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.
  1. the assemblage of a specific type of organism living in a given area.
  2. 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.

Origin of population

First recorded in 1570–80, population is from the Late Latin word populātiōn- (stem of populātiō). See populate, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM population

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH population

populace population populous

Words nearby population

popular vote, popularity, popularize, popularly, populate, population, population control, population explosion, population genetics, population inversion, population parameter

British Dictionary definitions for subpopulation (1 of 2)

subpopulation
/ (ˌsʌbpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən) /

noun

statistics a subgroup of a statistical population

British Dictionary definitions for subpopulation (2 of 2)

population
/ (ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən) /

noun

Medical definitions for subpopulation

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 subpopulation

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.