demographic
/ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
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Australia/ˌdem.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/
demographic adjective: of or pertaining to demography.
Adjective
demographic (comparative more demographic, superlative most demographic)
- Of or pertaining to demography.
- Yet it does bring up a much more real problem about China's demographic transition, which has led some to argue that China will "get old before it gets rich."2011 February 18, James Fallows, “How to Solve China's Gender Imbalance? The 'Babe Tax'”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2011
- A growing foreign-born population has sparked debate in Japan amid the pressures of a demographic crisis and economic worries.2025 September 29, Justin McCurry, “‘My kids are too scared to go outside’: Kurdish migrants face hostility as Japan wrestles with demographic crisis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the...
Noun
demographic (plural demographics)
- A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
- Of significant current interest is the fact that the compa-ratio can be used to analyze the pay treatment of specific groups of employees. Segregating employees by such demographics as gender, race, or age group (e.g., 18–25, 26–39, 40–50, 51–65), a compa-ratio analysis could provide a first...1985, Richard I. Henderson, Compensation Management: Rewarding Performance, Fourth Edition, Reston Pub. Co., →ISBN, page 604
- How will this investment affect at the individual level, based on being disaggregated by various demographics (race and ethnicity, gender, age, disability, income) and locations (inner city, inner ring suburbs, suburbs, exurbs), miles traveled, travel time, accessibility to transit, and car...2000, James Chapman, “Impact of Building Roads to Everywhere”, in Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres (eds.), Sprawl City: Race, Politics, and Planning in Atlanta, Island Press...
- A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
- […] it was also the initial verdict for the Nikita television series before the show garnered something of a cult following among the crucial 30–something demographic, at which point the critical response grew decidedly more favorable.2002, Laura Grindstaff, ‘Pretty Woman with a Gun: La Femme Nikita and the Textual Politics of “The Remake”’, in Jennifer Forrest and Leonard R. Koos (eds.), Dead Ringers: The Remake in Theory and...
- A newspaper is consumed by many demographics, a small portion of which may be the target.2006, Tom Hutchison, Amy Macy, Paul Allen, Record Label Marketing, Elsevier, page 189
- Synonyms:
- demo
- An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.
demographic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
demographic in Hindi
- जनसांख्यिकीय, जनसाङ्ख्यिकीय
demographic in Tamil
- மக்கள்தொகைசார்
demographic in Marathi
- जनसांख्यिकीय
demographic in Urdu
- ڈیموگرافک
More languagesFewer languages
- demographic in Bengali
- জনমিতিক
- demographic in Malayalam
- ജനസംഖ്യാപരമായ
- demographic in Kannada
- ಜನಸಾಂಖ್ಯಿಕೀಯ
- demographic in Punjabi
- ਜਨਸੰਖਿਆ ਸੰਬੰਧੀ
- demographic in Gujarati
- વસ્તી વિષયક, જનસાંખ્યિકીય
- demographic in Odia
- ଜନସାଂଖିକୀଯ଼, ଜନସାଂଖ୍ଯ଼ିକ, ଜନସଂଖ୍ଯ଼ାଗତ
- demographic in Nepali
- जनसाङ्ख्यिकीय
- demographic in Tagalog
- demograpiko
- demographic in Malay
- demografik
- demographic in Indonesian
- demografis
- demographic in Persian
- جمعیتی jam'iyyati
Examples of demographic in a sentence
- "The demographic for NASCAR is people who eat," said Steve Page, president of the former Infineon Raceway […] .2012, 24 June (Sun), Debbie Arrington, "Racing Fans are being courted", The Sacramento Bee, page C1, col. 4
- Rail is clearly a more sustainable option, and the demographic of the population living in the areas served by the new stations certainly seems to be a good fit when it comes to modal shift.2025 October 1, Peter Plisner, “Closing in on Camp Hill reopening”, in RAIL, number 1045, pages 46-47:
Synonyms of demographic
Forms of demographic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more demographic |
| superlative | most demographic |
| Noun | |
| plural | demographics |
Origin of demographic
From demography + -ic.
Words formed from demographic
Phrases with demographic
Questions about demographic
- What does demographic mean?
- Demographic means of or pertaining to demography.
- What is demographic in Hindi?
- Demographic in Hindi is जनसांख्यिकीय, जनसाङ्ख्यिकीय. See Demographic meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use demographic in a sentence?
- "The demographic for NASCAR is people who eat," said Steve Page, president of the former Infineon Raceway […] .
- What part of speech is demographic?
- Demographic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce demographic?
- Demographic is pronounced /ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near demographic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: demographic (page history and authors); demographic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demographic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demographic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demographic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Demographic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demographic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demographic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demographic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demographic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demographic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demographic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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