How many people were aboard the Titanic?
History medium Data from 1912
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The answer
2,224 people
Roughly 2.2K.
About 2,224 passengers and crew were aboard, and roughly 1,500 died. The ship carried lifeboats for only 1,178 people — legal at the time, since regulations scaled with tonnage rather than passenger count. The ship was also well below full capacity of around 3,300.
Where this number comes from
| Source | British Board of Trade inquiry, 1912 |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 1912 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | people |
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