population

population
n.

1) a decreasing, shrinking; dense; excess, overflow; expanding, growing, increasing, rising; sparse; stable; transient population

2) an aging; civilian; foreign-born; indigenous; local; native-born; rural; urban population

3) (misc.) a population explosion

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[ˌpɒpjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n]
dense
expanding
foreign-born
growing
increasing
local
native-born
rising
rural
shrinking
sparse
transient population
urban population
(misc.) a population explosion
a decreasing
civilian

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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