## Meanings
1. The number of people living in a place.
2. All the people living in a particular area.
3. A group of animals or plants of the same kind in an area.
4. In statistics, the whole set of items from which a sample is taken.

## Examples
- The town's population is only 243.
- Most of the population lives near the coast.
- They hired hunters to control the deer population.
- The sample mean is an estimate of the population mean.

## Derived Forms
- populational
- populationally
- populationism
- populationless

## Related Forms
- popular
- populate
- populous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: populus

## Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin populatio (“a people, multitude”), as if a noun of action from Classical Latin populus, equivalent to populate + -ion. Doublet of poblacion.

## AI Etymology
Population was borrowed from Late Latin populatio (“a people, multitude”), as if a noun of action from Classical Latin populus, equivalent to populate + -ion. Doublet of poblacion. The historical chain includes populus (Latin). In present-day English it covers the number of people living in a place, all the people living in a particular area, and a group of animals or plants of the same kind in an area. The wider family includes derived forms such as populational, populationally, populationism, populationless and related forms such as popular, populate, populous.

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- People & Society

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