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demographer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪˈmɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 M AA1 G R AH0 F ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who studies demography.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: demographist, population scientist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sociologist

History

Etymology

From demo- + -grapher.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: демо́граф (demógraf) — person who studies demography
  • Bulgarian: демо́графка (demógrafka) — person who studies demography
  • Catalan: demògraf — person who studies demography
  • Catalan: demògrafa — person who studies demography
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人口學家 /人口学家 (rénkǒuxuéjiā) — person who studies demography
  • Czech: demograf — person who studies demography
  • Danish: demograf — person who studies demography
  • Dutch: demograaf — person who studies demography
  • Dutch: demografe — person who studies demography
  • Esperanto: demografo — person who studies demography
  • Finnish: demografi — person who studies demography
  • Finnish: väestötieteilijä — person who studies demography
  • French: démographe — person who studies demography
  • Georgian: დემოგრაფი (demograpi) — person who studies demography
  • German: Demograf — person who studies demography
  • German: Demografin — person who studies demography
  • Greek: δημογράφος (dimográfos) — person who studies demography
  • Hebrew: דמוגרף (demograf) — person who studies demography
  • Hebrew: דמוגרפית (demografit) — person who studies demography
  • Hungarian: demográfus — person who studies demography
  • Italian: demografo — person who studies demography
  • Italian: demografa — person who studies demography
  • Japanese: 人口学者 (jinkōgakusha) — person who studies demography
  • Kazakh: халықтанушы (xalyqtanuşy) — person who studies demography
  • Kazakh: демограф (demograf) — person who studies demography
  • Korean: 인구 통계학자 (in'gu tonggyehakja) — person who studies demography
  • Norwegian Bokmål: demograf — person who studies demography
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: demograf — person who studies demography
  • Polish: demograf — person who studies demography
  • Polish: demografka — person who studies demography
  • Portuguese: demógrafo — person who studies demography
  • Portuguese: demógrafa — person who studies demography
  • Romanian: demograf — person who studies demography
  • Romanian: demografă — person who studies demography
  • Russian: демо́граф (demógraf) — person who studies demography
  • Serbo-Croatian: демограф — person who studies demography
  • Serbo-Croatian: demograf — person who studies demography
  • Slovak: demograf — person who studies demography
  • Slovene: demograf — person who studies demography
  • Spanish: demógrafo — person who studies demography
  • Spanish: demógrafa — person who studies demography
  • Swedish: demograf — person who studies demography