人口
Meanings
1
The number of people living in a specific area, or the people themselves.
The population of Japan is about 125 million.
The population of this town is decreasing year by year.
2
Archaic or literary use; refers to what people are saying, similar to うわさ. Rare in modern Japanese.
The expression 人口に膾炙する means to be on everyone's lips or widely known.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉の人口が増える／減るfor a place's population to increase/decrease
This town's population is decreasing year by year.
- 人口が多い／少ないto have a large/small population
India is a country with a large population.
- 人口を調査するto conduct a population survey/census
The government conducts a population census every five years.
- 〈場所〉の人口の〈数〉割が〈事〉a certain fraction of a place's population is/does something
Thirty percent of this region's population is 65 or older.
Expressions
- 人口に膾炙するbecome widely known; be on everyone's lips; become common knowledge