population
pop·u·la·tion
noun \ˌpäp-yə-ˈlā-shən\Definition of POPULATION
1
: the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region
2
a : a body of persons or individuals having a quality or characteristic in common b (1) : the organisms inhabiting a particular locality (2) : a group of interbreeding organisms that represents the level of organization at which speciation begins
3
: a group of individual persons, objects, or items from which samples are taken for statistical measurement
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