Introduction to Demography

Lesson 3.1 B
 Objectives

After completing this lesson, students should be

able to:
• define demography and list its major areas
 Demography
Definition:
• The statistical study of human populations.
• It involves the study of changes that occur over a period of
time in human populations (such as the number of births,
deaths, marriages, and illnesses)
• Population experts are known as demographers.
Origin:
• It is derived from two words:
• - Demos (Greek) means ‘people’
• - Graphia (Latin) means ‘writing or representation in a
specified manner ’
 Major Areas of Demography
1. Population Dynamics (Change Over time)
2. Population Density (Concentration)
3. Population Distribution (Location)
4. Population Characteristics (Age, gender,
occupation etc.)
1. Population Dynamics (Change Over time)
2. Population Density (Concentration)
3. Population Distribution (Location)
 4. Population Characteristics
(such as age, gender, occupation )