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population boom

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noun

  • A rapid and significant increase in the number of inhabitants within a specific country, region, or city.

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Lehigh Acres, Fla., is experiencing a housing and population boom as buyers flee high living costs in Miami and Orlando.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

At several locations in the archipelago, this population boom was so intense that it led to extensive urchin barrens.

From Science Daily Dec. 12, 2025

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  • demographic surge
  • human expansion
  • demographic upswing
  • people surge

Possible Antonyms

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  • the great emptying
  • demographic bust
  • population crash
  • population decline
  • depopulation

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