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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.m.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. ourworldindata.org › population-growthPopulation Growth - Our World in Data

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   Introduction. Key Insights. Data Explorer. Research & Writing. Charts. Endnotes. Cite This Work. Reuse This Work. Population growth is one of the most important topics we cover at Our World in Data. For most of human history, the global population was a tiny fraction of what it is today.

4. www.worldometers.info › populationPopulation - Worldometer

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   View the entire current world population on a single page, showing every single person one by one, increasing in real time. How many countries are there in the world?

5. 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.

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 · How many people are there in the world? How many die each year, and how many babies are born? These are key questions that we need to understand the world around us. The global population dataset is one of our most important at Our World in Data: it underpins nearly every topic we cover.

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...