Society
demographics
noun
Definition
Statistical data relating to the composition of a population.
In a sentence
“Changing demographics are placing increasing pressure on pension and healthcare systems.”
Synonyms
population datastatisticscensus data
Common collocations
- changing demographics
- demographic shift
- demographic data
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noun
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