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