population

Population is the number of people or animals in a particular place.

(noun)

An example of population is over eight million people living in New York City.

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See population in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

    1. all the people in a country, region, etc.
    2. the number of these
    3. a (specified) part of the people in a given area: the Japanese population of Hawaii
  1. a populating or being populated
  2. Biol. a group of similar organisms living in the same region, esp. organisms of the same species
  3. Statistics the total set of items, persons, etc. from which a sample is taken

Origin: LL populatio

See population in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. All of the people inhabiting a specified area.
    b. The total number of such people.
  2. The total number of inhabitants constituting a particular race, class, or group in a specified area.
  3. The act or process of furnishing with inhabitants.
  4. Ecology All the organisms that constitute a specific group or occur in a specified habitat.
  5. Statistics The set of individuals, items, or data from which a statistical sample is taken. Also called universe.

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