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    きのうは　きょうより　ひとが　すくないです。
    
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Is it saying:

> X number of people yesterday < Y number of people today?
>
> or
>
> X number of people yesterday > Y number of people today?

I'm getting the translation of より confused and can't make heads or tails of
it.
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How should I intepret より in this sentence
As for yesterday, compared with today, the people are few. (There were fewer
people yesterday than there are today.)
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