1. (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn Example : it is an estimate of the mean of the population
2. the act of populating - causing to live in a place Example : You deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals.
3. a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area Example : they hired hunters to keep down the deer population
4. the people who inhabit a territory or state Example : the population seemed to be well fed and clothed
5. 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.) Example : people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade
Translation for "population"
population meaning in Spanish : población population meaning in German : Population population meaning in Japanese : 人口 population meaning in Turkish : nüfus population meaning in Chinese : 人口 population meaning in Arabic : تعداد السكان population meaning in Polish : populacja population meaning in Hindi : आबादी population meaning in French : population population meaning in Russian : Население population meaning in Tamil : மக்கள் தொகையில் population meaning in Telugu : జనాభా