Definition of population

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pop·u·la·tion

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NOUN:

1. All of the people inhabiting a specified area.
2. The total number of such people.
The total number of inhabitants constituting a particular race, class, or group in a specified area.
The act or process of furnishing with inhabitants.
Ecology All the organisms that constitute a specific group or occur in a specified habitat.
Statistics The set of individuals, items, or data from which a statistical sample is taken. Also called universe.

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