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   Pop·u·la·tion

   /ˌpäpyəˈlāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

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

   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?

   • : the whole number of people living in a country or region : the act or process of populating : a group of one or more species of organisms living in a particular area or habitat : the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region : a body of persons or individuals having a quality or characteristic in common

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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 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 a group of people living in a particular area?

   • [countable + singular or plural verb] a particular group of people or animals living in a particular area The disease is relatively uncommon in the general population. The prison population (= the number of people in prison) is continuing to rise. He was accused of war crimes against the civilian population.

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   noun. the total number of people inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area. the body of inhabitants of a place: The population of the city opposes the addition of fluorides to the drinking water.

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