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    population
    /ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃn/

    noun

    • 1. all the inhabitants of a particular place: "the island has a population of about 78,000"
    • 2. a community of animals, plants, or humans among whose members interbreeding occurs: "fluctuations in populations of voles and lemmings"

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  2. 5 days ago · In world demographics, the world population is the total number of humans currently living. It was estimated by the United Nations to have exceeded eight billion in mid-November 2022. It took around 300,000 years of human prehistory and history for the human population to reach a billion and only 218 years more to reach 8 billion.

  3. 5 days ago · Specifically, population growth rate refers to the change in population over a unit time period, often expressed as a percentage of the number of individuals in the population at the beginning of that period.

  4. 4 days ago · This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2022 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.

  5. Jun 18, 2024 · Demographics are statistics that describe populations and their characteristics. Demographic analysis is the study of a population-based on factors such as age, race, and sex.

  6. databank.worldbank.org › metadataglossary › world-development-indicatorsGlossary | DataBank

    May 30, 2024 · Metadata Glossary. Population, total Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates. (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision.

  7. Jun 3, 2024 · Population pyramid, graphical representation of the age and sex composition of a specific population. The age and sex structure of the population determines the ultimate shape of a population pyramid, such that the representation may take the form of a pyramid, have a columnar shape (with vertical.

  8. databank.worldbank.org › metadataglossary › world-development-indicatorsGlossary | DataBank

    May 30, 2024 · Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin.

  9. Jun 15, 2024 · census, an enumeration of people, houses, firms, or other important items in a country or region at a particular time. Used alone, the term usually refers to a population census—the type to be described in this article. However, many countries take censuses of housing, manufacturing, and agriculture.

  10. databank.worldbank.org › metadataglossary › jobsGlossary | DataBank

    May 30, 2024 · Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division.

  11. Jun 11, 2024 · Define the Population: Clearly define the population of interest the research aims to study. This could be a specific group of individuals, items, or observations with common characteristics. Determine the Sampling Frame: Identify the list or source from which the sample will be drawn.