how many people died in the hiroshima bombing?

Answer 1

134,675 plus 34,000 animals and 1456 trees

Answer 2

Over 200,000 people were killed in Hiroshima/Nagasaki Bombing -

On the morning of 6 August 1945, the United States Army Air Forces dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima, followed three days later by the detonation of the "Fat Man" bomb over Nagasaki, Japan during World War II against the Empire of Japan, part of the Axis Powers alliance, resulting in a mass killing of over 200,000 Japanese civilians.

In estimating the death toll from the attacks, there are several factors that make it difficult to arrive at reliable figures: inadequacies in the records given the confusion of the times, the many victims who died months or years after the bombing as a result of radiation exposure, and the pressure to either exaggerate or minimize the numbers, depending upon political agenda. That said, it is estimated that by December 1945, as many as 140,000 had died in Hiroshima by the bomb and its associated effects. In Nagasaki, roughly 74,000 people died of the bomb and its after-effects with the death toll from two bombings around 214,000 people. In both cities, the overwhelming majority of the deaths were those of civilians.

Answer 3

mass killing of over 200,000 Japanese civilians
In estimating the death toll from the attacks, there are several factors that make it difficult to arrive at reliable figures: inadequacies in the records given the confusion of the times, the many victims who died months or years after the bombing as a result of radiation exposure, and the pressure to either exaggerate or minimize the numbers, depending upon political agenda. That said, it is estimated that by December 1945, as many as 140,000 had died in Hiroshima by the bomb and its associated effects.[1][2] In Nagasaki, roughly 74,000 people died of the bomb and its after-effects with the death toll from two bombings around 214,000 people.[3][4] In both cities, the overwhelming majority of the deaths were those of civilians.

Answer 4

Figures for the death toll due to the Little Boy bomb at Hiroshima vary wildly. There is also no agreement on whether the toll should include only those killed on the day, or whether those who died (probably from radiation poisoning) at a later date should also be included..............and, if they are included, at what date should you "cut-off" including them as casualties. Someone who lived through the bombing at the age of 10 would now be over 75 so, if he died tomorrow, would he be included as a casulaty figure? There is no consensus.

This is an extract from the link I have attached, which gives a clear and rational discussion of the varying figures and attitudes.

"The Radiation Effects Research Foundation website gives a range of 90,000-140,000 1945 deaths at Hiroshima out of a population of 310,000.

The Hiroshima Peace Site website gives a figure of 140,000 deaths by December 1945, out of a population of 350,000.

The Guinness Book of Records gives a suspiciously precise figure of 155,200 killed by Little Boy, including deaths from radiation within one year.

In all three cases above, there is no information on where the figures come from.

The Committee for the Compilation of Materials on Damage Caused by the Atomic Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki estimated in 1978 that 346,000-356,000 people were present in Hiroshima at the time of the bombings, with fatalities of "some 200,000". This seems to be a bit of a stretch, since the last census conducted by the Japanese government prior to the bombings, in February 1944, showed a population of 343,034, The Committee is thus claiming a net gain in population during the final year of the war, when widespread evacuations were going on during the fire bombings and other cities were rapidly losing people.

In 1998, a Japanese delegation in India presented this version: "At that time, Hiroshima's population was 400,000, of which 140,000 died by the end of 1945, 90 per cent of them within a week of the explosion." So far, so good--that tracks other recent Japanese estimates. But the statement continues: "People continue to die even today, from the after-effects of radiation.... As of [1997], there were 202,118 registered deaths due to the Hiroshima bombing." So here we have 62,000 deaths added to the total, with the count continuing at least into 1998. Clearly we are in an entirely different field by now. A 21-year-old in 1945 would have been 74 in 1998, and therefore have already lived past his normal life expectancy!"

Answer 5

It is believed that more than 140,000 people died by the end of the year. They were citizens including students, soldiers and Koreans who worked in factories within the city. The total number of people who have died due to the bomb is estimated to be 200,000.

Answer 6

I have no idea Ben, but I can tell you just what it was like as I had a very scary past life regression where I died that morning. It was incredibly loud, the kind of loud that makes your whole body shake, then white heat and ...death. Fast but not something I would every wish on anyone every again what ever.

Answer 7

some 80,000 people burned to death on the first day and thousands died in agony in the weeks and months ahead.

Answer 8

80,000 in the vaporization from the detonation itself and another 100,000 to 150,000 from the radiation poisoning....

Answer 9

No,I give up,how many?