人口

Chinese

		man; person; people	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (人口)		人	口

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 人口

1. population (people living within a political or geographical boundary)

   城市人口  ―  chéngshì rénkǒu  ―  urban population

   控制人口增長／控制人口增长  ―  kòngzhì rénkǒu zēngcháng  ―  to control population growth

   人口分佈／人口分布  ―  rénkǒu fēnbù  ―  population distribution

   人口密集  ―  rénkǒu mìjí  ―  densely-populated

   低端人口  ―  dīduān rénkǒu  ―  low-end population

   常住人口  ―  chángzhù rénkǒu  ―  permanent resident population

2. number of people in a family
3. mouths to feed
4. people (in general contexts)

Synonyms

• (population): 人丁 (réndīng), (literary) 生齒／生齿 (shēngchǐ)

Usage notes

In Chinese, 人口 is used to describe a population of people. To describe a population of species, the term 種群／种群 (zhǒngqún) is used instead.

See also

• 人類／人类 (rénlèi)
• 人們／人们 (rénmen)
• 人民 (rénmín)
• 人士 (rénshì)
• 人員／人员 (rényuán)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
人	口
じん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

人(じん)口(こう) • (jinkō) 

1. population
   • 1947, 宮本百合子, 道標:

     しかし最近(さいきん)の数年間(すうねんかん)にフランスの農業(のうぎょう)人口(じんこう)は減(へ)りつづけているということだった。

     Shikashi saikin no sūnenkan ni furansu no nōgyō jinkō wa heritsuzukete iru to iu koto datta.

     In recent years, however, the population of French farmers has continued to decrease.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
人	口

Noun

人口 • (in-gu) (hangeul 인구)

1. hanja form^? of 인구 (“population”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人	口

Noun

人口

1. chữ Hán form of nhân khẩu (“population”).