The phrase "population is higher" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to compare the number of people in different areas or at different times. Example: "The population is higher in urban areas compared to rural areas."
The ratio of primary care doctors to population is higher in Massachusetts than in other states.
Still, the cost of public services in these areas, per head of population, is higher than anywhere else in the UK.
The proportion of diabetics in its adult population is higher than that of Los Angeles or Chicago, and more than double that of Boston.
In the US, the prevalence rate, at 0.61% of the adult population, is higher, but that still gives just a total of 850,000 HIV-positive people of all ages out of a population of 276 million.
Beginning in the 1970s and coinciding with the modern rise of Islamic radicalism, the Copts have suffered sporadic attacks, especially in the impoverished south of the country, where their share of the population is higher.
There are 3,135 Syrian refugees in Lebanon registered with the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, but the refugees estimate that their population is higher, because not everyone registers with the agency.
Yet journalists often act as if it means "it is 95% likely that the actual number of homosexuals in the population is higher than 2.99%, but lower than 5.01%".
While it is impossible to say with any certainty whether the area's rodent population is higher than normal -- official figures are not compiled -- anecdotal reports from pest control experts, along with published reports of rats seen scurrying across the steps of Gracie Mansion this summer, seem to support that perception.
In more unequal societies, the book finds, fewer people marry someone of a different class background, the number of visits to art galleries and museums is lower, the prison population is higher and the age of criminal responsibility for children is lower.
The prevalence of 29% for MOH in our pain population is higher than previously reported.
The proportion of Muslim policemen in comparison to the general population is higher today in Gujarat than in any other state in India.
