population

Definition

Examples

The population of the city has doubled in the last decade.

Word Family

Synonyms

• inhabitantsa person who inhabits a particular place
• citizensa native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
• residentssomeone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

Collocations

• Easy city with a large population
  describing city with a large population (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
• Medium rapid population growth in urban centers
  describing rapid population growth in urban centers (a part of a river where the current is very fast)
• Hard aging population straining healthcare budgets
  to aging population straining healthcare budgets, meaning to begin to seem older; get older
• Very Hard demographic collapse of rural populations
  describing demographic collapse of rural populations (a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.))