"decent population" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to a group of people who are considered to be respectable, honest, and morally upright. Example: The mayor promised to prioritize the needs of the decent population, who felt neglected by the previous administration.
Even though Toowoomba has a decent population, it has always had a small country-town feel.
The enthusiasm for college football in the Southeast and a lot of mid-sized markets with decent population growth adds up to a very valuable brand — as, of course, does the exceptional quality of the product on the field.
The school gives kids eligible for free school lunches extra spins in the school lottery used to determine admissions, which means there is likely a decent population of children in attendance who lack the $5 to separate themselves from the mass of their fellow students.
However, a few "lucky" organisms that are known to be extinct in the wild still have decent populations alive elsewhere in the world.
Although the associations between risk of neural tube defect and red blood cell folate concentrations are remarkably similar between these Irish, Chinese, and overall US (majority of European decent) populations, whether they also apply to other populations is not known.
"We want to see a significant number of Chinese students here, to mirror the decent Chinese population that already exists," said Ms. Khosla-Jones.
This chilly Scottish town – whose name means "lake in the damp hollow" – was the perfect place, Khan decided, to set up a curry house: it had a decent sized population, around 9,000 people, but no Indian restaurant.
"The new results suggest that it may have been more important than many temples built in Angkor and that it had a decent-sized population supporting it".
It's part of a larger valley with tourist destinations at both ends and a decent-sized population that likes to think of themselves as somewhat cosmopolitan.
One constant theme under Mubarak, the generals, the Brotherhood, and now under the generals again, is the Egyptian economy's chronic failure to deliver the basics of life to the population: decent wages, secure jobs and the necessities of life at affordable prices.
Toyota Corona (Milwaukee Milwaukeeee has a decent-sized gay population, but a pretty small queer community.
