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demography

demography

6 6.8
Study of how many people live in a place and how they change
  • noun
  • /dɪˈmɒɡrəfi/
translation icon : demografía
  • The study of demography helps us understand how populations change over time.
  • demography of populations
  • historical demography
  • changes in demography

And as they say, demography is destiny, is what's happening with the people, is the future.

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Examples

  • While the precise causes of the 2011 uprisings are a matter of some debate, demography played a major role.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The lack of data presents more serious problems for the subject of African historical demography.

    Academic text (1993)
  • And this is a city whose demography has always been, you know, white working class by a massive percentage.

  • Several specialists on African demography do not share the World Bank's optimism.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The ethnic and cultural demography of our people is in flux.

    Academic text (1998)
  • At the same time that our demography is shifting, other societal changes are occurring as well.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Wade emphasizes the importance of politics, economics, demography, and region in shaping race relations.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Well into the twenty-first century, the demography of this country will continue to reflect a culturally mixed social group.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Future modeling approaches should also evaluate how the outcomes of these processes are influenced by demography, environmental heterogeneity, and time.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Europe doesn't have the same demography as the US; you are comparing apples to oranges.

    Blog text (9)

How Demographic

demography
6 6.8
sociodemographics
  • Specialized
7.3
census
96 3.0
big data
  • Specialized
23 3.7

Surface Forms

demography singular
demographies plural

Morphology

demography = demo + graphy

Although the word is historically built from the classical combining forms demo- and -graphy, the meaning 'scientific study of populations' is not directly recoverable for an average learner from those parts.

Etymology

Demography comes from the Greek parts demos 'people' and -graphy 'writing' or 'recording', the same demos you see in democracy and the -graphy in photography. So demography is like 'writing about people', which is why it means the study and counting of human populations.