population

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Main Entry: pop·u·la·tion
Pronunciation: päp-y-l-shn
Function: noun
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