population

Example Sentences

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Slowing population growth thanks to government curbs on temporary immigration numbers also is likely to weigh on economic activity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Young people will be hit hardest by successive governments' failure to focus on financial and societal challenges caused by an ageing population, a House of Lords report has suggested.

From BBC

This period coincided with the disappearance of many large animals and major changes in human populations and cultures.

From Science Daily

Elephants are considered sacred in Sri Lanka, where the majority of the population is Buddhist.

From BBC

Smaller versions are also produced by the city's craftsmen and adorn lamp posts, office buildings and homes across the archipelago nation of 116 million which is home to Asia's largest Catholic population.

From Barron's