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Plural
populations
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the number of people who live in a particular city or country
- As the population ages, there will be increasing strain on healthcare systems.
- Cities struggle to build enough housing to accommodate rising populations.
- Migration patterns have changed the ethnic composition of population groups over decades.
- The population of New York City exceeds eight million people.
- Japan has a rapidly aging population, leading to economic challenges.
2
a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
3
(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
Synonyms:
4
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.)
5
the act of populating (causing to live in a place)