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has a population vs have a population

Both "has a population" and "have a population" can be correct, but they are used in different contexts. "Has a population" is used with singular subjects, while "have a population" is used with plural subjects.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 631 views

has a population

This phrase is correct when referring to a singular subject.

Use "has a population" when talking about a singular entity, such as a city or a country.

Examples:

Tokyo has a population of over 9 million people.
The United States has a population of approximately 330 million.

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The village of Ta' Kerċem has a population of around 1700 people.
The Greater Helsinki area (Uusimaa) contains several additional municipalities and has a population of over 1,300,000.
Batak was pronounced town in 1964 and has a population of 4,019 people.
It has a population of 6,045.
As of 2008 it has a population of 51,429.
As of 2001, it has a population of 106,300 inhabitants.
Pravets has a population of 4,512 people.
It has a population of between 150 and 200.
It has a population of 10,773 people.
The statistical area IJmuiden, which includes the surrounding countryside, has a population of 30,466.
Yutian County has a population of about 160,000.
Caliente has a population of 1,019.
The village has a population of 52.
It has a population of 8,907.
The village has a population of 986.
It has a population of about 10 millions of inhabitants with Albanian strong minority in the Kosovo.
Myanmar has a population of about 51 million people.
It belongs to the Vardousion municipality and has a population of 270.
Bormes-les-Mimosas has a population of just 7,000, but it has much to offer.
Laos is as big as France, but has a population of only 6.7 million.

Alternatives:

possesses a population
is home to a population

have a population

This phrase is correct when referring to a plural subject.

Use "have a population" when talking about plural entities, such as multiple cities or countries.

Examples:

European countries have diverse populations.
Many cities in Asia have large populations.

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They have a population of 1 billion.
The Pitcairn Islands are located in the southern Pacific Ocean and have a population of only 48.
We have a population of 10 million.
Having said that, we have a population of 4 million people, and we export 90% of our production.
They have a population of just over 12 million.
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan have a population of over 2.3 million.
Hungary and the Czech Republic have a population that is commensurate with that of Bulgaria, yet their GDP per capita is about twice as high.
Some of these villages have a population around 10 to 100 people and are situated in very difficult access locations; the majority of them are only accessible by foot, some thousand meters away from the closer road.
In the meanwhile, we have a population, both in the United States and elsewhere in the world, which has continuing material needs.
In Italy, the Zygaena transalpina frequently appears in the form flava with vast colonies well localized which often have a population predominating on the red traditional form itself.
Only seven out of the twenty-five EU Member States have a population that exceeds that of the Roma nation as a whole in the EU's present and future territory.
The Authority finds that this condition is met as the areas excluded from the map in low population density regions, which at the outset qualify as such, have a population of 445006 inhabitants (see table 1 above).
We have a population of 22 million - don't laugh - and it's been reported that 22 million phones are in people's drawers.
The city of Alicante and its urban area (including municipalities such as San Vicente, El Campello, San Juan de Alicante and Mutxamel) have a population of over 450,000 inhabitants.
The areas included into the map by application of the flexibility rules have a population of 374739 inhabitants as indicated in the text under table 2 above.
Like us, they appear to have a population growth rate that's unsustainable.
Milot and the neighbouring centres have a population of 25,000.
City authorities in all 27 EU Member States are invited to apply before 20 September 2011. Participating cities should have a population of at least 50,000 inhabitants.
Now that we have a population criterion in there anyway, it should have been possible to lower the threshold in terms of the number of votes.
There is no scenario for continuous and at the same time sustainable growth in a world that will have a population of 9 billion in 2015.

Alternatives:

possess a population
are home to populations

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