Examples of “population” in a Sentence

noun The total number of people living in a particular place.

• The population of the town has doubled in ten years.
• The city's population grows every summer when the students arrive.
• A small island population relies heavily on the daily ferry.

noun All the people or things of a particular kind considered together, especially for study.

• The study focused on the diabetic population of the region.
• Researchers studied the elderly population to learn about their sleep habits.
• The wild bird population in the marsh is counted every year.