population

noun
po·pu·la·tion
/ˌpɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/

The people living within a political or geographical boundary.

Example

“The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!”

Other meanings

The people with a given characteristic.
“India has the third-largest population of English-speakers in the world.”
A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.
“The town’s population is only 243.”

Related words

autopopulation
antipopulationist
coenopopulation
depopulation
hemipopulation
heteropopulation
infrapopulation
population dynamics
megapopulation
metapopulation
micropopulation
morphopopulation

Example sentences

“Did the economic policies help the population?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“Wasps help keep insect populations down.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Latin "populus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “population” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.