population
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During the past 50 years in North America alone, the bird population has declined by some three billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
At the heart of the track lies a love letter to Puerto Rico - a small island in the northeastern Caribbean Sea, with a population of around 3.2 million people.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Richland Parish has about 20,000 residents, according to the most recent Census count, and its population had been declining before signing the Meta data-center project.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
They also created demand for ever more workers to serve a bigger population, in a circular effect that often overlooks the needs of local citizens, says Tännler.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
In a population of about eleven million, the country boasted more doctors per capita than any other country in the world, and twice as many per capita as the United States.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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