Meaning

8 senses
  1. The people living within a political or geographical boundary.

    The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!

    Bevölkerung

    населе́ниеnaselénije

    насе́ленняnasélennja

  2. (broadly)The people with a given characteristic.

    India has the third-largest population of English-speakers in the world.

    Bevölkerungszahl, Einwohnerzahl

    населе́ниеnaselénije

  3. 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.

    population explosion; population growth

  4. A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.

    The number of living cells in a pattern.

  5. A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.

    A seasonal migration annually changes the populations in two or more biotopes drastically, many twice in opposite senses.

    Population

    популя́цияpopuljácija

    популя́ціяpopuljácija

    a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area

  6. A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.

    Grundgesamtheit

    (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

  7. The act of filling initially empty items in a collection.

    John clicked the Search button and waited for the population of the list to complete.

  8. General population.

Examples

694 sentences
  1. What's the population of your city?

    Яка кількість населення твого міста? — Ahha

  2. Tokyo has a population of over ten million.

    Населення Токіо складає більш ніж 10 мільйонів чоловік. — deniko

    ruНаселение Токио — более десяти миллионов человек. — marafon

  3. The population of Japan is less than America.

    Кількість населення в Японії менше ніж в Америці. — aandrusiak

    ruНаселение Японии меньше, чем население США. — odexed

    deJapan hat weniger Einwohner als Amerika. — samueldora

  4. The population is increasing.

    Населення збільшується. — triantafillou

    ruНаселение увеличивается. — al_ex_an_der

  5. The population of Japan is shrinking.

    Населення Японії скорочується. — deniko

    ruНаселение Японии сокращается. — Selena777

    deDie Bevölkerungszahl von Japan ist rückläufig. — Esperantostern

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
all people living within a political or geographical boundary:
biology: collection of organisms:
Русский
By meaning 2
all people living within a political or geographical boundary:
biology: collection of organisms:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
all people living within a political or geographical boundary:
number of residents in a given area:
biology: collection of organisms:
statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn:

Origin

Borrowed from Late Latin populatio (“a people, multitude”), as if a noun of action from Cl

Borrowed from Late Latin populatio (“a people, multitude”), as if a noun of action from Classical Latin populus, equivalent to populate + -ion. Doublet of poblacion.

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