demography
/dɪˈmɒɡɹəfi/
demography noun: the study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
Noun
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.
- 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
demography meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
demography in Hindi
- study of human populations
- जनसांख्यिकी jansāṅkhyikī
demography in Tamil
- நிலசமூகவியல், மக்கள் தொகை இயல், மக்கள் தொகையியல், மக்கள் வாழ்க்கைக் கணக்கியல், மக்கள்தொகை ஆய்வு, மக்கள் இயல்
demography in Marathi
- study of human populations
- जनगणनाशास्त्र jangaṇnāśāstra
demography in Urdu
- study of human populations
- آبادِیات ābādiyāt
More languagesFewer languages
- demography in Bengali
- জনসংখ্যাতত্ত্ব jonośoṅkhatotto
- demography in Kannada
- ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯಾ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ, ಜನಾಂಗಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ, ಮಂದಿಯೆಣಿಕೆಯರಿಮೆ
- demography in Punjabi
- ਡੈਮੋਗਰਾਫ਼ੀ ḍaimogrāfī
- demography in Gujarati
- વસ્તીવિષયક vastīviṣyak
- demography in Sanskrit
- संधान saṃdhā́na
- demography in Tagalog
- talasantauhan, demograpiya
- demography in Arabic
- دِيمُوغْرَافِيَا dīmūḡrāfiyā, دِمُوغْرَافِيَا dimūḡrāfiyā, عِلْم السُّكّان ʕilm as-sukkān
- demography in Malay
- demografi
- demography in Indonesian
- demografi, kependudukan
- demography in Persian
- دِموگرافی demôgrâfi, جمعیتشناسی jam'iyat-šenâsi, مردمنگاری mardom-negâri
- demography in Thai
- ประชากรศาสตร์ bprà-chaa-gɔɔ-rá-sàat
- demography in Vietnamese
- nhân khẩu học
Synonyms of demography
Forms of demography
| plural | demographies |
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Origin of demography
From demo- (“people”) + -graphy (“written representation of”) (From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) and Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía), from γραφή (graphḗ, “writing, drawing, description”)).
Words formed from demography
Words that rhyme with demography
- geography
- choreography
- orthography
- topography
- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cacography
- chromography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
- megalography
Questions about demography
- What does demography mean?
- Demography means the study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
- What is demography in Hindi?
- Demography in Hindi is जनसांख्यिकी (jansāṅkhyikī). See Demography meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is demography?
- Demography is a noun.
- How do you pronounce demography?
- Demography is pronounced /dɪˈmɒɡɹəfi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of demography?
- The plural of demography is demographies.
Words near demography in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: demography (page history and authors); demography (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demography (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); संधान (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). 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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