Origin: Greek suffix -ography
Demography has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
"The researcher spent her career analyzing demography to understand how migration patterns were reshaping urban communities across the country."
The study of the characteristics of human populations, especially with regards to their makeup and fluctuations and the social causes behind these.
"The city council commissioned a new report on demography to understand how shifting birth rates and migration patterns are altering our community's age distribution."