population做主语的时候谓语动词用单数还是复数：当population与the连用作主语时，谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式；当population表示人口百分之几时，谓语动词要用复数形式。population作为可数名词，含义有人口、族群等，复数形式为populations。
population的基本含义及双语例句
population作为可数名词，意为(地区、国家等的)人口，人口数量;(统称)某领域的生物;族群;人口。例句有：
1、The entire population of the town was at the meeting.
全镇的居民都出席了集会。
2、Bangladesh now has a population of about 110 million.
孟加拉国现有大约1.1亿人口。
3、The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million.
人口已从120万增加到了180万。
4、The entire population of the town was at the meeting.
全镇的居民都出席了集会。
5、Market researchers often segment the population on the basis of age and social class.
市场研究人员常常按年龄和社会阶层划分人口。
6、Growing levels of pollution represent a serious health hazard to the local population.
日益严重的污染对当地人民的健康构成了重大威胁。
7、An overlay showing population can be placed on top of the map.
可以在地图上加一层显示人口的透明膜。
8、Is a questionnaire answered by 500 people truly representative of the population as a whole?
由500人参加的问卷调查能真正代表所有民众吗？
9、The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery.
这里的人绝大多数生活在极度贫困之中。
10、Troops were sent in, ostensibly to protect the civilian population.
谎称为保护平民而派驻了军队
