BusinessAugust 15, 2026
demographers
di-MOG-ruh-furz
Definition
Experts who study the statistics of human populations, such as birth rates, mortality, and migration.
Etymology
Derived from the Greek words 'demos' (people) and 'graphein' (to write or draw). It entered the English language in the 19th century to describe those who record and analyze data about human populations.
In the news
The authors clarify that they are not demographers to emphasize that they are interpreting existing statistics rather than providing a professional academic analysis of Korea's population decline.
On a popular South Korean online marketplace, more strollers were sold for pets than for babies in the first three quarters of 2023 — 57 percent pet, 43 percent baby, against 33 percent pet only two years earlier
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