Population

noun

,pɑpjə'leɪʃən

Noun

(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
“it is an estimate of the mean of the population”
Similar:Universe
Type of:CollectionAccumulationAggregation
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.)
“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”
Type of:Integer
a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
“they hired hunters to keep down the deer population”
Type of:GroupGrouping
the act of populating (causing to live in a place)
“he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals”
Type of:ColonizationColonisationSettlement
the people who inhabit a territory or state
“the population seemed to be well fed and clothed”
Type of:People