Population

Definition

population /pɒpju'leÇʃn/ n ၁။ [CGp] (က) လူဦးေရ။ control population growth ❍ the ageing populations of Western European countries ❍ Muslims make up 55% of the population. ❍ What is the population of Ireland? ❍ a city with a population of over 10 million. (ခ) ဦးေရ။ the entire working population ❍ the immigrant population ❍ Iraq's civilian population. ၂။ [U] (လူဦးေရ) သိပ္သည္းမႈ။ areas of dense/sparse population. ❏ population centre ( US center) n လူအမ်ားစုေဝး ေနထိုင္ရာေနရာ။ ၿမိဳ႕ႀကီးျပႀကီး။ The problem affects the main population centres, not the smaller towns. ❏ population explosion n လူဦးေရတစ္ဟုန္ထိုး တိုးပြားမႈ။

Examples

1. Less than 40% of the population voted in the last election.
2. [population of] : The ageing population of the US
3. [population of] : Los Angeles has a population of over 3 million.
4. [population growth] : Better health care and agriculture have led to rapid population growth.
5. [a population explosion] : Pressures on natural resources will increase as we face a population explosion.
6. California has a large Spanish-speaking population.
7. Tanzania’s elephant population stands at about 55
8. 000.