Population People World’s Total Million Cent Country Entire

• one third of the world’s population consumes/consume two thirds of the world’s resources.
• the country has a total population of 65 million.
• the entire population of the town was at the meeting.
• countries with ageing populations

population

1. all the people who live in a particular area, city or country; the total number of people who live there
• One third of the world’s population consumes/consume two thirds of the world’s resources.
• The country has a total population of 65 million.
• The entire population of the town was at the meeting.
• countries with ageing populations
• Muslims make up 55 per cent of the population.
• an increase in population
• areas of dense/sparse population (= where many/not many people live)
• The population is increasing at about 6 per cent per year.
• population growth/density

Extra Examples

• Japan has a population of nearly 130 million.
• India's population growth rate has been more than twice that of China's.
• No reliable population estimates exist.
• The population now stands at about 4 million.
• The population fluctuated between 16 000 and 31 000.
• The general population was against the measures.
• The majority of the population live in these two towns.
• These farmers are relatively poor when compared with the rest of the population.
• The rapid growth of population led to an acute shortage of housing.
• huge population shifts within metropolitan regions
• major population centres along the coast
• research in matters of sexual health and population control
• the population boom which followed World War Two
• Agriculture employs 20 per cent of the country's total population.
• A growing segment of the population is interested in organic products.
• The country is relatively large, measured by population size.
• a population decline/explosion
• demands on the health services from an ageing population
• They claim that GM crops will feed our growing population.
2. a particular group of people or animals living in a particular area
• the adult/student/working population
• the rural/urban population
• The disease is relatively uncommon in the general population.
• The prison population (= the number of people in prison) is continuing to rise.
• He was accused of war crimes against the civilian population.
• Oil spillages are disastrous for fish populations.

Extra Examples

• the growing Hispanic population in the United States
• Most of the economically active population is employed in the primary industries.
• The estuary is home to the largest breeding population of birds in Australia.
• natural populations of plants and animals
• 62 per cent of the entire student population qualified for financial assistance.
• This land is sacred to the indigenous population.
• She promised to improve conditions for the local population.
• The policies are aimed at protecting wild cheetah populations.
• Poverty is increasing among the urban population.
• The spray is effective in reducing populations of some perennial weeds.
3. a collection of items being statistically analysed
• When populations are small, random events can lead them to behave atypicallly.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent. (denoting an inhabited place): from late Latin populatio(n-), from the verb populare, from populus ‘people’.