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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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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PopulationPopulation - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. www.worldometers.infoWorldometer - real time world statistics

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   Live world statistics on population, government and economics, society and media, environment, food, water, energy and health. Interesting statistics with world population clock, forest loss this year, carbon dioxide co2 emission, world hunger data, energy consumed, and a lot more.

4. www.worldometers.info › populationPopulation - Worldometer

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   All-time population total. Population by Country. Countries (and dependencies) in the world ranked by population. 1 Year change, migrants, median age, fertility rate, area (Km²), urban population, share of world's population, global rank.

5. www.census.gov › topics › populationPopulation - Census.gov

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   Jul 22, 2022 · The U.S. Census Bureau is the leading source of statistical information about the nation’s people. Our population statistics come from decennial censuses, which count the entire U.S. population every ten years, along with several other surveys. Subtopics. Age and Sex.

6. population.un.org › wppWorld Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations

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   The 2022 Revision of World Population Prospects is the twenty-seventh edition of official United Nations population estimates and projections that have been prepared by the Population...

7. ourworldindata.org › world-population-update-2022Five key findings from the 2022 UN Population Prospects

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   Jul 11, 2022 · The world population will pass 8 billion at the end of 2022. Since 1975 the world has been adding another billion people every 12 years. It passed its last milestone of 7 billion in 2011. And, by the end of 2022, another one will pass: there will be 8 billion people worldwide.

8. news.un.org › en › storyWorld population to reach 8 billion this year, as growth rate...

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   Jul 11, 2022 · The latest UN projections suggest that the world’s population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050, before reaching a peak of around 10.4 billion people during the...