[countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] all the people who live in a particular area, city or country; the total number of people who live there.

[countable, uncountable] all the people who live in a particular area, city, or country; the total number of people who live there.

The earliest known use of the noun population is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for population is from 1541, in a translation by R. Barlow.

Definition of population explosion noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, ...

​a sudden large increase in the number of people or animals living in an area. Join us. Join our community to access the latest language learning and ...

POPULATION definition: 1. all the people living in a particular country, area, or place: 2. all the people or animals of…. Learn more.

[countable] a section of the population who are of a similar age, the same sex, etc. The products are designed to appeal to a young demographic.

population genetics, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.

1 · the whole number of people living in a country or region ; 2 · the act or process of populating ; 3 · a group of one or more species of organisms living in a ...

a group of customers who are of a similar age, the same sex, etc. The products are designed to appeal to a young demographic.