population
The civilian population is being urged to leave the area immediately.
There is a large civilian population trapped inside the area.
International humanitarian law calls for military installations to be sited away from civilian populations.
The army has been criticized for attacking the unarmed civilian population.
It is hard to find data comparing divorce rates in the military to the civilian population.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Groups of people
affinity group
alliance
an
anti-gang
assemblage
family
federation
federative
First Nation
first people
line (someone) up
mafia
mob
peer group
phalanx
posse
public
quaternity
scratch
syndicate