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

Writing in Foreign Affairs magazine last year, the economist and demographer Nicholas Eberstadt noted that in the U.S. “the demographic fundamentals look fairly sound—at least when compared with the competition.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Sociologist and demographer Sonalde Desai told me that without a fresh caste census, India's affirmative action policies operate "blindly", relying on outdated colonial data.

From BBC

The global downshift in fertility rates has many causes, demographers say.

From The Wall Street Journal

Robert Warren, a demographer at the Center for Migration Studies, created hypothetical electoral maps for each census dating back to 1980 that did not count undocumented immigrants.

From Salon

“Attributing deaths properly to a wildfire is just almost an impossible task,” said Andrew Stokes, an associate professor at Boston University and a mortality demographer who co-authored the research letter.

From Los Angeles Times