noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/dɪˈmɒɡɹəfə(ɹ)/
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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
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noun
Meaning 2
a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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