How many people died in Hiroshima by the end of 1945?

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Atomic bombing of Hiroshima — atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki A gigantic mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, after a U.S. aircraft dropped an atomic bomb on the city, immediately killing more than 70,000 people.

It is estimated that more than 100,000 people died in Hiroshima by the end of 1945 as a result of the atomic bomb dropped on August 6, 1945. While approximately 70,000 people were killed instantly, the death toll continued to rise throughout the remainder of the year due to injuries and radiation effects.123