inhabitants

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With around four million inhabitants, Dubai hosts the largest population in the United Arab Emirates and accounts for almost 25 percent of national GDP.

From Barron's

The city of nearly four million inhabitants -- 90 percent of whom are foreigners -- also hosts one of the busiest airports in the world.

From Barron's

Ghosts, the Bafta-nominated TV comedy about a young couple who inerit a crumbling mansion with spooky inhabitants, is being made into a feature film.

From BBC

That same courthouse, according to Leah, was cleared of rubbish as its inhabitants cheered: “Welcome to the Fox family.”

From Literature

Since the 1980s, Mauritius has lobbied to gain control of the islands, which were cleared of a few thousand inhabitants in the early 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal