population

Noun
  1. The people who inhabit a territory or state (synset 108196797)
    "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"
    is a type of: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
    subtypes: home front - the civilian population (and their activities) of a country at war
  2. A group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area (synset 108195659)
    "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population"
    is a type of: group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
    subtypes: overpopulation - too much population
  3. (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn (synset 106035684)
    "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"
    referred to in: statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
    is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    subtypes: subpopulation - a population that is part of a larger population
    same as: universe
  4. 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.) (synset 113802016)
    "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"; "the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing"
    is a type of: integer, whole number - any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero
  5. The act of populating (causing to live in a place) (synset 101260649)
    "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"
    is a type of: colonisation, colonization, settlement - the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

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