noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/dɪˈmɒɡɹəfi/
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rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The study of the structure and population dynamics of other lifeforms, such as mammals, insects, plants, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The particular demographic makeup of a population.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: human ecology
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sociology
History
Etymology
From demo- (“people”) + -graphy (“written representation of”) (From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) and Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía), from γραφή (graphḗ, “writing, drawing, description”)).
Across languages
Translations
79 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
demografie
— study of human populations
Albanian:
demografia
— study of human populations
Arabic:
دِيمُوغْرَافِيَا
(dīmūḡrāfiyā)
— study of human populations
Arabic:
دِمُوغْرَافِيَا
(dimūḡrāfiyā)
— study of human populations
Arabic:
عِلْم السُّكّان
(ʕilm as-sukkān)
— study of human populations
Armenian:
ժողովրդագրություն
(žoġovrdagrutʻyun)
— study of human populations
Armenian:
դեմոգրաֆիա
(demografia)
— study of human populations
Azerbaijani:
demoqrafiya
— study of human populations
Basque:
demografia
— study of human populations
Belarusian:
дэмагра́фія
(demahráfija)
— study of human populations
Bengali:
জনসংখ্যাতত্ত্ব
(jonośoṅkhatotto)
— study of human populations
Bulgarian:
демогра́фия
(demográfija)
— study of human populations
Catalan:
demografia
— study of human populations
Chinese Cantonese:
人口統計學 /人口统计学
(jan4 hau2 tung2 gai3 hok6)
— study of human populations
Chinese Mandarin:
人口學 /人口学
(rénkǒuxué)
— study of human populations
Chinese Mandarin:
人口統計學 /人口统计学
(rénkǒu tǒngjìxué)
— study of human populations
Czech:
demografie
— study of human populations
Danish:
demografi
— study of human populations
Dutch:
demografie
— study of human populations
Dutch:
bevolkingsleer
— study of human populations
Esperanto:
demografio
— study of human populations
Estonian:
demograafia
— study of human populations
Estonian:
rahvastikuteadus
— study of human populations
Finnish:
väestötiede
— study of human populations
Finnish:
demografia
— study of human populations
French:
démographie
— study of human populations
Galician:
demografía
— study of human populations
Georgian:
დემოგრაფია
(demograpia)
— study of human populations
German:
Demografie
— study of human populations
German:
Bevölkerungswissenschaft
— study of human populations
Greek:
δημογραφία
(dimografía)
— study of human populations
Gujarati:
વસ્તીવિષયક
(vastīviṣyak)
— study of human populations
Hebrew:
דֶּמוֹגְרַפְיָה
(demografia)
— study of human populations
Hindi:
जनसांख्यिकी
(jansāṅkhyikī)
— study of human populations
Hungarian:
demográfia
— study of human populations
Icelandic:
lýðfræði
— study of human populations
Ido:
demografio
— study of human populations
Indonesian:
demografi
— study of human populations
Indonesian:
kependudukan
— study of human populations
Irish:
déimeagrafaíocht
— study of human populations
Italian:
demografia
— study of human populations
Japanese:
人口学
(jinkōgaku)
— study of human populations
Japanese:
人口統計学
(jinkō tōkeigaku)
— study of human populations
Kazakh:
демография
(demografiä)
— study of human populations
Korean:
인구학
(in'guhak)
— study of human populations
Korean:
인구통계학
(in'gutonggyehak)
— study of human populations
Northern Kurdish:
demografî
— study of human populations
Latvian:
demogrāfija
— study of human populations
Lithuanian:
demografija
— study of human populations
Macedonian:
демографија
(demografija)
— study of human populations
Malay:
demografi
— study of human populations
Marathi:
जनगणनाशास्त्र
(jangaṇnāśāstra)
— study of human populations
Norwegian Bokmål:
demografi
— study of human populations
Norwegian Nynorsk:
demografi
— study of human populations
Occitan:
demografia
— study of human populations
Persian:
دِموگرافی
(demôgrâfi)
— study of human populations
Persian:
جمعیتشناسی
(jam'iyat-šenâsi)
— study of human populations
Persian:
مردمنگاری
(mardom-negâri)
— study of human populations
Polish:
demografia
— study of human populations
Portuguese:
demografia
— study of human populations
Punjabi:
ਡੈਮੋਗਰਾਫ਼ੀ
(ḍaimogrāfī)
— study of human populations
Romanian:
demografie
— study of human populations
Russian:
демогра́фия
(demográfija)
— study of human populations
Serbo-Croatian:
демографија
— study of human populations
Serbo-Croatian:
demografija
— study of human populations
Slovak:
demografia
— study of human populations
Slovene:
demografija
— study of human populations
Spanish:
demografía
— study of human populations
Swedish:
demografi
— study of human populations
Swedish:
befolkningslära
— study of human populations
Tagalog:
talasantauhan
— study of human populations
Tagalog:
demograpiya
— study of human populations
Thai:
ประชากรศาสตร์
(bprà-chaa-gɔɔ-rá-sàat)
— study of human populations
Turkish:
demografi
— study of human populations
Ukrainian:
демогра́фія
(demohráfija)
— study of human populations
Urdu:
آبادِیات
(ābādiyāt)
— study of human populations
Uzbek:
demografiya
— study of human populations
Vietnamese:
nhân khẩu học
— study of human populations
Yiddish:
דעמאָגראַפֿיע
(demografye)
— study of human populations