English question, year one level?

Question

90% of people

or

90% of the people

which is correct, do we need a "the" before "people"?

Answer 1

I was going to answer, but the people above me are right so there's no need to. I just want the points.

Answer 2

For a general fact, the first one.

E.g. 90% of people living in London do not have pets

or something similar.

For a set of people that you specify, then you need 'the'.

E.g. 90% of the people asked in the survey did not have pets.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

use "the" if you are talking about specific people only. if you are just talking about the general public and dont mean a specific group, use 90% of people