Definition: 1. All the people who live in a particular area, city or country. 2. The people who inhabit a territory or state. 3. A group of organisms of the same species populating a given area. 4. The entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn. 5. The act of populating (causing to live in a place).
Use 'population' in a sentence:
1. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the population of each state.
2. The population of this city has greatly increased.
3. The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery.
4. A substantial proportion of the population speak a French-based patois.
5. Thirteen percent of the population live below the poverty line.
6. A census of population is taken every ten years.
7. The population continues to increase.
8. There is a concern about replenishment of the population.
9. The bulk of the population lives in cities.
10. The population is aging.
11. Christians compose around 2.5% of the country's population.
12. He had been taking part in an international symposium on population.
13. Nigeria has a population of nearly 100 million.
14. Forty percent of the population is suffering from malnutrition.
15. There is a 60% probability that the population will be infected with the disease.
16. The area was districted according to population figures only.
17. The population is increasing at about 6% per year.
18. A million people died, a seventh of the population.
19. He conjectured that the population might double in ten years.
20. The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million.
21. The population overflowed into the adjoining territory.
22. Iraq's population is roughly half Shi'ite.
23. Our foreign population is growing.
24. Almost 13 percent of the working population is already unemployed.
25. An overlay showing population can be placed on top of the map.
26. Muslims make up 55% of the population.
27. A large percentage of the population is illiterate.
28. Today African-Americans are 12 percent of the population.
29. The rural population has become increasingly politicized in recent years.
30. They imposed their government by force on the resistant population.
31. The entire population of the town was at the meeting.
32. At the beginning of the 20th century almost a third of the population lived off the land.
33. The population was still exploding.
34. About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease.
35. China has a vast territory and a large population.
36. In heavily infected areas, half the population become blind.
37. Its population is about triple that of Venice.
38. He has peddled the myth that he is supporting the local population.
39. The population almost doubles in summer, mainly because of the jazz festival.
40. The region has a very high population density.
41. There has been an overall growth in population, despite some draconian efforts to contain it.
42. The terrorists have chosen to play a deadly game with the civilian population.
43. Sixty percent of the population is nonwhite.
44. Most of the population lives at subsistence level.
45. Bangladesh now has a population of about 110 million.
46. Barely 50% of the population voted.
47. Is a questionnaire answered by 500 people truly representative of the population as a whole?
48. The population density of that country is 685 per square mile.
49. The population is mounting up steadily.
50. The majority of the population is Protestant.
51. Only 10% of the population are now practising Christians.
52. Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.
53. English became the official language for business in spite of the fact that the population was largely Chinese.
54. One third of the world's population consumes/consume two thirds of the world's resources.
55. The disease threatens to wipe out the entire population.
56. For a small state it has a large urban population.
57. Market researchers often segment the population on the basis of age and social class.
58. Fifthly, we need to consider the effect on the local population.
59. The disease affects fully 30 per cent of the population.
60. Population growth is decreasing by 1.4% each year.
61. The area has seen a rapid population growth.
62. A third of the population is living at or below the poverty line.
63. Growing levels of pollution represent a serious health hazard to the local population.
