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   population

   /ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. all the inhabitants of a particular place: "the island has a population of about 78,000"
   • ▪ a particular group or type of people living in a place: "a city with a large student population"
   • ▪ the extent to which an area is or has been populated: "areas of sparse population"
   • ▪ the action of populating a place.
   • 2. a community of animals, plants, or humans among whose members interbreeding occurs: "fluctuations in populations of voles and lemmings"
   • 3. a finite or infinite collection of items under consideration.
   • 4. each of three groups (designated I, II, and III) into which stars can be approximately divided on the basis of their manner of formation: "the motions of Population II objects"

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting an inhabited place): from late Latin populatio(n-), from the verb populare, from populus ‘people’.

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   What does population mean?

   • Population is also used to refer to all the living things of a particular type or group who live in a particular area or environment. a population of 12,000/175,000/13 million, etc. With a population of 2.1 million, it is the country's 25th largest metropolitan area. We've seen a slow but steady decline in population over the years.

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   What does population mean in a census?

   • Population is the term typically used to refer to the number of people in a single area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the size of a resident population within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics.

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   What is the difference between a population and a sexual population?

   • In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals from other areas.

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   What is a specific type of population in a country or area?

   • If you refer to a particular type of population in a country or area, you are referring to all the people or animals of that type there. ...75.6 per cent of the male population over sixteen. ...areas with a large Black population. ...the elephant populations of Tanzania and Kenya. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   Where does the word population come from?

   • The word population is derived from the Late Latin populationem (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word populus (a people). Population key

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   How many people live in a country?

   • The population of a place is the people who live there, or the number of people living there. The country has a population of about 110 million. 7 meanings: 1. all the persons inhabiting a country, city, or other specified place 2. the number of such inhabitants 3. all.... Click for more definitions.

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     POPULATION translate: 人口;全體居民, （統稱）（一定範圍內的）人口，動物總數. Learn...

   • Znaczenie Population, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     population definicja: 1. all the people living in a...

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     POPULATION translate: عَدَد السُّكان, سُكّان. Learn more in...

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     POPULATION translate: liczba mieszkańców , populacja,...

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     POPULATION translate: població, població. Learn more in the...

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