ˌpɔpjuˈleɪʃən n. 1 a
the inhabitants of a
place,
country, etc. referred to collectively. b
any specified
group within this (the
Irish population of Liverpool). 2 the
total number of any of
these (a population of
eight million; the seal population). 3 the
act or process of supplying
with inhabitants (the population of
forest areas). 4
Statistics any
finite or
infinite collection of items
under consideration. øpopulation
explosion a
sudden large increase of population. [LL populatio (as PEOPLE)]