demographicsnoun
uk/ˌdem.əˈɡræf.ɪks/us/ˌdem.əˈɡræf.ɪks/[ plural ] the number and characteristics of people who live in a particular area or form a particular group, especially in relation to their age, how much money they have and what they spend it on :
The demographics of the country have changed dramatically in recent years.
No one has exact demographics on (= information about the quantity and characteristics of the people who live in) the area.
[ U ] the study of people and society in a particular area or particular group, typically used in marketing to decide which products to sell there and how to advertise those products successfully :
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Lifestyles & their study
- anthropogenic
- anthropologist
- anthropology
- cultural
- culture
- demographer
- ethnological
- ethnology
- hermetic
- lifestyle
- living
- lot
- meme
- milieu
- suburbia
- the global village
- trend
- vegetate
- way of life idiom
- westernize
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