demography
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
demo- (“people”) + -graphy (“written representation of”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
demography (usually uncountable, plural demographies)
- The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
- The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
- The particular demographic makeup of a population.
- 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 297:
- the schoolʼs demography began to change with the immigrants and their offspring pouring in
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Translations[edit]
study of human populations
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