The phrase "a population equal to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the size or number of individuals in a specific group or demographic that matches another specified quantity.
Example: "The study focused on a population equal to 10,000 participants to ensure statistical significance."
Alternatives: "a population that matches" or "a population of the same size".
In densely-packed Britain, with a population equal to France's, the tally was a modest 3,443.
The Pearl River Delta – the region encompassing Shenzhen and nearby Guangzhou – now has a population equal to the size of the UK, and is being compared with the government's new city plans.
For a party whose presidential candidate less than three months ago was in full denial, wedded to a fantasy-based strategy of deporting a population equal to that of Ohio, this marks a welcome reacquaintance with reality.
As a population equal to New York City's moves into China's cities each year demanding air-conditioners and other electricity-guzzling conveniences, consumption is likely to continue growing by double digits.
Looked at another way, Mr. Bush captured 73 electoral votes in 12 small states with a combined population equal to California's, whereas Mr. Gore received only 54 for winning California itself.
For those counting, Mosul has a civilian population equal to that of Philadelphia.
Using a target population equal to the number of people starting university in the UK in 2012 (N = 464,891) [ 12], the overall population value of information was £18.3 million in the first year of the U@Uni intervention.
Rather than leaving vast numbers of victims of a warmer world stranded, without any place allowing them in, industrialized countries ought to pledge to take on a share of the displaced population equal to how much each nation has historically contributed to emissions of the greenhouse gases that are causing this crisis.
The reference design also enables efficient sampling of allelic diversity for a fixed number of populations (equal to the allelic sampling of the single round robin design and better than diallels), but may have reduced power of detecting connected QTL allele effects compared with other designs.
Analyses were run with α equal to 1. Populations were simulated with Minor Allele Frequency in the base populations equal to 0.40.
An apt analogy would be to something like the Roman Empire, if it had endured into the 21st century ― with regional and cultural diversities, a modern economy, a centralized government and a population nearly equal to that of 100 average-size European nations combined, speaking thousands of different dialects while sharing one written language.
