population is the set of all inhabitants of a given place. It can also be related to individuals of the same species that coexist in the same place or region.
Geography and Sociology are some of the disciplines that study the population from a point of view social, statistically analyzing the number of human beings that inhabit the different locations of the Earth.
The expression "population density" is used to refer to the number of individuals that exist in a given predefined area.
From the perspective of Biology, population refers to the set of all living beings of the same species that can reproduce with each other, thus generating their descendants.
Some of the main synonyms of population are: residents; individuals; residents; population; citizens; public; people; pasta; crowd and sample.
Etymologically, the word population originated from medieval Latin poplus, which literally means "people".
Absolute population and relative population
Demography is the field of study that analyzes the
human populations. In this context, population is usually classified into two categories: absolute and relative population.THE absolute population it consists of the total number of inhabitants of a place (country, state, region, etc). Currently, for example, the world's absolute population averages 7.5 billion people.
THE relative population, on the other hand, corresponds to the number of inhabitants per area. This type of population is also known as population density or population density.
To obtain the relative population, it is necessary to divide the absolute population of a given location by the area, usually in km2.
know more about absolute population.
population of Brazil
The Brazilian population has an average of 207.6 million inhabitants, with a forecast that it will reach approximately 230 million people by 2040.
According to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), the population of Brazil should not exceed 230 million inhabitants. The expectation is that there will be a balance in the birth rate, causing the population to remain between 220 and 225 million people from 2050 onwards.
See also the meaning of Birth rate.
