Population

//ˌpɒp.jʊˈleɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "population" (95 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Strong matches (29)

Related words (47)

Noun(1 words)
universe

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More general

12 entries

Related terms

3 entries

at location

6 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

47 entries

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has context

3 entries

is a

10 entries

made of

1 entries

related to

124 entries

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used for

3 entries

Translations

238 translations across 95 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • bevolking noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Albanian

2 entries
  • popullatë noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • popullsi noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Arabic

2 entries
  • سُكَّان noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • سُكَّانِيَّة noun (number of residents in a given area)

Armenian

3 entries
  • բնակչություն noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • բնակչություն noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • պոպուլյացիա noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

4 entries
  • ܡܸܢܝܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܥܵܡܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • ܥܲܡܵܐ noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • ܥܵܡܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • ܥܵܡܘܿܪܹ̈ܐ noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • populyasiya noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • əhali noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Basque

1 entries
  • biztanleria noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Bevökarung noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • насе́льніцтва noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • папуля́цыя noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Bengali

1 entries
  • জনসংখ্যা noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • населе́ние noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • попула́ция noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Burmese

1 entries
  • လူဦးရေ noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Catalan

1 entries
  • població noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • kamulupyohan noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 人口 noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 人口 noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 人口 noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • 人口 noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • 種群 /种群 noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • 總體 /总体 noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries
  • eali noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • nufus noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Czech

3 entries
  • obyvatelstvo noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populace noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populace noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Danish

3 entries
  • befolkning noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • population noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • population noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bevolking noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • bevolking noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • bevolking noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • inwonertal noun (number of residents in a given area)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 人口 noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • loĝantaro noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Estonian

4 entries
  • asurkond noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • elanikkond noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populatsioon noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • rahvaarv noun (number of residents in a given area)

Faroese

1 entries
  • fólkatal noun (number of residents in a given area)

Finnish

4 entries
  • asukasluku noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • kanta noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • perusjoukko noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)
  • populaatio noun (biology: collection of organisms)

French

3 entries
  • population noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • population noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • population noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)

Galician

1 entries
  • poboación noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მოსახლეობა noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • პოპულაცია noun (biology: collection of organisms)

German

4 entries
  • Bevölkerung noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • Bevölkerungszahl noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • Einwohnerzahl noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • Grundgesamtheit noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)

Greek

1 entries
  • πληθυσμός noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • વસ્તી noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 人口 noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • אוכלוסייה \ אֻכְלוּסִיָּה noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • אוכלוסייה \ אֻכְלוּסִיָּה noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • אוכלוסייה \ אֻכְלוּסִיָּה noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • אוכלוסייה \ אֻכְלוּסִיָּה noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)

Hindi

4 entries
  • आबादी noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • जनगणना noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • जनसंख्या noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • जनसंख्या noun (number of residents in a given area)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • lakosság noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • lélekszám noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • népesség noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • népesség noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • fólksfjöldi noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • hópur noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)
  • lýður noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)
  • mannfjöldi noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • populasi noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • اَهالی noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • اَهْلِیَّت noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • جَمْعِیَّت noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • مَرْدُم noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Italian

2 entries
  • popolazione noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • popolazione noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries
  • papilieshan noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 人口 noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • 人口 noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • 個体群 noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • 母集団 noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)

Javanese

1 entries
  • cacah jiwa noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • халық noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • халық саны noun (number of residents in a given area)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ចំនួនប្រជាជន noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • ប្រជាគណន៍ noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • ប្រជាជន noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Korean

3 entries
  • 개체군 noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • 인구 noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • 인구 noun (number of residents in a given area)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • калк noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Ladino

2 entries
  • poblasyon noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • פובלאסיון noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Lao

1 entries
  • ປະຊາກອນ noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Latvian

1 entries
  • iedzīvotāji noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • popolaçión noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • gyventojai noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Bevëlkerung noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • население noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • популација noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • популација noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Malay

4 entries
  • penduduk noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • penduduk noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • populasi noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populasi noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ജനസംഖ്യ noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • ജനസംഖ്യ noun (number of residents in a given area)

Marathi

1 entries
  • लोकसंख्या noun (number of residents in a given area)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хүн ам noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Māori

1 entries
  • taupori noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Norman

2 entries
  • populâtion noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populâtion noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • befolkning noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • befolkningstall noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • bestand noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • folketall noun (number of residents in a given area)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • befolkning noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • bestand noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • folkesetnad noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • folketal noun (number of residents in a given area)

Occitan

1 entries
  • populacion noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Old English

4 entries
  • eorþwaru noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • landwaru noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • leodræ noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • þeodscipe noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Oromo

1 entries
  • uummata noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Pashto

2 entries
  • اهالي noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • نفوس noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Persian

1 entries
  • چبیره noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Bevelkjarunk noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Polish

3 entries
  • ludność noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populacja noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populacja noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • população noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • população noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • população noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • população noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)

Romanian

1 entries
  • populație noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Russian

3 entries
  • населе́ние noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • населе́ние noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • популя́ция noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • populácija noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populácija noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • stanovníštvo noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • попула́ција noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Sicilian

3 entries
  • pupulazziuni noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • pupulazziuni noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • pupulazziuni noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)

Slovak

3 entries
  • obyvateľstvo noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populácia noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populácia noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Slovene

3 entries
  • populacija noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populacija noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • prebivalstvo noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Spanish

3 entries
  • población noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • población noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • población noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)

Swedish

4 entries
  • befolkning noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • befolkning noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • bestånd noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • folkmängd noun (number of residents in a given area)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • populasyon noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • sambagayan noun (statistics: greater group of units from which a sample can be drawn)
  • santauhan noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Tajik

4 entries
  • аҳолӣ noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • мардум noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • маскун noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • популятсия noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Tamil

2 entries
  • மக்கள்தொகை noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • மக்கள்தொகை noun (number of residents in a given area)

Tatar

1 entries
  • халык noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Telugu

1 entries
  • జనాభా noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Thai

1 entries
  • ประชากร noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • མི་ཚོགས noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • མི་འབོར noun (number of residents in a given area)

Turkish

3 entries
  • nüfus noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • nüfus noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • popülasyon noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ilat noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • улӥсьёс noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • насе́лення noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • популя́ція noun (biology: collection of organisms)

Urdu

2 entries
  • آبادی noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • نُفُوس noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • aholi noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • nufus noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • populyatsiya noun (biology: collection of organisms)
  • xalq noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • dân cư noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)
  • dân số noun (number of residents in a given area)
  • số dân noun (number of residents in a given area)

Wolof

1 entries
  • way-dëkk noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 人口 noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • באַפֿעלקערונג noun (all people living within a political or geographical boundary)

Sample sentences

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Cole's Axiom: The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.

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The population of your city is about five times as large as that of my town.

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By the year 2020, the population of our city will have doubled.

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We debated on the question of world population.

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