## Meanings
1. The study of human populations and how they change in size and makeup
2. The makeup of a particular population in terms of age, race, gender, and so on

## Examples
- Demography helps governments plan for future housing and healthcare needs.
- The town's demography changed as more young families moved in.

## Synonyms
- demology

## Derived Forms
- biodemography
- demographic
- demosprudence
- ethnodemography
- geodemography
- paleodemography
- phylodemography
- sociodemography

## Related Forms
- demographer
- demographics

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: δῆμος
- Root: -γραφία

## Etymology
From demo- (“people”) + -graphy (“written representation of”) (From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) and Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía), from γραφή (graphḗ, “writing, drawing, description”)).

## AI Etymology
Demography is from demo- (“people”) + -graphy (“written representation of”) (From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “people”) and Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía), from γραφή (graphḗ, “writing, drawing, description”)). In present-day use, it can mean the study of human populations and how they change in size and makeup, or the makeup of a particular population in terms of age, race, gender, and so on. Derived formations include biodemography, demographic, demosprudence, ethnodemography, and geodemography.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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