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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