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

Noun

Singular:
demography
Plural:
demographies

Origin of Demography

  • 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”)

    From Wiktionary

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