0
Fanti Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Demography?!

I believe I heard a statement saying something like this: The Indians have demography…… someting like they have benefited from their demography.
I only understand demography as a sort of subject or studies.

and also I am confused with the following sentence:

In the United States as in Israel, demography is not Israel's friend.

does it mean they've got poor situation in their population?
  

Top answer

Hi You are right to say that demography is a study of a population - how old they are; what gender they are; whether they are leaving their country or new people are joining them from other countries. The word is also used in a looser way I can't speak for the examples you give but, in general, a population would usually benefit from their demography if young people are joining it (either by childbirth or from abroad). That would mean that there is a new workforce who will support the economy On the other hand - as is sometimes the case in the Western world - if people are living longer and having fewer children, then you have an older demography and the government must make plans for the care of more old people Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi You are right to say that demography is a study of a population - how old they are; what gender they are; whether they are leaving their country or new people are joining them from other countries.
  • The word is also used in a looser way I can't speak for the examples you give but, in general, a population would usually benefit from their demography if young people are joining it (either by childbirth or from abroad).
  • That would mean that there is a new workforce who will support the economy On the other hand - as is sometimes the case in the Western world - if people are living longer and having fewer children, then you have an older demography and the government must make plans for the care of more old people Dave
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

2 Answers
0
Hi

You are right to say that demography is a study of a population - how old they are; what gender they are; whether they are leaving their country or new people are joining them from other countries. The word is also used in a looser way

I can't speak for the examples you give but, in general, a population would usually benefit from their demography if young people are joining
0
0
fantidemography
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demography
fantithey have benefited from their demography
There is some advantage to how their population is distributed with respect to young and old, rich and poor, rur
0

Related Questions