the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
the body of inhabitants of a place: The population of the city opposes the addition of fluorides to the drinking water.
the number or body of inhabitants in a place belonging to a specific social, cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic, or racial subgroup: the native population; the working-class population.
Statistics. any finite or infinite aggregation of individuals, not necessarily animate, subject to a statistical study.
Ecology.
the assemblage of a specific type of organism living in a given area.
all the individuals of one species in a given area.
the act or process of populating: Population of the interior was hampered by dense jungles.
Origin of population
First recorded in 1570–80, population is from the Late Latin word populātiōn- (stem of populātiō). See populate, -ion
popular singer, popular song, popular sovereignty, popular vote, populate, population, population control, population explosion, population genetics, population inversion, population parameter
Now, Covid-19 demographics are changing again — shifting back into older populations.
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According to the UN, about 40 percent of the world’s population lives within 60 miles of an ocean.
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The federal government will release a dashboard to help states map these populations, the playbook said.
Top health official says states need about $6 billion from Congress to distribute coronavirus vaccine|Lena H. Sun|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
The United States would still be responsible for 11 percent of global deaths, despite constituting only about 4 percent of the world’s population.
Trump blames blue states for the coronavirus death toll — but most recent deaths have been in red states|Philip Bump|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
They are actually in a situation where they could afford to wait for the outcome of ongoing phase 3 trials, understand the safety and efficacy properly, without compromising their population.
China has quietly vaccinated more than 100,000 people for Covid-19 before completing safety trials|Lili Pike|September 11, 2020|Vox
Veterans are a small minority of the population, as well, serving the greater whole.
A Veteran’s View: NYC Cold War Between Cops and City Hall|Matt Gallagher|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Improving an economy is a lot harder with only half the population working.
The Women Battling an Islamist Strongman|Christina Asquith|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nearly 85 percent of its population are expats drawn to work in the rapidly growing tax-havens.
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However, the total U.S. population has grown significantly in the past 160 years.
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Foreign-born residents made up 12.9 percent of the total U.S. population in 2010.
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"Over one half the population at least," responded Silvano, quietly, turning over a few papers without looking up.
Temporal Power|Marie Corelli
The diminution of population in Ireland revealed by the 1901 Census amounted to 245,000 persons.
Home Rule|Harold Spender
The imagination hardly keeps pace with the progress of population, improvement, and civilization.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster|Daniel Webster
Roughly speaking, one-quarter of the population of Pittsburgh is foreign-born.
Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part I: The People|Various
The population had evidently deteriorated from the days of the French and British rule, when game was abundant.
Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
British Dictionary definitions for population
population
/ (ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən) /
noun
(sometimes functioning as plural)all the persons inhabiting a country, city, or other specified place
the number of such inhabitants
(sometimes functioning as plural)all the people of a particular race or class in a specific areathe Chinese population of San Francisco
the act or process of providing a place with inhabitants; colonization
ecologya group of individuals of the same species inhabiting a given area
astronomyeither of two main groups of stars classified according to age and location. Population I consists of younger metal-rich hot white stars, many occurring in galactic clusters and forming the arms of spiral galaxies. Stars of population II are older, the brightest being red giants, and are found in the centre of spiral and elliptical galaxies in globular clusters
Also called: universestatisticsthe entire finite or infinite aggregate of individuals or items from which samples are drawn
A group of individuals of the same species occupying a particular geographic area. Populations may be relatively small and closed, as on an island or in a valley, or they may be more diffuse and without a clear boundary between them and a neighboring population of the same species. For species that reproduce sexually, the members of a population interbreed either exclusively with members of their own population or, where populations intergrade, to a greater degree than with members of other populations. See also deme.