most populous country

collocation in English

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most
determiner
pronoun
adverb
uk
/məʊst/us
/moʊst/
the biggest number or amount of; more than anything or ...
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populous
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒp.jə.ləs/us
/ˈpɑː.pjə.ləs/
A populous country, area, or place has a lot of people living ...
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country
noun
uk
/ˈkʌn.tri/us
/ˈkʌn.tri/
an area of land that has its own government, ...
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(Definition ofmost,populousandcountryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is the worlds largest and mostpopulouscountrysituated only on islands.
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With a population of around 230 million people, it is the world's fourth mostpopulouscountry.
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It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-mostpopulouscountrywith over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world.
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It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-mostpopulouscountrywith over 1.2 billion people.
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It is the world's mostpopulouscountry, with a population of over 1.35 billion.
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With a population of over 1,300,000,000, it is the mostpopulouscountryin the world.
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It has a population of around 31 million people, making it the 42nd mostpopulouscountryin the world.
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As the ninth mostpopulouscountryand twelfth most densely populated countries in the world, its rising population and limited land space have put tremendous strains on the urban ecosystem.
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