population
[ pop-yuh-ley-shuh n ]
/ ˌpɒp yəˈleɪ ʃən /
noun
the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.
the body of inhabitants of a place: The population of the city opposes the addition of fluorides to the drinking water.
the number or body of inhabitants in a place belonging to a specific social, cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic, or racial subgroup: the native population; the working-class population.
Statistics.
any finite or infinite aggregation of individuals, not necessarily animate, subject to a statistical study.
Ecology.
- the assemblage of a specific type of organism living in a given area.
- all the individuals of one species in a given area.
the act or process of populating: Population of the interior was hampered by dense jungles.
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British Dictionary definitions for population
population
/ (ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən) /
noun
Medical definitions for population
population
[ pŏp′yə-lā′shən ]
n.
The total number of people inhabiting a specific area.
The set of individuals, items, or data from which a statistical sample is taken.
All the organisms that constitute a specific group or occur in a specified habitat.
Scientific definitions for population
population
[ pŏp′yə-lā′shən ]
A group of individuals of the same species occupying a particular geographic area. Populations may be relatively small and closed, as on an island or in a valley, or they may be more diffuse and without a clear boundary between them and a neighboring population of the same species. For species that reproduce sexually, the members of a population interbreed either exclusively with members of their own population or, where populations intergrade, to a greater degree than with members of other populations. See also deme.