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In Geography the word 'population' means the people living in a given area. Population is all the inhabitants of a particular place. A census is carried out to find out about a country's population. Population growth increased significantly as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace from 1700 onwards. The last 50 years have seen a yet more rapid increase. A mass migration can change the population of a country. Human population control is the practice of curtailing population increase, usually by reducing the birth rate. Surviving records from Ancient Greece document the first known examples of population control. In a discussion about population, you may hear the word 'immigrants'. An important example of mandated population control is People's Republic of China's one-child policy, in which having more than one child is made extremely unattractive.
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