Demography Definition

dĭ-mŏgrə-fē

noun

The statistical science dealing with the distribution, density, vital statistics, etc. of human populations.

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Demography is defined as the study of the statistics of human populations.

When you study humanity by looking at statistics on pregnancy and childbirth, this is an example of demography.

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Other Word Forms of Demography

Singular:

demography

Plural:

demographies

French démographie Greek dēmos people dā- in Indo-European roots French -graphie writing (from Greek -graphiā -graphy)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
demo- (“people”) +‎ -graphy (“written representation of”)

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