the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area.

the body of inhabitants of a place

The population of the city opposes the addition of fluorides to the drinking water.

the number or body of inhabitants of a particular race or class in a place

the native population; the working-class population.

Statistics . any finite or infinite aggregation of individuals, not necessarily animate, subject to a statistical study.

Ecology .

the assemblage of a specific type of organism living in a given area.

all the individuals of one species in a given area.

the act or process of populating

Population of the interior was hampered by dense jungles.

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citizenry , community , culture , denizens , dwellers , folk , natives , people , populace , public , residents , society , state , inhabitants