ARUBA | 1 | ||||||
| AUSTRALIA | 80 | ||||||
| BAHAMAS | 1 | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 43 | ||||||
| BULGARIA | 1 | ||||||
| CHINA | 1,745 | ||||||
| COLOMBIA | 18 | 4,201 | 54,968 | 3,282 | |||
| COSTA RICA | 2 | ||||||
| EL SALVADOR | 1 | ||||||
| ESTONIA | 2 | ||||||
| GRENADA | 1 | ||||||
| GUATEMALA | 1 | ||||||
| HAITI | 2 | 179 | 164 | ||||
| HUNGARY | 12 | ||||||
| INDIA | - | ||||||
| INDONESIA | 7 | ||||||
| JAMAICA | 2 | ||||||
| LATVIA | 1 | ||||||
| MALAYSIA | 7 | ||||||
| MAURITIUS | 114 | ||||||
| MEXICO | 70 | ||||||
| NAMIBIA | 1 | 184 | 524 | ||||
| PANAMA | 5 | ||||||
| PHILLIPINES | 2 | ||||||
| PUERTO RICO | 3 | ||||||
| RUSSIA | 16 | ||||||
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 3 | ||||||
| SOUTH AFRICA | 33 | ||||||
| SRI LANKA | 45 | ||||||
| SURINAME | 2 | ||||||
| UKRAINE | 3 | ||||||
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | ||||||
| VIETNAM | 2 | ||||||
