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• n  the people who inhabit a territory or state
  the population seemed to be well fed and clothed
• n  a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area
  they hired hunters to keep down the deer population
• n  (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn
  it is an estimate of the mean of the population
• n  the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)
  people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade
  the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing
• n  the act of populating (causing to live in a place)
  he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals

• America's household cat and dog population has reached an alltime high of 49.
• As the global population increases, it gets harder to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
• Detroit's population decrease would have been even more drastic but for an influx of white and Negro workers from the South.

• universe

News & Articles

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• Census: Minority population up in Crawford Co.
  Although Crawford County's population has been in a slow decline for several years, a variety of racial and ethnic groups are seeing their numbers increasing here.
  June 18, 2013 - Mansfield News Journal
• Green iguana population bounces back in Florida
  SUNSHINE, Fla., June 17 (UPI) -- Residents of some South Florida neighborhoods said the damaged green iguana population has rebounded -- and the creatures are destroying their plants.
  June 17, 2013 - UPI
• Map: Latino and Asian population grows in Nevada and the U.S.; non-Hispanic whites shrinks
  The U.S. Census Bureau released population estimates on Thursday that broke down population change to the county level by race and ethnicity.
  June 17, 2013 - Mason Valley News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Toronto Sun
  The 30,000 additional troops that I am announcing tonight will deploy in the first part of 2010 -- the fastest pace possible -- so that they can target the insurgency and secure key population centres,Obama explained, describing the key...
• Phil Woolas in BBC News
  But Mr Woolas, who became immigration minister in the reshuffle earlier this month, said: "This government isn't going to allow the population to go up to 70 million. There has to be a balance between the number of people coming in and the number of...
• Joe Biden in San Francisco Chronicle
  I've had a great relationship. In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking,Biden said.