demographic

CEFRC1

/ˌdɛm.əˈɡɹæf.ɪk/

adjective · noun

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adjective
Relating to the characteristics of a population, such as age or income.
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adjective
Extra detail
A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.

Examples

Algeria's demographic base is primarily of Berber descent.
It is necessary to look more carefully into the demographic configuration of this region.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

A demographic group: a collection of people sharing a value for a certain demographic criterion.
Of or pertaining to demography.

Extra meaning

An individual person's characteristic, encoded for the purposes of statistical analysis.

In context

Algeria doesn't have a demographic crisis.
1985, Richard I. Henderson, Compensation Management: Rewarding Performance, Fourth Edition, Reston Pub. Co., →ISBN, page 604, Of significant current interest is the fact that the compa-ratio can be used to analyze the pay treatment of specific groups of emplo...
2000, James Chapman, “Impact of Building Roads to Everywhere”, in Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres (eds.), Sprawl City: Race, Politics, and Planning in Atlanta, Island Press, →ISBN, page 82, How will this investment affect at the indiv...

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Yet it does bring up a much more real problem about China's demographic transition, which has led some to argue that China will "get old before it gets rich."
2011 February 18, James Fallows, “How to Solve China's Gender Imbalance? The 'Babe Tax'”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2011
A growing foreign-born population has sparked debate in Japan amid the pressures of a demographic crisis and economic worries.
2025 September 29, Justin McCurry, “‘My kids are too scared to go outside’: Kurdish migrants face hostility as Japan wrestles with demographic crisis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, arc...
A newspaper is consumed by many demographics, a small portion of which may be the target.
2006, Tom Hutchison, Amy Macy, Paul Allen, Record Label Marketing, Elsevier, page 189
Rail is clearly a more sustainable option, and the demographic of the population living in the areas served by the new stations certainly seems to be a good fit when it comes to modal shift.
2025 October 1, Peter Plisner, “Closing in on Camp Hill reopening”, in RAIL, number 1045, pages 46-47

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From demography + -ic.