Dina basa nu leuwih umum, '''populasi''' ngarupakeun kumpulan "masarakat" —atawa [[organisme]] [[spésiés]] tinangtu—nu hirup di hiji rohangan [[géografi|géografis]].
Populasi diulik ku rupa-rupa cara jeung disiplin. Dina [[dinamika populasi]], struktur ukuran, umur, jeung jenis kelamin, mortality, paripolah reproduktif, sarta ''pertumbuhan'' hiji populasi diulik. '''[[Démografi]]''' ngarupakeun ulikan dinamika populasi [[manusa]]. Aspék séjén diulikna dina [[sosiologi]], [[ékonomi]], jeung [[géografi]]. Populasi tutuwuhan jeung sasatoan diulikna dina [[biologi]], hususna dina cabang [[ékologi]] nu katelah [[biologi populasi]] sarta na [[genetik populasi]]. InDina biologybiologi, a ''populationpopulasi'' denotesnujul aka breedingkelompok groupkawin whosenu membersanggota-anggotana breedkawin mostlyjeung orpapada solelyanggotana among themselveskénéh, usuallyutamana asbalukar atina resultisolasi of physical isolationfisik, although biologically theynajan couldsacara breedbiologis withmasih anybisa memberskawin ofka thenu sa[[speciesspésiés]].
'''[[PopulationDénsitas densitypopulasi]]''' isnyaéta aukuran measurejumlah ofjalma theatawa number of people or organismsorganisme per unit of arealega. VariantsVarian maybisa expressngandung theharti populationkaayaan perwilayah unitnu ofbisa habitabledicicingan, inhabitedgeus dicicingan, productiveproduktif, (oratawa potentiallykaerong productivebakal produktif), oratawa cultivatedwewengkon areapakebonan. A particular geographic area of [[land]] is said to have a [[carrying capacity]], representing the maximum population which it can support. Some observers of human societies believe that the concept of carrying capacity also applies to human population, and that unchecked population growth can result in a "[[Malthusian catastrophe]]". Others dispute this view.
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'''Population''' may also mean the ''process'' of populating a [[geography|geographic]] area, as by procreation or immigration.
