the number of people

基本解释

There is no restriction [limit] on the number of people.
人数不限。
《新英汉大辞典》
The centre calculates that if this system alone were fitted to all the vehicles in Europe it would reduce the number of people killed on the roads there by almost 17%.
研究中心还计算出，只要单单把这种系统应用于在欧洲行驶的所有车辆之中，那么因事故死亡的人数就有可能减少近17%。
The proportion of households who rent has risen sharply since 2007, as has the number of people in each rental household.
自从2007以来租房住的家庭比例也大幅上升，正如每个出租户内的人数也在增加一样。

It will do that,he says, by reducing the cost of computers and increasing the number of people who search the Internet.
I'll count up the number of people killed in every church that I go to visit to look at.
每次我去一个教堂里,我都会数当地记录的阵亡人数
耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选
Given the number of people in the room there may be multiple winners, I accept that possibility.
教室里每个人都写个数字,确实有可能出现多个赢家
耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Despite more vigorous policing, the number of people caught trying to cross has declined markedly.
ECONOMIST: Immigration politics