noun
                                                the people who inhabit a territory or state
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the population seemed to be well fed and clothed
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - they hired hunters to keep down the deer population
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
                                                                                                Synonyms
                                                
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - it is an estimate of the mean of the population
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade
- the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the act of populating (causing to live in a place)
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals