population
Census bureau's figure
Population is the total number of people, animals, or organisms living in a particular place: the population of Tokyo, the deer population.
In statistics, a population is the entire group from which samples are drawn for study.
The word also describes the act of populating: the population of the American West.
Permanent occupants of place
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- citizensMembers of a nation
- nativesOriginal local population
- localsArea's permanent inhabitants
masses · public · community · multitude · electorate · constituency · workforce · households
Official population count
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- growthIncrease in size
- declineDecrease or refuse
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
distribution · age · fertility · mortality · birthrate · pyramid · projection · sampling
Finest taxonomic rank
- herdGrazing animals together
- flockAnimals gathered together
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- swarmMass of moving insects
ecosystem · habitat · conservation · endangered · biodiversity · breeding · migration · predator
Mass-to-volume ratio
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- crowdingExcessive gathering in limited space
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
housing · settlement · metropolitan · megacity · suburb · slum · favela · shantytown
State of varied elements
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- socioeconomicRelating to income and status
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
inequality · integration · minority · majority · indigenous · assimilation · pluralism · heterogeneous
Sudden eruption of trouble
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- transmissionSending of information
- prevalenceState of being widespread
incidence · infection · immunity · vaccination · surveillance · quarantine · contagion · spread
Science of hereditary transmission
- alleleGene variant at one locus
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- selectionChosen item or items
bottleneck · inbreeding · speciation · subpopulation · deme · hybridization · adaptation · fitness
inhabitants
Permanent occupants of place
locals · masses · public · community · multitude · electorate · constituency · workforce · households · families
census
Official population count
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- growthIncrease in size
- declineDecrease or refuse
density · distribution · age · fertility · mortality · birthrate · pyramid · projection · sampling · survey
species
Finest taxonomic rank
swarm · ecosystem · habitat · conservation · endangered · biodiversity · breeding · migration · predator · prey
density
Mass-to-volume ratio
- congestionExcessive accumulation causing blockage
- crowdingExcessive gathering in limited space
- overcrowdingCapacity exceeded dangerously
sprawl · housing · settlement · metropolitan · megacity · suburb · slum · favela · shantytown · gentrification
diversity
State of varied elements
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- socioeconomicRelating to income and status
stratification · inequality · integration · minority · majority · indigenous · assimilation · pluralism · heterogeneous · homogeneous
outbreak
Sudden eruption of trouble
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- transmissionSending of information
prevalence · incidence · infection · immunity · vaccination · surveillance · quarantine · contagion · spread
genetics
Science of hereditary transmission
selection · bottleneck · inbreeding · speciation · subpopulation · deme · hybridization · adaptation · fitness · variability
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- peoplepersons, person, individuals, humans, individual
- societysociety, social customs, class, citizen, social hierarchy
- countingcounting, count, count up, countdown, tally
- demographicsage distribution, gender ratio, ethnic groups, birth rate, census data
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
populationdepopulation
Loss of inhabitants
underpopulation · emptiness · uninhabited · vacancy · sparseness
populationforeigners
People from elsewhere
outsiders · emigrants · exiles · non-residents · aliens
- native populationOriginal residents of place
- city populationInhabitants of a municipality
- population shiftsChanges in where people live
- minority populationsSmaller demographic segments
- population growthIncrease in inhabitants over time
- population explosionRapid growth in inhabitants
populations, populating, overpopulation, depopulation, repopulation, repopulating, depopulating, overpopulating, underpopulation