population
Pronunciation:
/ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən//pɒpjuːˈleɪʃən/noun
Definitions
The people living within a political or geographical boundary.
Example: The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!
(by extension) The people with a given characteristic.
Example: India has the third-largest population of English-speakers in the world.
A count of the number of residents within a political or geographical boundary such as a town, a nation or the world.
Example: The town’s population is only 243.
A collection of organisms of a particular species, sharing a particular characteristic of interest, most often that of living in a given area.
Example: A seasonal migration annually changes the populations in two or more biotopes drastically, many twice in opposite senses.