population
nounUK /ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
US /ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
The population is all the people who live in a place.
The population of our town grew by a thousand people last year.
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2. All the animals of one kind living in an area.
The deer population in the forest is getting smaller.
3. The act of filling an area with people or animals.
The population of the new island happened over many years.
4. A group of people or things being studied in science.
The scientists studied a population of butterflies.