Pŏp'ū-lā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. populatio, Fr. population, It. popolazione, Sp. poblacion, Pr. poblacio.]

1. The act or operation of peopling, or furnishing with inhabitants; multiplication of inhabitants.
2. The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country.

A country may have a great population, and yet not be populous. Tooke.