demographer
[ dih-mog-ruh-fer ]
noun
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.
Origin of demographer
1First recorded in 1875–80; demograph(y) + -er1
- Rarely de·mog·ra·phist [dih-mog-ruh-fist] /dɪˈmɒg rə fɪst/ .
Words Nearby demographer
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How to use demographer in a sentence
In fact, said Jennifer Dowd, a professor of demography and population health at Oxford University in England, this is the kind of challenge that makes sociology-based research a real bear even in the best of situations.
What Two Studies With Very Different Findings Can Tell Us About Voting In A Pandemic | Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com) | November 2, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightIn 2016, according to predictions by political demographer Ruy Teixeira, they will be one-third.
demographer Wendell Cox has pointed to another source of hidden affluence.
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