Population in Different Languages
Discover 'Population' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Population
Afrikaans bevolking | ||
Albanian popullatë | ||
Amharic የህዝብ ብዛት | ||
Arabic تعداد السكان | ||
Armenian բնակչություն | ||
Assamese জনসংখ্যা | ||
Aymara marka | ||
Azerbaijani əhali | ||
Bambara jama | ||
Basque biztanleria | ||
Belarusian насельніцтва | ||
Bengali জনসংখ্যা | ||
Bhojpuri आबादी | ||
Bosnian stanovništva | ||
Bulgarian население | ||
Catalan població | ||
Cebuano populasyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 人口 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 人口 | ||
Corsican pupulazione | ||
Croatian stanovništvo | ||
Czech počet obyvatel | ||
Danish befolkning | ||
Dhivehi އާބާދީ | ||
Dogri अबादी | ||
Dutch bevolking | ||
English population | ||
Esperanto loĝantaro | ||
Estonian elanikkonnast | ||
Ewe amehawo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) populasyon | ||
Finnish väestö | ||
French population | ||
Frisian befolking | ||
Galician poboación | ||
Georgian მოსახლეობა | ||
German population | ||
Greek πληθυσμός | ||
Guarani tetãyguára | ||
Gujarati વસ્તી | ||
Haitian Creole popilasyon an | ||
Hausa yawan jama'a | ||
Hawaiian heluna kanaka | ||
Hebrew אוּכְלוֹסִיָה | ||
Hindi आबादी | ||
Hmong pejxeem | ||
Hungarian népesség | ||
Icelandic íbúa | ||
Igbo ọnụọgụgụ | ||
Ilocano populasion | ||
Indonesian populasi | ||
Irish daonra | ||
Italian popolazione | ||
Japanese 人口 | ||
Javanese pedunung | ||
Kannada ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆ | ||
Kazakh халық | ||
Khmer ចំនួនប្រជាជន | ||
Kinyarwanda abaturage | ||
Konkani लोकसंख्या | ||
Korean 인구 | ||
Krio pipul dɛn | ||
Kurdish gelî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دانیشتوان | ||
Kyrgyz калк | ||
Lao ປະຊາກອນ | ||
Latin population | ||
Latvian populācija | ||
Lingala bato | ||
Lithuanian gyventojų | ||
Luganda omungi gw'abantu | ||
Luxembourgish populatioun | ||
Macedonian популација | ||
Maithili आबादी | ||
Malagasy mponina | ||
Malay penduduk | ||
Malayalam ജനസംഖ്യ | ||
Maltese popolazzjoni | ||
Maori taupori | ||
Marathi लोकसंख्या | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯤꯁꯤꯡ | ||
Mizo mipui | ||
Mongolian хүн ам | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လူ ဦး ရေ | ||
Nepali जनसंख्या | ||
Norwegian befolkning | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) anthu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜନସଂଖ୍ୟା | ||
Oromo uummata | ||
Pashto نفوس | ||
Persian جمعیت | ||
Polish populacja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) população | ||
Punjabi ਆਬਾਦੀ | ||
Quechua runakuna | ||
Romanian populației | ||
Russian численность населения | ||
Samoan faitau aofai o tagata | ||
Sanskrit जन | ||
Scots Gaelic sluagh | ||
Sepedi setšhaba | ||
Serbian популација | ||
Sesotho baahi | ||
Shona huwandu hwevanhu | ||
Sindhi آبادي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ජනගහනය | ||
Slovak populácia | ||
Slovenian prebivalstva | ||
Somali tirada dadka | ||
Spanish población | ||
Sundanese populasi | ||
Swahili idadi ya watu | ||
Swedish befolkning | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) populasyon | ||
Tajik аҳолӣ | ||
Tamil மக்கள் தொகை | ||
Tatar халык | ||
Telugu జనాభా | ||
Thai ประชากร | ||
Tigrinya በዝሒ ህዝቢ | ||
Tsonga ntalo wa vanhu | ||
Turkish nüfus | ||
Turkmen ilaty | ||
Twi (Akan) nnipa dodoɔ | ||
Ukrainian населення | ||
Urdu آبادی | ||
Uyghur نۇپۇس | ||
Uzbek aholi | ||
Vietnamese dân số | ||
Welsh poblogaeth | ||
Xhosa inani labemi | ||
Yiddish באַפעלקערונג | ||
Yoruba olugbe | ||
Zulu inani labantu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "bevolking" originates from Middle Dutch "bevolken" meaning "to settle" or "to inhabit". |
| Albanian | The word "popullatë" in Albanian also means "to become populated". |
| Amharic | The word "የህዝብ ብዛት" can also refer to the number of people living in a particular area, or to the collective body of people who live in a particular area. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "تعداد السكان" literally means "the number of the people inhabiting a place" |
| Azerbaijani | The word "əhali" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Arabic word "ahl" meaning "people". |
| Basque | The Basque word "biztanleria" is derived from the words "biz" (we) and "tatal" (group), thus meaning "the group of us". |
| Bengali | The word "জনসংখ্যা" can also refer to a specific group of people sharing a set of characteristics or interests. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, the word "stanovništvo" comes from the root "stanoviti" meaning "to establish" or "to settle". |
| Bulgarian | "Населени"е" means "settlement" in Old Bulgarian, as well as "to settle" in Russian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "població" also refers to a town or a village, and originates from the Latin "populatio" meaning "the act of settling down". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "populasyon" can also refer to the number of fish caught in a specific area. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "人口" also can be used to refer to "mouths, a way to say a count of human beings". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 人口 also means "a mouth to feed" |
| Corsican | The word "pupulazione" is also used to refer to a group of people living in a specific area. |
| Croatian | The word 'stanovništvo' derives from the Slavic base 'stan', meaning 'place to live,' and refers to a settled community in a specific area. |
| Czech | The word "počet obyvatel" can also mean "census" in Czech. |
| Danish | Befolkning (population in Danish) also means "to people" or "to populate" (a place). |
| Dutch | The Dutch word 'bevolking' (population) is derived from the Old Dutch word 'bevelken', meaning 'to move around' or 'to dwell' |
| Estonian | The word "elanikkonnast" is derived from the word "elanik" (inhabitant) and the suffix "-kond" (group), thus meaning "group of inhabitants". |
| Finnish | "Väestö" is derived from the Proto-Uralic word *wäke, meaning "people, folk". |
| French | In French, the word "population" can also refer to a group of people who live in a particular area or who share a common characteristic. |
| Frisian | The word "befolking" in Frisian is derived from the Middle Dutch word "bevolkinghe", meaning "people, population". |
| Galician | "Poboación" in Galician also refers to a small town or village. |
| Georgian | მოსახლეობა, in old Georgian, could also refer to a 'person who has settled in' or 'an inhabitant' of a territory. |
| German | The etymology of the German word "Population" derives from the Latin "populatio", which originally meant "devastation", "plundering" or "ravaging". |
| Greek | The word "πληθυσμός" can also mean "abundance" or "multitude" in Greek. |
| Gujarati | As an alternate, "વસ્તી" can indicate a "settlement" or "habitation" within Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | "Popilas” is derived from the French "population". |
| Hausa | The word "yawan jama'a" in Hausa can also mean "the multitude" or "the public." |
| Hawaiian | The word "heluna kanaka" can also mean "household" or "census" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The word "אוּכְלוֹסִיָה" also means "group of people". This is likely due to its root in the word "אוכלוס", which means "to gather together". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "आबादी" is also used to refer to a settlement or locality, and is related to the Persian word "آباد" meaning "inhabited place". |
| Hmong | The word "pejxeem" in Hmong can also mean "group of people" or "community". |
| Hungarian | Népesség, a Hungarian word for "population," is related to "nemzet" meaning "nation" and "szaporodás" meaning "multiplication". |
| Icelandic | Íbúa derives from the Old Norse word for "dwelling" and can also refer to the size or density of a population. |
| Indonesian | Populasi in Indonesian can also mean 'population density', 'rate of occurrence', or 'prevalence'. |
| Irish | The word "daonra" in Irish is derived from the Old Irish word "doine", meaning "people". |
| Italian | The word "popolazione" comes from the Latin word "populus" meaning "people" and can also refer to the inhabitants of a place. |
| Japanese | The word "人口" (jinkō) literally means "person mouth" and can also refer to "ration" |
| Javanese | The word "pedunung" also means "settlement". |
| Kazakh | The word "халық" can also mean "nation" or "people". |
| Korean | Another possible etymology for "인구" ("population") relates to the idea of a "group of people" who are "in the same boat". |
| Kurdish | In some dialects, the Kurdish word "gelî" can refer to a group, tribe, or clan. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "калк" can also refer to "people", "nation" or "society." |
| Latin | The word "population" (Latin "populus") initially referred only to citizens, excluding slaves, children, and foreigners. |
| Latvian | Latvian ”populācija” comes from Latin ”populus” meaning "people" and, besides "population," can also mean "ethnicity". |
| Lithuanian | The word "gyventojų" in Lithuanian is derived from the verb "gyventi," which means "to live" or "to dwell." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Populatioun" in Luxembourgish can also refer to a group of people or a community. |
| Macedonian | The word 'популација' also means 'population' in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | "Mponina" may also refer to a group of people who live in close proximity to each other, or a family group. |
| Malay | The Old Malay word “penduduk” originally meant “to sit” or “to live in a place”, similar to its Sanskrit root “duduk”. It only acquired its current meaning of “population” during the 20th century. |
| Malayalam | The term "ജനസംഖ്യ" also refers to the number of people per unit area, typically used in the context of demographics. |
| Maltese | The word 'popolazzjoni' is derived from the Italian word 'popolazione', which comes from the Latin word 'populus', meaning 'people'. |
| Maori | The Maori word taupori can also refer to a group of people who come together for a common purpose. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "लोकसंख्या" (loksankhya) means "the total number of people living in a particular area" or "the total number of people in a group or place." |
| Mongolian | 'Хүн ам' (population) can also mean 'people' or 'nation' in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | "जनसंख्या" comes from the Sanskrit word "जन" meaning "people" and "संख्या" meaning "count". |
| Norwegian | "Befolkning" is derived from "folk" (people) and "kning" (state, condition), and can also mean "race" or "ethnicity". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'anthu' is also used in Chichewa to refer to people or individuals. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "نفوس" also means "souls" or "spirits". |
| Persian | In Persian and Arabic, "جمعیت" (jam'iyyat) also means "gathering" or "assembly". |
| Polish | The word "populacja" comes from the Latin word "populatio", which means a multitude of people. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In the 15th century, "população" referred to the act of populating a place and later on to the inhabitants themselves. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਆਬਾਦੀ" is derived from the Persian word "آبادی" meaning "cultivated land" or "settlement". |
| Romanian | The word populație derives from Latin "populatio," which means "destruction, devastation." |
| Russian | The Russian word "численность населения" can also refer to the number of troops in an army or the number of students in a class. |
| Scots Gaelic | The term 'sluagh' also has a more mystical meaning, referring to a supernatural or ghostly host. |
| Serbian | The word "Популација" derives from the Latin "populatio", meaning "plundering, laying waste, devastation". |
| Sesotho | The word 'baahi' also refers to a group of animals like a herd or flock. |
| Shona | Huwandu hwevanhu derives from "hu" (the people) and "ndu" (state of being), meaning "the state of being people." |
| Sindhi | The word "آبادي" in Sindhi can also mean "flourishing", "prosperity", or "development". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "ජනගහනය" can also mean "the body of people living in a particular place, region, or country", and comes from Sanskrit जन (jana), meaning "folk, people". |
| Slovak | Populácia also means 'crop' or 'plants' that are cultivated in a certain area. |
| Slovenian | Derived from the verb prebivati (to reside), 'prebivalstvo' initially meant the act of residing, and only later its participants (the residents). |
| Somali | Tirad dadka, meaning population in English has different meanings based on the context. |
| Spanish | The word "población" comes from the Latin "populus" meaning "people" and can also refer to a town or village. |
| Sundanese | Populasi in Sundanese can also refer to a group of people sharing a common characteristic or interest. |
| Swahili | "Idadi ya watu" is derived from "idada" ("number") and "ya watu" ("of people") in Swahili. |
| Swedish | Befolkning derives from the word 'befolka' (to inhabit) and has other meanings such as 'stock', 'crew', 'settlers' and 'inhabitants'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "populasyon" is derived from the Spanish word "población", which means "town" or "settlement". |
| Tajik | "Аҳолӣ" can also refer to the inhabitants of a particular area or group, such as a village or tribe. |
| Tamil | The word மக்கள் தொகை originally meant 'people' or 'common people', but it has since come to mean 'population'. |
| Telugu | The word "జనాభా" can also refer to "population of a particular place". |
| Thai | The term "ประชากร" (population) can also refer to "people" or a certain "demographic group" in Thai. |
| Turkish | The word "nüfus" is derived from Arabic and literally means "souls" |
| Ukrainian | The word "населення" in Ukrainian comes from the verb "насилювати", meaning "to populate" or "to inhabit". |
| Urdu | The word "آبادی" also means "cultivation" or "habitation" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "aholi" in Uzbek can also refer to "people" or "folk". |
| Vietnamese | "Dân số" can also mean "ethnic groups". |
| Welsh | The word 'poblogaeth' is also used in Welsh to refer to a settlement or community, highlighting its connection to the concept of people and habitation. |
| Xhosa | The word "inani labemi" in Xhosa originally meant "the crowd which we see." |
| Yiddish | The word "באַפעלקערונג" also refers to the act of moving or populating a place with people. |
| Yoruba | "Olugbe" also conveys density, which emphasizes the closeness of people within a defined or circumscribed area |
| Zulu | The word "inani labantu" is also used to refer to the people who live in a particular area. |
| English | The English word 'population' derives from the Latin 'populus', meaning 'people'. In this sense, it denotes a human society. |