Population 人口
"Hello! I'm Dani from Nanjing. I'd like to know the usage of the word "population". It is all right if I say "China has 1.4 billion populations"? Thanks a billion! "
Dani from Nanjing
The word ‘population’ is among the top 1000 most frequently used English words - so it is important to get it right.
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Look at the following sentences and decide: which one is NOT correct?
- China has a population of 1.4 billion.
- China has 1.4 billion people.
- China has 1.4 billion populations.
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