344,000
Hiroshima & Nagasaki ended WWII.
Hiroshima held the first nuclear attack bringing the nuclear age.
See: Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
According to the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the population in Japan in October 1940 was estimated to be 73,114,308; in November 1945 the population was estimated at 71,998,104. Japan was visibly a thriving country that was hit very hard by the bombing.
The population density of Hiroshima is 1,297.2 people per square kilometer.
06 August 1945.
August 6 1945
The Hiroshima attack was at 8:15 AM on 6 August 1945. The Nagasaki attack was at 10:58 AM on 9 August 1945.
The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Nagasaki by the US from parachute.
The population of Hiroshima in 2009 was just over 1 million.The population of Nagasaki in 2009 was 446,007.
By 1945 Hiroshima had a civilian population of almost 300,000 and was an important military center, containing about 43,000 soldiers.
August 6 1945