pop'n

English

Noun

pop'n (plural pop'ns)

  1. Abbreviation of population.
    • 1828, anonymous author, The Picture of New-York, and Stranger's Guide to the Commercial Metropolis of the United States, New York: A. T. Goodrich, via Internet Archive, page 173:
      Average Pop'n. same time, 78,000.
    • 1869 August 27, anonymous author, “Population of the West.”, in Steubenville Weekly Herald, volume 64, number 27, via NewspaperArchive, page 2:
      Pop'n
    • 1892, Davis S. Monroe, editor, Journal of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, New York; Cincinnati: Hunt & Eaton; Cranston & Curtis, via Internet Archive, page 673:
      Various Foreign Pop'ns
    • 1908, “The City of Chicago”, in Ernst W. Olson, editor, History of the Swedes of Illinois, The Engberg-Holmberg Publishing Company, via Internet Archive, page 128:
      Total Pop'n
    • 1979, Jan A. Stølen, Travel Needs, Mobility and Accessibility to Opportunities for the Elderly, Kristiansand: Agder Distriktshøgskole, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 167:
      Income Characteristics (General Pop'n) (cont.)
    • 2000 June 1, Catherine Harris, quoting Rose Zgodzinski, “Urban prospects”, in Canadian Banker‎[1], volume 107, number 2, via EBSCO, →ISSN, page 43:
      Avg annual pop'n change
    • 2020, Michael Chibba, “Brazil at a Crossroads: Political Economy, the Coronavirus, and Democracy”, in World Economics‎[2], volume 21, number 2, via EBSCO, →ISSN, page 224:
      Poverty headcount ratio (% pop’n ≤ $1.50/day)

Usage notes

Chiefly used in tables and graphs.

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