demographer

American  

[dih-mog-ruh-fer] / dɪˈmɒg rə fər /

Rarely demographist

noun

1. a person who specializes in the study of vital and social statistics, as the number of births, deaths, diseases, or marriages in a population.

   Some demographers project a world population of 9 billion by 2050.

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Etymology

Origin of demographer

First recorded in 1875–80; demograph(y) ( def. ) + -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

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demographer

“The dividend was never something that arrives automatically,” said Apoorva Jadhav, a demographer affiliated with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a U.S. think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Oleksandr Hladun, a demographer at Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences, describes these trends as the "social catastrophe of war".

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026

It is “demographic hollowing out,” said Cuban demographer Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

"The number of people choosing not to marry or not to have children is increasing, and fertility intentions among the younger generation are weak," He Yafu, an independent Chinese demographer, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jan. 5, 2026

Gen Alpha and Gen Beta were apparently coined by social analyst and demographer Mark McCrindle, who heads an Australian-based research firm that bears his name.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025