population

nouns

the people who inhabit a territory or state

"the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"

population

is derived from

populate

is a type of (narrower)

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

"old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

people

a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area

"they hired hunters to keep down the deer population"

population

is a type of (narrower)

any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

group, grouping

(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

"it is an estimate of the mean of the population"

population, universe

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"

population

is a type of (narrower)

any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero

"an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

integer, whole number

the act of populating (causing to live in a place)

"he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"

population

is derived from

populate

is a type of (narrower)

the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

"the British colonization of America"

colonisation, colonization, settlement