人口
じんこう
hepburn jinkou
population
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- この町の人口は約五万人です。This town's population is about fifty thousand.
- 日本の人口は少しずつ減っています。Japan's population is gradually decreasing.
Collocations
人口が多い人口が減る人口が増える人口問題世界の人口
Mnemonic
人口 jinkou — 人 (person) + 口 (mouth). Literally "the mouths of people" — population was historically counted by the number of mouths to feed. 口 is read with the on-yomi こう. 人口が増える / 減る (population rises / falls) are common phrases.
Quick check
Why does 口 in 人口 relate to counting people?