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Mar 7, 2016 · It's not entirely clear how many detonations in total are included in the map's data set, although according to Matt Broomfield at The Independent, some 2,624 nuclear explosions are depicted. Wikipedia's entry on the topic puts the count at 2,120 known tests and 2,475 devices fired.
From the first nuclear test in 1945, worldwide nuclear testing increased rapidly until the 1970s, when it peaked. However, there was still a large amount of worldwide nuclear testing until the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s.
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Jan 25, 2024 · Date range. 1945–2022. Unit. tests. January 25, 2024. https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/nucleartesttally. This is the citation of the original data obtained from the source, prior to any processing or adaptation by Our World in Data.
This statistic shows the number of nuclear tests carried out by countries worldwide from 1945 until July 2020. A total of 1,030 nuclear tests have been performed by the United States since 1945.
There have been 2,121 tests done since the first in July 1945, involving 2,476 nuclear devices.
Aug 27, 2018 · Since the first nuclear test explosion on July 16, 1945, at least eight nations have detonated over 2,000 nuclear tests at dozens of test sites, including Lop Nor in China, the atolls of the Pacific, Nevada, and Algeria where France conducted its first nuclear device, Western Australia where the U.K. exploded nuclear weapons, the South Atlantic ...
Aug 29, 2023 · According to the Arms Control Association, at least eight countries have carried out a total of 2,056 nuclear tests since 1945. Of those, 507 have been atmospheric explosions, which spread ...
