population
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During the past 50 years in North America alone, the bird population has declined by some three billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
At the heart of the track lies a love letter to Puerto Rico - a small island in the northeastern Caribbean Sea, with a population of around 3.2 million people.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
“Immigration is just like population growth. That’s the simplest way of seeing it, and it’s very rarely just simply seen through that lens,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
On Sunday, they will vote in a referendum to put a hard ceiling on the country’s population.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
They had greatly expanded their territory and population during the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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