Learn Spanish (Latin America): Según ese censo, hay más de mil personas en la población. - According to that census, there are more than a thousand people in the population.

Word

Según ese censo, hay más de mil personas en la población.

Meaning

According to that census, there are more than a thousand people in the population.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Spanish (Latin America)

Lesson

Comparisons with numerals (más de, menos de)

Breakdown of Según ese censo, hay más de mil personas en la población.

from / of

in / on / at

haber

to be (there is / there are)

ese

that (masculine)

Questions & Answers about Según ese censo, hay más de mil personas en la población.

Why do we use más de instead of más que for 'more than' in this sentence?

When you are talking about numbers or specific quantities, Spanish uses de instead of que for 'than'. Because this sentence is counting exactly a thousand (mil), you must say más de mil. You use más que when comparing two different things or actions.

Why is it just mil personas instead of un mil personas?

In English we say 'a thousand' or 'one thousand', but in Spanish, the number 1,000 is simply mil. You never put un before it. The exact same rule applies to 100, which is just cien and never un cien.

Does población mean 'population' or 'town' here?

It can actually mean both! Población is used to talk about a demographic population (the number of inhabitants), but it is also a very common word for a physical town, village, or settlement. Both translations make sense in the context of a census.

Why is it ese censo and not eso censo?

Ese is the masculine singular adjective for 'that', and it is used right before a masculine noun like censo. Eso is a neuter pronoun used for abstract ideas, statements, or unknown things, and it is never placed directly in front of a noun.