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Historical demography

Meaning in history, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In history, historical demography means: The study of past populations and patterns of births, deaths, marriages and migration.

In Turkish: tarihsel demografi

How it is used

Records may omit groups or events; distinguish reconstructed estimates from complete counts.

Example sentences

  1. The project used historical demography and parish records to estimate changing marriage ages.

    Repeated life events become evidence for population patterns.

  2. The missing register limits this study of historical demography.

    Gaps in surviving records affect population reconstruction.

Common collocations

  • historical demography research
  • methods of historical demography
  • censusAn official count of a population carried out by a state, usually recording details such as age, sex, household, occupation or property.
  • migrationThe movement of people from one place to another to live, either within a country or across borders, alone or in large groups.

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