demographynoun [ U ]
uk/dɪˈmɒɡ.rə.fi/us/dɪˈmɑː.ɡrə.fi/the study of changes in the number of births, marriages, deaths, etc. in a particular area during a period of time:
historical demography
The demography of an area is the number and characteristics of the people who live in an area, in relation to their age, sex, if they are married or not, etc.:
The increase in the number of young people leaving to work in the cities has had a dramatic impact on the demography of the villages.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lifestyles & their study
- anthropogenic
- anthropologist
- anthropology
- cultural
- culture
- demographer
- ethnological
- ethnology
- hermetic
- lifestyle
- living
- lot
- meme
- milieu
- suburbia
- the global village
- trend
- vegetate
- way of life idiom
- westernize
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