demography
nounUK /dɪˈmɒɡɹəfi/
Etymology From demo- (“people”) + -graphy (“written representation of”) (From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) and Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía), from γραφή (graphḗ, “writing, drawing, description”)).
1
Usually The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
2
Usually The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
3
Usually The particular demographic makeup of a population.
- the schoolʼs demography began to change with the immigrants and their offspring pouring in2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 297:
- Above all, it is in the process of transforming itself so fundamentally through demography that, in a few decades at most, it will no longer make sense to call this the same society.2023 July 21, Michael Anton, “The Pessimistic Case for the Future”, in Compact, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2024:
- Synonyms
- demology
- Derived terms
- biodemography, demographic, demosprudence, ethnodemography, geodemography, paleodemography, phylodemography, sociodemography
- Related terms
- demographer, demographics