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Before World War II, Hiroshima's population had grown to 360,000, and peaked at 419,182 in 1942. [10] Following the atomic bombing in 1945, the population dropped to 137,197. [10] By 1955, the city's population had returned to pre-war levels. [11]
An estimated 90,000 to 166,000 people in Hiroshima (between 26 and 49 percent of its population) and 60,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki (between 22 and 32 percent of its population) died in 1945, of which a majority in each case were killed on the days of the bombings, due to the force and heat of the blasts themselves.
1945 August 6: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima by US forces. [9] Population: 137,197. [10] 1947 Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony begins. [citation needed] Shinzo Hamai becomes mayor. 1949 - Hiroshima University [3] and Hiroshima Stock Exchange [5] established. 1950 Hiroshima Toyo Carp baseball team formed. [11] Population: 285,712. [10]
At the time, Hiroshima’s population was approximately 300,000. The atomic bomb immediately killed 80,000 and injured 35,000 more. By the end of 1945, 60,000 more people had died as a result of ...
The population of Japan at the time of the Meiji Restoration was estimated to be 34,985,000 on January 1, 1873, [1] while the official original family registries (本籍, honseki) and de facto (or present registries (現住, genjū)) populations on the same day were 33,300,644 and 33,416,939, respectively.
[8] [9] Overall, 8.5 million Japanese civilians were displaced as a result of the American raids, including 120,000 of Hiroshima's population of 365,000 who evacuated the city before the atomic bomb attack on it in August 1945. [10]
Some estimates are that 140,000 people in Hiroshima (38.9% of the population) and 70,000 people in Nagasaki (28.0% of the population) died in 1945, but how many died immediately as a result of exposure to the blast, heat, or due to radiation, is unknown.
Population in the following table is given according to the de facto population concept for enumerating the people. Source: Extraordinary Census of Japan (as of October 1, 1947), Population Census of Japan (as of April 26, 1946, November 1, 1945 and February 22, 1944), Census of Japan (as of October 1 for the years of 1940, 1935, 1930, 1925 and ...