Definitions of population

1. the act of populating ( causing to live in a place); " he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"

2. a group of organisms of the same species populating a given area; " they hired hunters to keep down the deer population"

3. the people who inhabit a territory or state; " the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"

4. The people of a country, place, town, etc.; the act of peopling.

5. Act of populating: the inhabitants of any place.

6. The inhabitants of any place.

7. The whole number of a people.

8. The multiplying of inhabitants.

9. The act of populating; the number of people or inhabitants in a country; state of a country as regards population.

10. The inhabitants of any particular place, district, or country; the whole inhabitants.