'People' in the Bible

"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention."

They said to him, "Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What's your occupation? Where do you come from? What's your country? And who are your people?"

The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!"