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Date: 1800-1900
Language: French
Origin: démographie, from Greek demos 'people'

demography

 noun
     
Related topics: Anthropology
de‧mog‧ra‧phy [uncountable]
SA the study of human populations and the ways in which they change, for example the study of how many births, marriages and deaths happen in a particular place at a particular time
—demographer noun [countable]
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