人口 (rén kǒu) — population; (number of) people (in a region)

Definition

人口 (rénkǒu) refers to the total population of a region or country, used in demographics and statistics. It differs from 人数 (rénshù), which simply means 'number of people' in any group, and from 总体 (zǒngtǐ), a formal term for a statistical population or overall total.

noun

population(number of) people (in a region)

Examples

人口。
Zhōngguó rén kǒu hěn duō.
China's population is very large.
人口。
Zhège guójiā rén kǒu zēngzhǎng hěn kuài.
This country's population is growing fast.
人口。
Shìjiè rén kǒu yǐjīng chāoguò bāshí yì le.
The world's population has already exceeded eight billion.

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