demography
noun
de·mog·ra·phy
di-ˈmä-grə-fē 
sociology
: the statistical study of human populations especially with reference to size and density (see density sense 2c), distribution, and vital statistics
Examples of demography in a Sentence
the shifting demography of Europe
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Zhou Yun, an assistant professor of social demography and family sociology at the University of Michigan, told ABC that the tax increase is political.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
Ness Sandoval, a professor at Saint Louis University who studies inequality and Latino and immigrant demography, recalls growing up in Nebraska and his dad’s grueling job at a meatpacking plant.
—Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2025
The trouble is that real demography is not so simple.
—David W. Lawson, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
In their world, which is also ours, selfhood has degraded into taste, preferences, demography, and outlays of attention and money.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 12 Dec. 2025
Ness Sandoval, a professor at Saint Louis University who studies inequality and Latino and immigrant demography, recalls growing up in Nebraska and his dad’s grueling job at a meatpacking plant.
—Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2025
The trouble is that real demography is not so simple.
—David W. Lawson, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
In their world, which is also ours, selfhood has degraded into taste, preferences, demography, and outlays of attention and money.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for demography
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demography
noun
de·mog·ra·phy
di-ˈmäg-rə-fē
: the statistical study of human populations
demographic
adjective
ˌdē-mə-ˈgraf-ik,
ˌdem-ə-
Medical Definition
demography
noun
de·mog·ra·phy
di-ˈmäg-rə-fē
plural demographies
: the statistical study of human populations especially with reference to size and density, distribution, and vital statistics
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