demographic

demographic
/dem'euh graf"ik, dee'meuh-/, adj. Also, demographical.
1. of or pertaining to demography.
n.
2. a single vital or social statistic of a human population, as the number of births or deaths.
[1880-85; DEMO- + -GRAPHIC]

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