(1) 1)(一地区、城市、国家等的)全部人口 (people living in a particular area， city， country， etc) [C， Gp]： the～s of Southern American countries 南美各国的人口;(government) have the support of the～(政府)得到人民的支持;(country) be able to feed its～(国家)有能力养活其全部人口;2) (生活在某地方的特定的)居民(动物群体) (particular described group or kind of people or animals living in an area) [C， Gp]： the working/immigrant～劳动/移民人口;the French-speaking～of Montreal 蒙特利尔说法语的人口;The black～fought hard for equal opportunities. 黑人居民为得到平等的机会而努力斗争。a prison～of 22，000 2.2万囚犯;the elephant～of Kenya 肯尼亚的大象;The～in this village has to get its water from wells. 这个村里的居民得从井里取水。There about 50 per cent of the～is illiterate. 那里约50%的人口是文盲。〖同〗inhabitants， people; 3)(某地方或某类人的)人口数 (total number of these) [C， Gp]： a city with a～of over 2 million 人口超过200万的城市;The～of the country rose by twenty percent. 该国的人口增加了20%。What is the～of the United States? 美国的人口是多少?the working-class～工人阶级人口;a fall/rise in～人口数量的减少/增加;～explosion 人口剧增;

(2)人口密度(degree to which an area has been populated) [U]： areas of dense/sparse～人口稠密/稀少地区;

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