• Demography is the study of population (Chambers, 1972).

• Demography is the statistical study of human populations (Oxford dictionary,

1999).

• Demography is the study of information in figures (Statistics) about the

population of an area or country and how these figures vary with time (Procter,

1978).

• Demography is the study of the population in its static and dynamic aspects.

The static aspects include characteristics such as composition by age, sex, race,

marital status, economic characteristics. The dynamic aspects are fertility,

mortality, nuptiality, and migration (John Hopkins University, 2008).

• Demography is the study of size, composition, growth and distribution of

human population (Henslin, 2009). ˇ Demography is the statistical study of human populations and sub-populations.

It can be a very general science that can be applied to any kind of dynamic

human population (Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2012).

Demography is the study of human population dynamics. It encompasses the

study of the size, structure and distribution of populations, and how populations

change over time (Wordiq.com).

• Demography is the statistical study of all populations (Webster‘s-online dictionary,

2012).

• Demography is the statistical study of the characteristics of human populations,

such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics (Columbia

Encyclopedia).

• Demography is the statistical science dealing with the distribution, density, vital

statistics, etc. of human populations (www.yourdictionary.com)

Demography is the study of the size, growth, age and geographical

distribution of a human population(economics.about.com).

CONCLUSION

Demography is the scientific study of the characteristics of human populations.

Demography shows the fluctuations created by births, deaths, and migration; and as a

discipline, seeks to present a statistical description of human population with respect to

the structure of the population and demographic events that take place in the

population.

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