How to Spell population

population

population - noun

  • The whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region
  • The total of individuals occupying an area or making up a whole
  • The total of particles at a particular energy level
  • The act or process of {a_link|populating}
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin populātiōn-, populātiō "group of people, crowd," from Latin populus people:1 + -ā-, stem vowel of 1st conjugation verbs + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action