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population

noun

pop·​u·​la·​tion ˌpä-pyə-ˈlā-shən How to pronounce population (audio)
1
a
: the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region
b
: the total of individuals occupying an area or making up a whole
c
: the total of particles at a particular energy level
used especially of atoms in a laser
2
: the act or process of populating
3
a
: a body of persons or individuals having a quality or characteristic in common
b(1)
: the organisms inhabiting a particular locality
(2)
: a group of interbreeding organisms that represents the level of organization at which speciation begins
4
: a group of individual persons, objects, or items from which samples are taken for statistical measurement
populational adjective

Example Sentences

The world's population has increased greatly. The city has experienced an increase in population. There has been a sharp reduction in the bat population in this region. the rural population of America
Recent Examples on the Web As California’s incarcerated population declines, other prisons will be considered for closure, state officials have said. Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 Last year, after the population crashed, the harvest was slashed to just 5.6 million pounds. Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2022 The military culture still runs deep among the largely Turkic-speaking population. Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 As a whole, the list is far Whiter and more male than the overall population. Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 The lieutenant governor has also expressed support for reducing Pennsylvania’s prison population by one-third. Fox News, 9 Sep. 2022 As rising land prices around Orlando push development outward, Lake County is attracting new development to satisfy a growing population. Trevor Fraser, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 Number of Utahns fully vaccinated • 2,051,409 — 63.1% of Utah’s total population. Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022 Now, though, there's greater population immunity built up through a combination of vaccination and infection. Deidre Mcphillips, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin population-, populatio, from Latin populus

First Known Use

1612, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of population was in 1612

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