DEMOGRAPHIST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics

Synonyms:

demographer; demographist; population scientist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("demographist" is a kind of...):

sociologist (a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society)

Derivation:

demography (the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations)