人口 (rén kǒu) — population; (number of) people (in a region)
Definition
人口 is the total population of a country, region, or the world — used in statistics and formal contexts, unlike 人数 (just the count of people in a group) or 人群 (a crowd).
noun
population(number of) people (in a region)
Examples
- 人口。Zhōng guó rén kǒu hěn duō.China's population is very large.
- 人口。Zhè ge guó jiā rén kǒu zēng zhǎng hěn kuài.This country's population is growing fast.
- 人口。Shì jiè rén kǒu yǐ jīng chāo guò bā shí yì le.The world's population has already exceeded eight billion.
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