noun
population
pop-yuu-LAY-shuhn
noun
1
The total number of people living in a particular place.
"The population of the town has doubled in ten years."
2
All the people or things of a particular kind considered together, especially for study.
"The study focused on the diabetic population of the region."
How to Use Population
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe number or group of people (or organisms) living somewhere, or a defined group used for study or statistics.
Common pairings
population growth
population density
general population
population decline
Word Forms
populations plural
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Etymology
From Late Latin populatio ("a people, multitude"), formed from Latin populus.