population

population
population pop‧u‧la‧tion [ˌpɒpjˈleɪʆn ǁ ˌpɑː-] noun
1. [countable, uncountable] the number of people who live in a particular country or area:

• a city with a population of over 2 million

• Hong Kong's rapid growth in population

2. [countable usually singular] all the people who live in a particular area:

• 12% of the population now has private health insurance.

ˌactive popuˈlation also ecoˌnomically ˌactive popuˈlation, working population
[countable, uncountable] ECONOMICS all the people who normally work in an area, country etc:

• Even by 1930, 46% of the active population of Italy was still directly involved in agriculture.

• Unemployment has risen to 4.1% of the working population.

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population UK US /ˌpɒpjəˈleɪʃən/ noun
► [S or U] the number of people living in a particular country, area, or town: a population of 12,000/175,000/13 million, etc. »

With a population of 2.1 million, it is the country's 25th largest metropolitan area.

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We've seen a slow but steady decline in population over the years.

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In these countries there is still rapid population growth.

► [S] all the people living in a particular country, area, or town: »

10% of the population were living in poverty.

► [C, usually singular] all the people or animals of a particular type or group that live in one country, area, or town: »

More than half of the world's working population has no formal employment or social security arrangements.

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With the restrictions on hunting, deer populations have begun to grow.

→ See also ACTIVE POPULATION(Cf. ↑active population), FLOATING POPULATION(Cf. ↑floating population)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • population — population. См. популяция. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Population — (v. lat.), 1) Bevölkerung, s.d.; 2) die gesammten Einwohner eines Landes, einer Provinz od. eines Ortes. Daher Populationistik, Bevölkerungsstatistik, s. u. Bevölkerung B); Populationisten, in England Gegner des Malthus, welcher gegen die… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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