population size
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Southern California is firmly within their native range, but Barkdull believes their population size here has likely increased.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
When adjusted for population size, the UK ranks at number 10 for asylum applications per 100,000 people.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Glassdoor and Redfin’s report, which broke out metro areas by population size, ranked New Orleans, Palm Bay, Fla., and Wichita, Kan., as the top midsize metro areas for new grads.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
Colonies exposed to higher peak air temperatures and greater internal temperature variation experienced declines in population size.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2026
These considerations, along with the just mentioned correlation between regional population size and societal complexity, have led to a protracted chicken-or-egg debate about the causal relations between food production, population variables, and societal complexity.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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