The phrase "a population around" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a group of people or organisms in a specific area or context.
Example: "The study focused on a population around the coastal region to assess the impact of pollution."
Alternatives: "a population in the vicinity" or "a population nearby".
Britain has 12 of them; America, with a population around five times its size, has three.
The sole domestic or working animal of the Arctic, the Inuit dog probably peaked in the 1920's with a population around 20,000, roughly equal to the human population of the far north.
Sydney today has some 40 traditional public 50-meter pools (New York and Los Angeles each has two!), which may explain how swimmers from Australia, with a population around 20 million, were able to haul off 15 medals at the 2004 Olympics in Athens — second only to the United States.
With a population around 321,000, the tiny country enjoys a diversity of ethnicities that is undeniably stimulating and improbably serene.
According to a 2011 study, an earthquake with Mw = 7.25 on the Main Marmara Fault is expected to heavily damage or destroy 2 to 4%% of around 1,000,000 buildings in Istanbul with a population around 13 million, with 9 to 15%% of the buildings receiving medium damage and 20 to 34%% of the buildings damaged lightly (Erdik, Science 341 72, 2013).
According to a 2011 study, an earthquake with Mw = 7.25 on the Main Marmara Fault is expected to heavily damage or destroy 2 to 4%% of around 1,000,000 buildings in Istanbul with a population around 13 million, with 9 to 15%% of the buildings receiving medium damage and 20 to 34%% of the buildings damaged lightly (Erdik 2013).
Neither has Rock Springs—a population of around 25,000 isolated in the vast Red Desert escaped news media's notice.
Bulang is one of the ethnic minority groups with a relatively small population (around 120,000) [ 5].
