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population en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌpɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌpɒp.juːˈleɪ.ʃən/ (UK)
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• /ˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/ (US)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
   • The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!
   • “Panicology” considers the evidence on both sides of a large number of worries that have beset the industrialized world in modern times, including the “population crisis” (now one of underpopulation that threatens the wealth and health of aging populations in countries like Italy and Russia)[…] 2009 May 19, Jane E. Brody, “The Slippery Slope From Fear to Panic”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2012:
2. (broadly) The people with a given characteristic.
   • India has the third-largest population of English-speakers in the world.
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.
   • End population was 101,764 cells, but with some significant spikes and drops along the way. 2008 May 31, Dave Greene, “Life: B37/S23 - A Chaotic Universe.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
   • This is one of several known "sawtooth" patterns, in which the population is unbounded but does not tend to infinity. 1996 December 16, Dean Hickerson, “What is his name ?”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
   • Since unoccupied cells never send a message they never access their neighbors and so if the population of the arena is, say, 20% of the total area then 80% of time no neighbor cells need to be accessed at all leading 1/9th as many array accesses and computation speeds up to 9 times faster per generation. 2003 February 28, fiziwig, “Fast GOL alogrithm that doesn't examine neighbors.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
5. A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.
   • Within and among populations of grindelias, some morphologic traits appear to vary more from plant to plant than in most genera of composites. 2006, Flora of North America, North of Mexico:
   • The tunnel was retired from operational service on September 3 1966. Since then, like many other tunnels, it has been left unused and unloved, apart from by the resident bat population. 2023 November 29, Peter Plisner, “The winds of change in Catesby Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 997, page 56:
   • Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, […]. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe. 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
   • A seasonal migration annually changes the populations in two or more biotopes drastically, many twice in opposite senses.
6. A group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn.
   • […]it is possible it [the Anglo-Saxon race] might stand second to the Scandinavian countries [in average height] if a fair sample of their population were obtained. 1883, Francis Galton et al., “Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee”, in Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, page 269:
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. (qualifier:prison) General population.
   • I would like to say something about the place I am doing time at. When I was placed in population, I met another woman and we immediately became good friends. 1985 April 6, Jackie Beattie, “More Power To Us All”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

Forms

Deriveds

interpopulation (Compound words) · population mean (Expressions) · transpopulation (Compound words) · underpopulation (Compound words) · autopopulation (Compound words) · population bomb (Expressions) · population genetics (Expressions) · zero population growth (Expressions) · suprapopulation (Compound words) · population bottleneck (Expressions) · populational · pseudopopulation (Compound words) · coenopopulation (Compound words) · multipopulation (Compound words) · overpopulation (Compound words) · micropopulation (Compound words) · infrapopulation (Compound words) · stellar population · repopulation (Compound words) · intrapopulational (Compound words) · heteropopulation (Compound words) · hemipopulation (Compound words) · population inversion (Expressions) · multipopulational (Compound words) · subpopulation (Compound words) · superpopulation (Compound words) · population density (Expressions) · Population I (Expressions) · population dynamics (Compound words) · general population (Expressions) · intrapopulation (Compound words) · megapopulation (Compound words) · population pyramid (Expressions) · population biologist (Expressions) · populationless · populationally · Population II (Expressions) · paleopopulation (Compound words) · interpopulational (Compound words) · population biology (Expressions) · populationism · depopulation (Compound words) · ghost population (Expressions) · metapopulation (Compound words) · Population III (Expressions) · antipopulationist (Compound words) · morphopopulation (Compound words)

Relateds

popular · populate · populous

Translations (243)

de Bevölkerungszahl (number of residents in a given area) · is íbúar (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · vi số dân (number of residents in a given area) · atv калык-ньонныг тоозы (number of residents in a given area) · ang landwaru (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · pt população (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sk obyvateľstvo (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · my လူဦးရေ (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · km ចំនួនប្រជាជន (biology: collection of organisms) · he אוכלוסין \ אֻכְלוּסִין (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fa-ira اَهْلِیَّت (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · is þýði (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · nb befolkningstall (number of residents in a given area) · atv эл кӧби (number of residents in a given area) · tl populasyon (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ja 人口 (number of residents in a given area) · az əhali (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · el πληθυσμός (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nn populasjon (biology: collection of organisms) · mk популација (biology: collection of organisms) · tl santauhan (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · es población (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · hi मर्दुमशुमारी (number of residents in a given area) · pl ludność (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · he אוכלוסייה \ אֻכְלוּסִיָּה (number of residents in a given area) · fi populaatio (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · km ប្រជាគណន៍ (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fi populaatio (biology: collection of organisms) · uz nufus (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · hu népesség (number of residents in a given area) · tg аҳолӣ (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · bg населе́ние (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nl populatie (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fr population (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ur نُفُوس (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ang leodræ (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · tk ilat (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sk populácia (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · scn pupulazziuni (number of residents in a given area) · tg мардум (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · de Bevölkerung (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · cmn 人口 (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · es población (number of residents in a given area) · pl populacja (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ang þeodscipe (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · tr popülasyon (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · et üldkogum (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · sv folkmängd (number of residents in a given area) · lij popolaçión (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fi perusjoukko (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · ja 人口 (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sv befolkning (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · th ประชากร (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sh populácija (biology: collection of organisms) · da population (biology: collection of organisms) · tg популятсия (biology: collection of organisms) · af bevolking (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · gl poboación (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · bar Bevökarung (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · uk насе́лення (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ar سُكَّانِيَّة (number of residents in a given area) · it popolazione (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · hu lélekszám (number of residents in a given area) · eu biztanleria (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nb innbyggertall (number of residents in a given area) · it popolazione (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fi väestö (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ro populație (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ta மக்கள்தொகை (number of residents in a given area) · sh populácija (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sl populacija (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · pt população (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · fo fólkatal (number of residents in a given area) · he אוכלוסין \ אֻכְלוּסִין (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · hak 人口 (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · cs obyvatelstvo (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · hu lakosság (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · he אוכלוסייה \ אֻכְלוּסִיָּה (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · gu વસ્તી (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sl populacija (biology: collection of organisms) · vi dân cư (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · bo མི་འབོར (number of residents in a given area) · fr population (biology: collection of organisms) · ka მოსახლეობა (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · da befolkning (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nl populatie (biology: collection of organisms) · bn জনসংখ্যা (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · hy բնակչություն (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fa-ira نُفوس (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · is stofn (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · ka პოპულაცია (biology: collection of organisms) · ru населе́ние (number of residents in a given area) · kk халық (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · uz aholi (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · he אוכלוסייה \ אֻכְלוּסִיָּה (biology: collection of organisms) · crh eali (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · cmn 人口 (number of residents in a given area) · cs populace (biology: collection of organisms) · udm улӥсьёс (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ceb kamulupyohan (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · jv cacah jiwa (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nl bevolking (biology: collection of organisms) · ta மக்கள்தொகை (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fa چبیره (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nb befolkning (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · cmn 種群 /种群 (biology: collection of organisms) · scn pupulazziuni (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · de Population (biology: collection of organisms) · be папуля́цыя (biology: collection of organisms) · ur آبادی (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · aii ܥܵܡܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ (biology: collection of organisms) · sh попула́ција (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · aii ܥܵܡܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · is hópur (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · ang eorþwaru (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sk populácia (biology: collection of organisms) · he אוכלוסין \ אֻכְלוּסִין (biology: collection of organisms) · kk халық саны (number of residents in a given area) · bo མི་ཚོགས (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nb populasjon (biology: collection of organisms) · be насе́льніцтва (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ru популя́ция (biology: collection of organisms) · sl prebivalstvo (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ko 인구 (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · hi जनगणना (number of residents in a given area) · pdt Bevelkjarunk (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · tt халык (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ca població (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · eo loĝantaro (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · crh nufus (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nl populatie (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · ko 개체군 (biology: collection of organisms) · ja 個体群 (biology: collection of organisms) · tl sambagayan (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · km ប្រជាជន (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · lt gyventojai (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ms penduduk (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ko 인구 (number of residents in a given area) · hu népesség (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · ml ജനസംഖ്യ (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · hy պոպուլյացիա (biology: collection of organisms) · oc populacion (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · aii ܥܲܡܵܐ (biology: collection of organisms) · is mannfjöldi (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · lad פובלאסיון (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nb bestand (biology: collection of organisms) · pt população (biology: collection of organisms) · he אוכלוסייה \ אֻכְלוּסִיָּה (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · aii ܡܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܥܵܡܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ (number of residents in a given area) · is lýður (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · hi आबादी (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fi asukasluku (number of residents in a given area) · pt população (number of residents in a given area) · ru населе́ние (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · tr nüfus (number of residents in a given area) · sv population (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sv population (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · de Einwohnerzahl (number of residents in a given area) · lo ປະຊາກອນ (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · et populatsioon (biology: collection of organisms) · uk популя́ція (biology: collection of organisms) · az populyasiya (biology: collection of organisms) · fi väkiluku (number of residents in a given area) · alt калык (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fr population (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · wuu 人口 (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · hu populáció (biology: collection of organisms) · ms penduduk (number of residents in a given area) · et elanikkond (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · vi dân số (number of residents in a given area) · ky калк (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · hu népesség (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fa-ira جَمْعِیَّت (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nn bestand (biology: collection of organisms) · et asurkond (biology: collection of organisms) · nrf populâtion (biology: collection of organisms) · nl inwonertal (number of residents in a given area) · aii ܥܵܡܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ (number of residents in a given area) · pl populacja (biology: collection of organisms) · te జనాభా (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · mn хүн ам (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · atv калык-ньон (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · mk популација (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ja 母集団 (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · cs populace (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · hu népesség (biology: collection of organisms) · he אוכלוסין \ אֻכְלוּסִין (number of residents in a given area) · tr nüfus (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · cdo 人口 (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ms populasi (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · bg попула́ция (biology: collection of organisms) · id populasi (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · hi जनसंख्या (number of residents in a given area) · lv iedzīvotāji (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nn folkesetnad (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · hi जनसंख्या (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sh stanovníštvo (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · atv улустынъ кӧби (number of residents in a given area) · jam papilieshan (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sh становни́штво (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sv population (biology: collection of organisms) · mi taupori (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · scn pupulazziuni (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · ms populasi (number of residents in a given area) · hy բնակչություն (number of residents in a given area) · tg маскун (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · mr लोकसंख्या (number of residents in a given area) · lb Bevëlkerung (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · uz populyatsiya (biology: collection of organisms) · yi באַפֿעלקערונג (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · lad poblasyon (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sq popullsi (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nl bevolking (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fa-ira اَهالی (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · cmn 總體 /总体 (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · de Grundgesamtheit (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · ps اهالي (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · om uummata (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ar سُكَّان (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nn befolkning (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nan-hbl 人口 (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sv befolkning (number of residents in a given area) · nrf populâtion (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sq popullatë (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · fa-ira مَرْدُم (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · mk население (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · nn folketal (number of residents in a given area) · ps نفوس (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ml ജനസംഖ്യ (number of residents in a given area) · wo way-dëkk (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · sh попула́ција (biology: collection of organisms) · is fólksfjöldi (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · es población (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · ms populasi (biology: collection of organisms) · nb folketall (number of residents in a given area) · sv bestånd (biology: collection of organisms) · yue 人口 (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · da population (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn) · et rahvastik (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · uz xalq (all people living within a political or geographical boundary) · et rahvaarv (number of residents in a given area) · nl bevolking (number of residents in a given area) · fi kanta (biology: collection of organisms)