Population is like a big family that lives in a certain place. Imagine all the people in your neighborhood, like your friends, family, and even the mailman. They all make up a part of the population. It’s like counting all the people who live in a big house called a city or a country.
Think of population as a basket of apples, where each apple is a person. The basket can be small if there are only a few apples, or it can be very big if there are a lot of apples. When we talk about population, we’re counting all the apples in the basket to see how full it is.
Another way to think about population is like a classroom full of students. Each student is a part of the class, and together they make up the whole class. If some students move to another school, the classroom gets smaller. If more students join, the classroom gets bigger. Population works the same way, with people moving in and out of places, making the numbers change.