Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of population
"The conservation team tracks several endangered species populations across different national parks to ensure their survival rates remain stable."
In plain English: Populations are all the people or animals living together in a specific area at the same time.
"Recent studies show that animal populations are declining due to habitat loss."
Usage: Use populations to refer to multiple distinct groups of people or organisms living in specific areas or environments. This word functions only as a plural noun and should not be used to describe a single group, which remains "population."
Derived from Latin populatio, this term originates from populus meaning "people" or "the commonalty." It originally referred to the act of peopling an area, which evolved into its current sense of a group of individuals living in a specific region.