the number of inhabitants ( either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place ( country or city etc.); " people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"; " the African- American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing"

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

( statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn; " it is an estimate of the mean of the population"

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

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

The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.

The total number of individuals inhabiting a particular region or area.

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

Act of populating: the inhabitants of any place.

The inhabitants of any place.

The whole number of a people.

The multiplying of inhabitants.

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

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

Certainly, there was a significant African influence on the entire population of the island. – The Black Experience in America The Immigrant Heritage of America by Norman Coombs

Mr. Berol could tell the population of any town in the world, of more than five thousand inhabitants. – The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein

It happened in this manner: The country, during their absence, had grown a great deal in population. – Cruel As The Grave by Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth

It'll be quite a place, too, because it'll start out with a population of over 500 natives, maybe a thousand. – The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

1. They would afford society, form a public sentiment, and thus serve in a measure to keep children from the influence of a heathen population. – Thoughts on Missions by Sheldon Dibble

The affair passed off without much notice, however; and I believe it was generally forgotten by the population within an hour. – Recollections of Europe by J. Fenimore Cooper

Its population, large though it was, was composed wholly of boys. – The Adventures of Pinocchio by C. Collodi--Pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini

" Oh, we shall not take the whole population with us," suggested Miss Anderson. – April Hopes by William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009

Of the ancient population there was not a trace left. – Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders or, The Underground Search for the Idol of Gold by Victor Appleton

As might be expected, the native population has greatly increased. – Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by James Kennedy

The friends must disperse from the large centres of population. – The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1) by Shoghi Effendi

How scattered the population of the settled country is may be judged from the fact that the average population is one individual to every six square miles. – Spinifex and Sand Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia by David W Carnegie

Surely you don't think it would be a misfortune if our population increased so far that the world could recognise our existence." – The Great Hunger by Johan Bojer

Meantime the population began to grow. – Impressions of South Africa by James Bryce

I have mentioned my suspicions respecting the writer of the article on population in the Edinburgh Review to several persons. – Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 by David Ricardo

The " front," with its special population, was soon aware that something had happened. – 'Twixt Land & Sea by Joseph Conrad

" What, sir," I exclaimed, in admiration, " the entire population!" – The Monikins by J. Fenimore Cooper

His palace is surrounded by a population of seven hundred families of the best weavers in the world, to whom he has given rent- free lands, and whose welfare he continually seeks. – Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

It is already considerable in extent, and, like its population, is growing rapidly. – The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Ernest Scott

Arriving in Milwaukee, they knew not what part of the State was best suited for them; but began to prospect for land, and finally settled near Green Bay, simply because a large portion of the population of that village could speak French, which was their own language. – Stories of the Badger State by Reuben Gold Thwaites