Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
What is the Population of the Place with an Area (km 2) larger than 498.77?

### Inputs:
table_name: table, columns: ['Place', 'Code', 'Area (km 2 )', 'Population', 'Most spoken language']

### Response:
SELECT COUNT Population FROM table WHERE Area (km 2 ) > 498.77