1 noun SOCIOL, GEOG number of peopledaonra masc4 c m uIreland has a population of 6.5 milliontá daonra 6.5 milliún in Éirinn; tá 6.5 milliún duine ina gcónaí in Éirinna fall in populationlaghdú sa daonra2 noun SOCIOL, GEOG group of peoplepobal masc1 c m udaonra masc4 c m uthere was a large Irish-speaking population therebhí pobal mór Gaeilgeoirí annthe general populationan pobal i gcoitinnethe rural populationpobal na tuaitheurban populationpobal uirbeach3 noun SOCIOL, ZOOL group of animalspobal masc1 c m uthere's an increase in the elephant population theretá méadú ar líon na n-eilifintí ansin