How to Use demography in a Sentence

demography

noun
  • These stats show Kerala is a study in contrasts as far as demography goes.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Her slide in the polls is reflected in nearly all of the state’s demography.
    — Melanie Mason Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021
  • So far, though, Texas has mainly been proof that demography is not destiny.
    — The Economist, 12 July 2018
  • If the articles go, it is feared to clear the decks for the centre to alter the demography of the state.
    — Riyaz Wani, Quartz India, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Despite the culture war rhetoric, that’s largely not the case for demography.
    — Bryan Walsh, Vox, 18 July 2024
  • About two-thirds of pupils score as well or better in a nationwide maths test than demography would predict.
    — The Economist, 22 July 2017
  • The trouble is that real demography is not so simple.
    — David W. Lawson, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Yet the gap between City and Bury is one of demography as well as footballing wealth.
    — The Economist, 29 Feb. 2020
  • But then, as now, the demography in question shows a vast center of the country that does not fall into one of these groups.
    — Kyle Sammin, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The old liberal idea that the new demography is progressive destiny did not work out as planned.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Consequently, test scores often tell us much more about demography than about schools.
    — Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 14 June 2017
  • In Britain and America, at least, demography is against them.
    — The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • If demography is destiny, Ukraine also has cause for concern.
    — Judith Miller, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2017
  • So, if demography is destiny, then our destiny is a massive fiscal meltdown.
    — Bob Haber, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • America’s demography is shifting, albeit not in the way that most people think.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
  • But demography is certainly not destiny, because the state has been something of a white whale for Democrats.
    — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The paper is not only a critical analysis of blue zones, but a plea against the whole field of extreme-age demography.
    — science.org, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The three main ones relate to demography, migration and changing labour markets.
    — The Economist, 12 July 2018
  • The Phoenix sprawl foreshadows the fractured demography to come.
    — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 17 Sep. 2012
  • To a certain extent, demography dictates the hegemony of the old in Japan.
    — New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • A lot of Japan’s long-term weakness has to do with demography, has to do with extremely low fertility.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Asia, 3 June 2024
  • Trump’s inroads with Latino voters suggest that this might not be the case—that demography might not be destiny after all.
    — Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Through testing, scientists found that the spread of the disease was not a result of recent evolution, but changes in demography.
    — Daniel Fernandez, Smithsonian, 4 June 2018
  • The genetics and this population demography data aren't the only holes in the pupfish's too-good-to-be-true tale.
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2014
  • That is something the local Muslim population has long feared will change its demography, culture and way of life.
    — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Today, East Asia confronts the world’s most stagnant demography.
    — Joel Kotkin, Orange County Register, 2 Apr. 2017
  • That has never happened before in recorded demography.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The remaining 30 or so roles, there’s no reason why those minor roles can’t match or reflect the demography of where the story is taking place.
    — Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 5 Mar. 2018
  • In effect, that means fewer births than deaths and demography skewed to higher ages just as life expectancy climbs due to advancements in medicine and healthcare services.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 28 June 2024
  • Finally, if demography is destiny, the United States has a bright future.
    — Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023

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